Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam is a Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include design optimization under uncertainty with emphasis on developing operations research techniques as well as stochastic modelling. He is an expert applying AI techniques to many problems in resource management and his current interests include using regenerative economics and triple bottom analysis to design systems with attention to sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

Dr. Maftoon is an assistant professor in the department of Systems Design Engineering. Dr. Maftoon received his PhD training in biomedical engineering at McGill University performing research in physiological acoustics and auditory mechanics followed by a postdoctoral training in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology at the Harvard Medical School. One research focus of Dr. Maftoon at the University of Waterloo is noise and vibration leveraging his industrial experience in vehicle research and development.  

Michael Worswick is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering of the University of Waterloo and is Executive Director of the Waterloo Node of the Advanced Manufacturing Consortium. He held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in “Light Weight Materials Under Extreme Deformation: Forming and Impact” (2004-2018) and currently holds a University Research Chair under the same title.

Dr Alfano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Waterloo. His research focuses on the mechanics of solid bodies and layered lightweight structures. The interplay between manufacturing and structural performance is a highlight of Marco’s recent research work, which enjoys an even balance between analytical, computational and experimental methods in fracture mechanics.

John Montesano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Director of the Composites Research Group (CRG). His research interests lie in the field of mechanics of fiber-reinforced composite materials and structures. One of the main pillars of Prof. Montesano’s research is to investigate the influence of manufacturing processes on the integrity composite structures.

Dr. Gennaro Notomista's main research interests lie at the intersection of design and control of robotic systems for long-duration autonomy with applications to environmental monitoring. Prior to joining University of Waterloo, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the CNRS/Inria/IRISA, Rennes, France.

Professor Flora T. T. Ng obtained her B.Sc. at the University of Hong Kong , M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She joined the University of  Waterloo, Canada in 1987, appointed University Research Chair in 2006 and holds the prestigious title of University Professor since 2008. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Ng has expertise in catalysis, bitumen oilsands upgrading, green chemistry and engineering and a world leading expert on catalytic distillation, a green reactor technology.

Dr. Eugene Yee is a Defence Scientist at Defence R&D Canada. In this capacity, he conducted pure and applied research including experimental investigations and stochastic modelling of turbulence and turbulent diffusion phenomena in the atmosphere, experimental and computational modelling/methods related to urban flow and dispersion, and application of Bayesian inference for sensor/model data fusion in the context of source reconstruction.

Professor Cronin has established a unique in Canada and globally recognized program in computational injury biomechanics, supported by advanced material characterization and experimental testing. Recognized by a Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Dr. Cronin is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Trauma Biomechanics and Injury Prevention (tBip) and leads the Neck Model (NM) Centre of Expertise (COE) for the Global Human Body Models Consortium, developing one of the most detailed and biofidelic Human Body Models (HBM) used globally by industry and academics to predict injury at the tissue level.

Dr David Correa's research looks at biological structures and processes as a source of insight for the development of new fabrication processes and advanced materials. The research aims at implementing state of the art digital fabrication tools (robotic manipulators, 3D printers and CNC milling) to develop innovative and high-performance design solutions for industrial and architectural applications.