A focus on sustainable energy conversion and chemical production processes
XiaoYu Wu is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. He obtained his PhD at MIT, and his MS and BS degrees in Zhejiang University. He is enthusiastic about sustainability, especially how clean technologies can impact sustainability and how developing countries can incorporate sustainability in the development.
Laetitia Uwineza is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She obtained her Ph.D. in Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of Science and Technology in February 2023.
Yi Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his PhD degree at University of Waterloo with thesis titled “Superhydrophobicity of Surfaces Decorated by Electrospun Micro- and Nano-fibers”. He received his MSc and BSc degrees from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shandong University, respectively. In his leisure hours, he enjoys hiking and exploring greasy spoon.
Jinhe Zhang is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his MS and BS degrees in Dalian University of Technology. Jinhe joined our research group in Spring 2022.
Pengcheng Zhao is currently a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his BASc Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, and MASc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He joined the research group as a Master’s student in the Winter of 2023, working on electrochemical cells for ammonia conversion.
Aamer Akhand is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his BASc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2023. His interests lie in mathematics and green accessible technology for all. He joined the research group in Spring of 2023.
John Loncar is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. John is also a licensed Professional Engineer with over 25 years of diverse industry experience. John joined the research group in Fall of 2024
Emily Smyth is a MASc. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She obtained her BASc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2023. She is very passionate about renewable energy and sustainability. She joined the research group as a Master’s student in the Fall of 2023.
Zhen Ye is a MASc. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his BASc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2023. He joined the research group as a master student in Fall of 2023, co-supervised by Dr. John Wen.
Arda Mert Cetin is a MASc. student in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. He obtained his BASc. in Chemical Engineering, and his BA. in Economics at the Koc University. He joined the research group as a master’s student in the Fall of 2023. His research focuses on finding different approaches to renewable energy and sustainability.
Grace is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is Ecuadorian and did her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with a specialization in polymers at EPN University. Her research focuses on the electrochemistry and thermal management of an electric vehicle (EV) battery pack.
Matthew Lee is an MA student in the Department of Economics at the University of Waterloo. He joined the research group as a Master's student in the Spring of 2024. Presently his research is focused on the economics of green ammonia production and the welfare benefits of green ammonia production, for the Canadian market. His other research has been in carbon taxes, and the politics of carbon taxes in Canada. He has previously worked as a software developer, and coding instructor in the past. His goal is use economics to show the conditions for when greener technologies implementations are certain, and how the government can create these scenarios.
Ananthu Shibu Nair is a MASc. student in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his BASc. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2024. He joined the research group as a Master’s student in the Fall of 2024. Presently, his research focuses upon testing and validation of Lithium-ion batteries.He is co-supervised with Professor Michael Fowler in Chemical Engineering.
Benjamin Gonzalez is a MASc. student in Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Guelph in 2024. He joined the Greener Production Group in the Fall of 2024. He is interested in sustainable forms of energy storage.
Chenying Song is a PhD student in South China University of Technology, where she obtained her Master's degree. She joined the research group as an International Visiting Graduate Student in Winter of 2024, co-supervised with Dr. Xianguo Li.
Tolga Kocakulak is a PhD student at Gazi University in Ankara, at the same time, a lecturer at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. He joined the research group as an International Visiting Graduate Student in the spring term of 2024, co-supervised with Dr. Xianguo Li. He continues his doctoral thesis on the production and characterization of polymer nanocomposite membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). He currently focuses his research on PEMFCs parts, cell tests and systems.
A list of students who have conducted research in our group