Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Tan’s research is focused on thermochemical processes for green energy production & air emission control. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing in the 1990s, and PhD degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA in 2004. Dr. Tan’s contribution to scholarship has been recognized by international peers, as evidenced by the popularity of his technical books in his fields of research.

Ali Elkamel is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and BSc in Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines, MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. His specific research interests are in computer-aided modeling, optimization, and simulation with applications to energy planning, sustainable operations, and product design.

Dr. Aiping Yu is a professor of Chemical Engineering, received her PhD from University of California-Riverside. Her research is highly multidisciplinary which focuses on 2D and carbon nanomaterials for energy storage and polymer composites aiming for physical (mechanical, thermal, and EMI/electrical) properties and anti-corrosion reinforcement. She is a recipient of NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship and RSC Rutherford Memorial Award.

Dr. Mehrdad Kazerani is an expert in power electronics, with a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University. His research areas include topology development, modeling and control of converters for renewable energy sources integration, electrified powertrains, hybrid energy storage systems, smart battery chargers with V2G capability, energy access and microgrids.

Dr. Rebecca Saari has interdisciplinary training and professional experience in sustainable engineering. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, she worked as an air quality engineering consultant and atmospheric scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. She completed her PhD in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Costa Kapsis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Costa’s research lies at the interface between science, engineering and architectural design with an emphasis on energy in buildings and communities. His research is focused on questions of energy efficiency, solar energy generation and energy transaction in the built environment.

Dr. Sirisha Rambhatla is an Assistant Professor in the Management Sciences Department, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Her research focusses on reliable artificial intelligence (AI) models for real-world decision making for critical applications in healthcare, intelligent automation, and climate change, using deep learning, time- series and spatiotemporal data analysis, explainable AI, and provable algorithms. Her inter disciplinary work spanning both theory and practice of machine learning (ML), has been published at top ML venues such as NeurIPS, ICLR, KDD, IJCAI, AAAI, and clinical venues such as AMIA, Urology Clinics North America, and Surgery.

Dr. Saeed Ghadimi is an assistant professor in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Before joining UWaterloo, he was an associate research scholar at Princeton University. He also received his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida.

Armaghan Salehian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Professor Salehian’s research interests and expertise include structural dynamics and vibrations and applications of smart materials for energy harvesting, sensing, and actuation.

Dr. Serhiy Yarusevych received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2006. Since 2006, he has been directing the Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research is focused on aerodynamics and its multidisciplinary applications in engineering, including operation of lifting and control surfaces, flows over bluff bodies, turbulence, flow induced vibrations and noise, and flow control. Additional details on the laboratory and ongoing research work can be found at www.fmrl.uwaterloo.ca.