Ph.D. & Master’s Students
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Atousa Pirvaram – Ph.D. Student – 01/2020 to present (Co-supervise with Prof. Paul O’Brien, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Thesis Topic: Development of Smart Porous Materials for Energy Harvesting & Storage |
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Ehsan Tabest – Ph.D. Student – 09/2019 to present (Co-supervise with Prof. Garrett Melinda, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Thesis Topic: Development of Superabsorbent Polymer for Biological Sample Enrichment using Microfluidics |
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Ayatullah Elsayed – Ph.D. Student – 09/2019 to present (Ontario Graduate Scholarship Holder) (Co-supervise with Prof. Garrett Melenka, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Thesis Topic: Additive Manufacturing of smart Materials for Energy Harvesting |
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Maryam Fashandi – Ph.D. Student – 09/2018 to present (Co-supervised with Prof. Chul B. Parki, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto) Thesis Topic: Preparation & Characterization of Hybrid Monomer-Polymer Silica Aerogels with Improved Mechanical & Surface Properties |
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Yuelie (Krystal) Guo – Ph.D. Student – 09/2018 to present Thesis Topic: Smart Polymer Film with Tunable Surface Texture and Properties |
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Linh Hoang – Ph.D. Student – 01/2016 to present (Co-supervise with Prof. George Zhu, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Thesis Topic: Modeling & Simulation of Piezoresistive CNT/Polymer Nanocomposites and Their Foams |
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Esrat Jahan – Master’s Student – 09/2018 to present (2017-2018 Entrance Scholarship Holder, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering) (Co-supervised with Prof. Ahmed Eldyasti, Department of Civil Engineering ) Thesis Topic: Micro-and-Nano-Fibrillar Membrane for Biofilm Wastewater Treatment Processes |