Contacts

Education

• Expected 2020, MASc, University of Waterloo

About Alex Stothart

Alex's research is at the interface of engineering and sport, exploring the feasibility of applying localized cooling to inactive muscles as a method to reduce core body temperature during exercise in hot and humid conditions.

Education

• 2020, PhD, University of Waterloo

Caddie Zhang's Google Scholar

Education

• Expected 2021, PhD, University of Waterloo

About Cederick Landry

Cederick is part of the research team exploring advanced compression technologies for improving lower limb circulation during a variety of activities, ranging for rest to heavy exertion. Specifically, Cederick is exploring alternative actuation modalities to generate compression to the leg within a small time window of the cardiac cycle. Cederick is also exploring optimization of the compression timing and protocol using machine learning.

Cederick Landry's Google Scholar

Education 

• Expected 2022, PhD, University of Waterloo

About Jon Deng

Jon is involved in a multi-institutional grant from the National Institute of Health in the US to elucidate the underlying mechanisms contributing to vocal hyperfunction. Jon is focused on translating clinical measures of individuals into simplified numerical models, with the ultimate aim of providing clinically useful output data that would be otherwise difficult or impossible to measure clinically.

Education

• Expected 2023, PhD, University of Waterloo

About Mohamed Serry

Mohamed is involved in a multi-institutional grant from the National Institute of Health in the US to elucidate the underlying mechanisms contributing to vocal hyperfunction. Specifically, Mohamed is investigating the physical underpinnings of muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) using numerical models of the vocal folds. In collaboration with researchers at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in Chile and Boston University, Mohamed aims to better understand the physics behind current clinical diagnostic methods towards improving diagnosis and treatment of MTD.

Mohamed Serry's Google Scholar

Education

• 2014, PhD, Mathematics, University of Aukland
• 2009, BSc/BCom, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Aukland

About Paul Hadwin

Paul is involved in a multi-institutional grant from the National Institute of Health in the US to elucidate the underlying mechanisms contributing to vocal hyperfunction. To this end, Paul is working on inferring human vocal fold tissue parameters from clinical measurements, including vocal fold kinematics and glottal flow rate, using Bayesian analysis.

Paul is an applied mathematician and is working on employing Bayes' theorem to the mechanics of speech.

Paul Hadwin's Google Scholar

About Peng Zhang

Peng is developing multi-functional seed particles for particle image velocimetry (PIV). The seed particles are hydrogel based and enable environmental sensing, with the primary focus on measuring pressure.

When used in conjunction with standard PIV, these novel particles will allow simultaneous measurement of pressure and velocity within a fluid domain. Peng is co-supervised by Dr. Maurizio Porfiri at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.

Education

• 2006, Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

• 2001, Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

• 1998, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University

Research Interests

• Fluid mechanics

• Biofluid mechanics

• Cardiovascular flows

• Energy harvesting

• Fluid-structure interaction

• Underwater propulsion

• Smart materials

• Vortex dynamics

• Optical diagnostic dethods for fluid mechanics

About Professor Peterson

Sean D. Peterson is a professor in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME) department at the University of Waterloo.

He joined the engineering faculty in June 2009 after spending two and a half years as a visiting assistant professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he retains an affiliated faculty position.

He grew up in San Diego, California, and received his graduate degrees from Purdue University.

Professor Peterson's Google Scholar

Education

• Expected 2022, PhD, University of Waterloo

About Supun Pieris

Supun is examining the coupled fluid-structure interaction of a fence in a boundary layer flow. Of interest is the vibrational characteristics of a fence due to various naturally-arising frequencies in the flow, including from the upstream separation shear layer, shear layer vortices originating from the top of the fence, and low frequency pulsation of the large downstream separation bubble. Supun is co-advised by professor Serhiy Yarusevych.

Supun Pieris's Google Scholar

Education

• 2021, PhD, University of Waterloo

Winston Hu's Google Scholar

Education

• Expected 2022, MASc, University of Waterloo

About Iara Santelices

Iara is working to maximize effective of external limb compression systems using machine learning.

Education

• Expected 2022, MASc, University of Waterloo

About Kaycee Okoye

Kaycee is exploring the response of surface deposited droplets and pools to aerodynamic loading.