New Projects Available

Faculty MemberProjectsAccepting Graduate Students
D. Grant Allen
  • Photocatalytic pretreatment for anaerobic treatment of pulp mill wastewaters

  • Cultivation of micro algae in bioreactors for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals
Yes:
MASc
Gisele Azimi
  • Recycling of lithium ion batteries. We will look at different aspects of the recycling process of various cathode materials like NMC and LFP

  • Supercritical fluid extraction for the recovery of valuable metals from primary and secondary resources

  • Development of lithium ion and aluminum ion batteries. We will focus on development of cathode materials and electrolytes

  • Extraction of rare earth elements from uncommon ore materials. We will develop the extraction process and elucidate the process mechanism
Yes:
PhD
Timothy P. Bender
  • Accelerated materials development
  • Materials development via applied chemistry and/or chemistry to be developed

  • Physical characterization of materials for applications

  • Materials development for applications – and are engineered in the laboratory

  • Engineering organic solar cells (OSCs)/organic photovoltaics (OPVs)

  • Engineering organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)

  • Life cycle analysis of OSCs/OPVs and OLEDs in true environment

  • Sustainability chemical processes

  • Sustainable materials for applications
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Arthur Chan
  • Chemistry
  • Emissions
  • Nanoplastics
Yes:
PhD
Y-H. Chin
  • Industrial catalytic technology developing: understanding the effects of microenvironment in sustainable chemical and fuel synthesis

  • Bridging thermo- and electro-catalysis in the synthesis of sustainable liquid fuel

  • Connect the structure and reactivity of transition metal catalysts in C-H, C-O, C-C bond activation
Yes:
PhD
Nikolai DeMartini
  • TBA
Yes:
PhD
Levente L. Diosady
  • Fortification of tea - iron and folic acid

  • Multiple fortification of salt - iron, zinc, B vitamins, iodine

  • Protein isolation from oilseeds/legumes as nutraceuticals or meat replacers

  • Scale-up of folic acid fortification for Ethiopia, UNICEF
    Field analytical kit for folic acid
Yes:
PhD
Elizabeth A. Edwards
  • Anaerobic microbial biotransformation of pollutants
Yes:
MASc, MEng & PhD
Greg J. Evans
  • Ultrafine particles near airports

  • Non exhaust emissions from vehicle brakes and tires
  • Impact of wildfires on air quality

  • Engineering education research: use of AI in education, career paths of engineering graduates
MASc & PhD
Jennifer Farmer
  • Chemical Engineering Education based projects
Maybe
Ramin R. Farnood
  • Photocatalytic conversion of biomass to value added chemicals
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Rachel Gregor
  • Multi-omics analysis and natural product discovery

  • Microbial communities and the marine carbon cycle
  • Environmental reservoirs of aquatic pathogens
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Frank Gu
  • autonomous laboratory for formulation discovery
  • self-driving labs for advanced characterization

Yes:
MASc & PhD
Charles Q. Jia
  • Developing Nature-based Climate Solutions by Exploring Biochar
Yes:
PhD
Donald W. Kirk
  • Hydrocarbonization of plastics

  • Electrochemical CO2 conversion
Yes:
MASc
Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan
  • Machine learning for bio catalyst engineering

  • Bioengineering Mine Tailings for Nickel Extraction

  • Hybrid Deterministic and Machine Learning for Metabolic Engineering
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Emma R. Master
  • Enzyme engineering, Biocatalytic synthesis of bio-based materials
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Alison P. McGuigan
  • Engineering dynamic disease models for monitoring disease progression mechanisms
Maybe
Moosavi, Seyed Mohamad
  • AI for Materials Discovery

  • Geometric Deep Learning for Porous Materials

  • Large Language Models for Scientific Discovery
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Bertrand Neyhouse
  • Redox flow battery scale-up and reactor engineering

  • Characterization and reactor design for off-electrode catalytic processes

  • Redox-active polymers for mediated electrochemical manufacturing

  • Electrochemical processes for plastic recycling
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Vladimiros G. Papangelakis
  • Water capture and purification from mining and process operations

  • Bioleaching of tailings

  • Rare Earth Element extraction from ores
Yes:
MASc
TBAYes:
PhD
Arun Ramchandran
  • Our research focuses on double emulsions (DEs) and Janus droplets (JDs), which have promising applications in drug delivery and controlled release due to their unique multi-phase structures. Despite their potential, industrial use is limited by instability issues like droplet coalescence, break-up, and osmotic imbalances that disrupt uniformity. To address this, we will study the formation of DEs and JDs by analyzing how droplets merge within a third fluid using precision measurements of the thinning film between them. Additionally, we have developed a computer-controlled device to investigate coalescence through controlled collisions of DEs and JDs in various configurations.
Yes:
PhD
Cindy Rottmann
  • TBA
Maybe
Benjamin Sanchez-Lengeling
  • AI for Olfaction

  • Self-driving Labs

Yes:
MASc & PhD
Bradley A. SavilleNo
Molly S. Shoichet
  • Therapeutic delivery and discovery strategies

Yes:
PhD
Jay Werber
  • Reverse osmosis membrane development

  • Ion exchange membrane development
Yes:
MASc & PhD
Ning Yan
  • Bio-based Functional Materials

  • Bio-based Nanomaterials

  • Bio-based Energy Storage Device
Yes:
MASc & PhD