Current Group Members:

  1. Mahshid Jafari (PhD), Raman Spectroscopy of Lubricant Anti-Oxidants, co-supervised with Jeff Manthorpe, 2023-
  2. Cassia Barbosa Gomes (PhD), Atomistic Simulation of Polymer Nanocomposites, 2022-
  3. Arnav Rana (PhD), Anisotropic Fracture of Pipeline Steels, co-supervised with Xin Wang, 2021-
  4. Alireza Rezvanpour (PDF), CFD Modeling of Lubricant Degradation, 2020-
  5. Ali Shahrouzian (Ph.D.) Adsorption Heat Storage Systems for Northern Climates, co-supervised with Jean Duquette, 2021-
  6. Marianna Vieira (Ph.D.), Modeling anti-oxidant degradation, co-supervised with Jeff Manthorpe, 2018-

Past Group Members:

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