Post-Doctoral Fellows & Visiting Scholars
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Dr. Yanting Guo – Post-Doctoral Fellow – 08/2014 to 06/2017
Research Topic: Thermally Conductive Polymer through Molecular Chain Alignment and Crystal Modification |
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Dr. Reza Ahmadzadeh – Post-Doctoral Fellow – 10/2015 to 09/2016
Research Topic: Development of PVDF with Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties |
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Dr. Richard Lee – Visiting Scholar – 04/2016 to 10/2016
Research Topic: Crystallization Behaviours of PVDF under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Environment |
Ph.D. Students
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Dr. Atousa Pirvaram – Ph.D. Student – 01/2020 to 12/2024
(Ontario Graduate Scholarship) |
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Dr. Yuelie (Krystal) Guo – Ph.D. Student – 09/2018 to 01/2024 Thesis Topic: Development of Shape Memory Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) Polylactic (PLA) Polymer Blend |
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Dr. Linh Hoang – Ph.D. Student – 01/2016 to 12/2020 Thesis Topic: Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrical Conductivity and Piezoresistivity of Conductive-Filler-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites and Foams |
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Dr. Mohammadmehdi Aghelinejad – Ph.D. Student – 09/2015 to 08/2019
(Ontario Trillium Scholarship; Carswell Scholar; Best Ph.D. Presenter Awards: 2016 & 2017 Research Seminar Day, Dept. of Mech. Eng.) |
Master’s Students
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Jean Carlos Viccari Pereira – Master’s Graduate – 12/2022 to 10/2024
Thesis Topic: Enzymatic Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (C10-C50) in Saline Water Environments |
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Esrat Jahan – Master’s Graduate – 09/2018 to 08/2021
Thesis Topic: Development of Multifunctional Nanofibrous Membrane Material for Biological Wastewater Treatment |
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Hossein Abdoli – Master’s Graduate – 09/2017 to 08/2019
Thesis Topic: Polymeric Material Systems for Triboelectric Nanogenerators |
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Pardis Ghahraman – Master’s Graduate – 09/2016 to 11/2018 (Co-supervised with Prof. Ahmed Eldyasti, Dept. of Civil Engineering)
(2016-2017 Entrance Scholarship Holder, Dept. of Mech. Eng.) |
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Ji Eun (Jamie) Lee – Master’s Graduate – 09/2016 to 08/2018
(Best Master’s Presenter Awards: 2017 & 2018 Research Seminar Day, Dept. of Mech. Eng.) |
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Parisa Ghariniyat – Master’s Graduate – 09/2015 to -01/2018
Thesis Topic: Development of TPU-hBN Composite Foams with Enhanced Effective Thermal Conductivity |
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Maryam Fashandi – Master’s Graduate – 09/2015 to 11/2017
(2016-2017 The Excellence Award for Graduate Research, Dept. of Mech. Eng.) |
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Weiqing Fang – Master’s Graduate – 09/2013 to 12/2015
Thesis Topic: Electrical Conductivity & Piezoresistivity of Polymer-CNT Nanocomposites |
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Ding Hao – Master’s Graduate – 10/2013 to 01/2016
Thesis Topic: Development of Thermally Conductive Polymer Material Systems |
Undergraduate Students
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Kyra McLellen – York U, Mechanical Engineering Yr 2 – 05/2018 to 08/2018 (2018 NSERC Undergraduate Research Award; 3rd Lassonde Undergraduate Summer Student Research Conference 1st Place in Oral Presentation & Student Choice Award) Project: Development of Smart and Multifunctional Materials |
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Lucine Dayian – York U,, Mechanical Engineering Yr 3 – 05/2018 to 08/2018 (2018 Lassonde Undergraduate Student Research Award) Project: Development of Smart Thermal Energy Storage Materials |
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Matteo Timpano – York U, Mechanical Engineering Yr 2 – 05/2018 to 08/2018 (2018 NSERC Undergraduate Research Award; 3rd Lassonde Undergraduate Summer Student Research Conference 2nd Place in Poster Presentation) Project: Design and Fabrication of Triboelectric Nanogenerator with Enhanced Energy Harvesting Efficiency |
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Hanen Chammakhi – Tunis University, Tunisia, Mechanical Engineering Yr 3 – 05/2018 to 08/2018 (2018 Mitacs Globalink Research Internship) Project: Electrospinning of Polyvinyl Alcohol Nano-fibrillar Film |
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Florence Yip – McMaster U, Chemical Engineering Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 08/2016
Project: Effect of Thermal History on the Piezoelectric Property of PVDF |
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Yichun Zhang – Sichuan University, China, Macromolecular Materials & Engineering Yr 3 – 06/2017 to 08/2017 (2017 Mitacs Globalink Research Internship) Project: Development of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Materials |
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Mohammad Khan – York U, Mechanical Engineering Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 08/2016
Project: Fabrication of Thermoelectric Polymer Nanocomposite Foams (with Sandra Younis) |
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Nashua Luk – McMaster U, Mechatronic Engineering Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 08/2016
Project: Effects of Molding Process on the Crystallization Behaviours of PVDF |
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Phil – York U, Civil Engineering Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 06/2016
Project: Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites Filled with Hexagonal Boron Nitride |
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Sandra Younis – York U, Engineering (Undecided) Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 08/2016
Project: Fabrication of Thermoelectric Polymer Nanocomposite Foams (with Mohammad Khan) |
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Maira Zafar – York U, Engineering (Undecided) Yr 1 – 05/2016 to 08/2016
Project: Microencapsulation of Phase Change Materials |
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Nicolas Casali – York U, Mechanical Engineering Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015 (Lassonde Undergraduate Research Award Holder) Project: Development of Flexible Thermal Conductive Materials (with Qinyi Wang) |
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Marco Chu – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015
Project: Design and Fabrication of Thermally Conductive UHMWPE-hBN Composite Foams |
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Andrew Ilersich – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015
Project: Modelling of Electrical Conductivity of Polymer-CNT Nanocomposite Foams |
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Syyed Mohammad – York U, Mechanical Engineering Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015
Project: Development of Electrically Conductive PLA/CNT Polymer Nanocomposites |
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Morris Tsun-Hong – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015
Project: Design and Implementation of Cooling and Straining Modules for Microstructuring of Polymeric Material Systems |
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Qinyi Wang – York U, Electrical Engineering Yr 1 – 04/2015 to 08/2015
Project: Development of Flexible Thermal Conductive Materials (with Nicolas Casali) |
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Shailin Gosalia – U of Toronto, B.A.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – 04/2014 to 07/2014
Project: Characterization of Electrically Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites |
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Esther Hwiwon Jang – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 1 – 04/2014 to 08/2014
Project: Modelling of Electrical Conductivity of Polymer-CNT Nanocomposites |
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Eun Song Diana Lee – York U, Software Engineering Yr 1 – 04/2014 to 08/2014
Project: Fabrication of Thermally Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites |
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Gianluca Roberts – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 2 – 04/2013 to 08/2013 & 04/2014 to 08/2014
Project: Design and Implementation of Thermally Conductive Analyzer |
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Anton Sitkovets – York U, Electrical Engineering Yr 1 – 04/2014 to 08/2014 (NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award Holder) Project: Design and Fabrication of Thermally Conductive Composites |
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Yuxiao (April) Wang – U of Toronto, Engineering Science Yr 2 – 04/2013 to 03/2014
Project: Modelling of Electrical Conductivity of Polymer-CNT Nanocomposites |
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Helen Song – U of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering Yr 2 – 04/2013 to 03/2014
Project: Gas-Enhanced Bonding of Thermoplastics Polymer (with Anastasia Aubeeluck) |