Current Group Members:

  1. Hasnain Sajid (PDF), MOF materials for Adsorption Heat Storage, 2025-
  2. Iuliia Riabenko (PDF), Raman Spectroscopy for characterization of anti-oxidant degradation, co-supervised with Jeff Manthorpe, 2025-
  3. Cem Calkin (PDF), Solar Adsorption Thermal Energy Storage (SATES) system for remote northern communities, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, 2025-
  4. Cassia Barbosa Gomes (PhD), Atomistic Simulation of Polymer Nanocomposites, 2022-
  5. Ali Shahrouzian (PhD) Adsorption Heat Storage Systems for Northern Climates, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, 2021-
  6. Drake Wickman (MASc), Hydrogen diffusion in Zirconium, 2025-
  7. Alex Christie (MASc), Solar Adsorption Thermal Energy Storage (SATES) system for remote northern communities, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, 2025-

Past Group Members:

  1. Jeremy Hornung (Undergraduate), Adsorption Thermal Storage Tank Design, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, Summer, 2025
  2. Arnav Rana (PhD), Anisotropic Fracture of Pipeline Steels, co-supervised with Xin Wang, 2021-2025
  3. Leonardo Barcenas Gomez (PDF), CFD and Chemical Kinetics Modeling of Lubricant Degradation, 2024-2025
  4. Alireza Rezvanpour (PDF), CFD Modeling of Lubricant Degradation, 2020-2024
  5. Shima Najafi Nobar (PDF), Materials for Adsorption Heat Storage Systems, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, 2021-2022
  6. Rafaela Aguiar (Ph.D.), Polymer matrix composites, co-supervised with Oren Petel, 2017-2022
  7. Timothy Mack (PDF), Spectroscopic characterization of anti-oxidant degradation, co-supervised with Jeff Manthorpe, 2020-2022
  8. Mohammadreza Heidari Pebdani (M.A.Sc.), Deformation of polymer-matrix composites, 2017-2021.
  9. Chris Bassindale (Ph.D.), Fatigue of aircraft components, co-supervised with Xin Wang, 2019-2021
  10. Nuwan Dewapriya (PDF), MD simulations of ballistic impact tests, 2019-2021
  11. John Rivada (M.Sc.), Synthesis of PAN oxidation by-products, co-supervised with Jeff Manthorpe, 2019-2021
  12. Vijay Choyal (visiting Ph.D.), MD simulations of piezoelectric materials, 2020
  13. Zheng Liu (visiting Ph.D.), Fracture mechanics, co-supervised with Xin Wang, 2019-2021
  14. Manura Liyanage (Ph.D. and PDF), Hydrogen Diffusion in Metals, 2016-2021
  15. Nicole Mutima (Undergraduate), Polymer Composites, 2019
  16. Sean Romano (M.A.Sc.), Metallic Glasses, 2017-2019
  17. Khaled Sebakhy (PDF), GCMS characterization of PAN degradation by-products, 2018
  18. Niall McCallum (M.A.Sc.), Shear Resistance of Lubricant Additives, 2015-2018
  19. Yifan Yang (PDF), Chemical kinetics modeling of lubricating oil degradation, 2015-2017
  20. Hassan Ferdous (Undergraduate), Dislocations in Titanium, 2016
  21. Josh Gibson (PDF), MEAM potentials for Zirconium, 2014-16
  22. Roxana Barcelo Singh (M.A.Sc.), Molecular dynamics simulation of metallic glasses, 2014-2016
  23. Bopanna Kokkengada Madappa (M.A.Sc.), Mobility of hydrogen-vacancy complexes in metals, 2014-2016
  24. Jean-Francois Joly (PDF), Computing activation barriers in oil oxidation reactions, November 2013-2016
  25. Alice Potter (PhD, ABD), Molecular Modeling of Oil Oxidation, 2012-2016
  26. Frederic Laforge (M.A.Sc.), Oil Oxidation, 2012-2015
  27. Nenad Vuksic (M.A.Sc.), Empirical potentials for the Zr-H system, 2010-2014
  28. Carlos Campana (PDF), Molecular Modeling of Oil Oxidation, May 2011-Oct 2013
  29. Randy Fong (part-time Ph.D.), Hydrogen Absorption in Zirconium Alloys, 2004-2013.
  30. Fabian Erazo (undergraduate), Molecular dynamics simulations of hydrocarbons, 2012
  31. Matthew Mou (undergraduate), Designing an oil stressing rig, 2012
  32. Ryo Kobyashi (visiting professor), Multiscale modeling, 2011
  33. Nicholas Giordano (M.A.Sc.), Emissions and efficiency of internal combustion engines, 2010-2012
  34. Florin Saceleanu (M.A.Sc.), Computer modeling of internal combustion engines,  2010-2013
  35. Jeffrey Teutsch (undergraduate), DSC measurements of zirconium phase transformations, 2009
  36. Behrouz Shiari (Ph.D.), Atomistic/Continuum Coupling, 2004-09
  37. Ishraq Shabib (Ph.D.), Parallel Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 2005-09
  38. Aman Sandha (M.Eng.), Computational Geometry, 2005-06
  39. Craig Merrett (undergraduate), Interatomic potentials database, 2005 & 2006
  40. Ishraq Shabib (M.A.Sc.), Indentation of Nano-structured Multilayers, 2003-05
  41. Denis Saraev (PDF), Nano-indentation, 2003-2005
  42. YanJuan Zhou (M.A.Sc.), Dislocation nucleation in crystals, 2003-05
  43. Shallu Bhalla (M.A.Sc.), Carbon nanotube-polymer composites, 2002-04
  44. Behrouz Shiari (PDF), Finite Temperature CADD, 2002-2004
  45. Shanti Singh (PDF), Carbon nanotube-polymer composites, 2002-2003
  46. Patrick Pei (M.A.Sc.), Carbon nanotube-polymer composites, 2001-03
  47. Yemi Akangbe (M.A.Sc.), Dislocations in Ni-based superalloys, 2001-03
  48. Steve Kenny (undergraduate), CNT-polymer nanotubes, 2002
  49. Gillian Harris (undergraduate), CNT-polymer nanotubes, 2002
  50. Shishan Qiao (visiting scholar), Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, 2000-2001
  51. Robert Peace (M.A.Sc.), Void Growth in Zr Alloys, 2000-02
  52. Anwar Upal (undergraduate), Genetic algorithms for atomistic modeling, 1999 & 2000
  53. Darryl McCullough (M.A.Sc.), Creep of 12CrMoVW Steels, 1999-2002
  54. Arun Pillai (M.A.Sc.), Bi-crystal fracture, 1998-2000