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Students in the research-based Master of Applied Science program complete theses under the supervision of an MIE faculty member.

In this full-time, two-year program, Master of Applied Science (MASc) students complete a thesis supervised by an MIE professor. A stepping stone to a doctoral degree, the MASc is ideal for students who aspire to a rewarding career in research, whether in academia or industry. MASc students receive funding during the program and can apply for various scholarships.

MIE also offers the Master of Engineering (MEng) professional degree which provides students with the tools to succeed in industry.

Admission Requirements

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Please note that meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission . The Graduate Office cannot provide assessments of credentials prior to application.

• A bachelor's degree with high academic standing from a recognized university
• Minimum GPA requirement of 3.0 (mid-B; 73-76%) in the final year of undergraduate study. View U of T's Grade Scale for reference. International students should use the International Degree Equivalencies Tool to see which international credentials are required
• Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of research ability
• To be considered for admission, all applicants that require proof of ELP must meet the minimum score requirement for every component of the English language proficiency exam including reading, writing, speaking and listening
• All test components must be completed and passed at the same time (applicants cannot combine scores from different exams)
• For more information, including approved test centres, visit the School of Graduate Studies website

The information below is for reference only and is subject to change annually. Registered students should check their fee balance on their ACORN account . View the U of T Student Accounts website for more information about fees.

Pay annually:

• Domestic students: $8,489.52/year
• International students: $24,853.52/year

Pay per session:

• Domestic students: $4,272.26/session
• International students: $12,766.26/session

Applicants to MIE's MASc program must complete the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Online Admissions Application  by the deadline indicated below.

• Application window:  October 1 - January 1 (application fee deadline)
• Document deadline  January 15
• Application window: June 1 - October 1 (application fee deadline)
• Document deadline October 15

Same application deadlines for Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents and International Students.

MASc Application Instructions

Students are not required to submit paper copies of their documents unless requested by the Graduate Office.

• Create an  SGS applicant profile and pay the application fee (non-refundable/transferable, regardless of the circumstance). See application deadlines above.

Once your profile has been created, the following is required:

• 2 references. Email addresses for referees must be institution-based (not GMail, Hotmail, etc.). Both referees must be academic such as previous thesis supervisors and/or professors.  It is advised that one of the referees should be a previous thesis supervisor. References from friends and family will not be accepted. Instructions will be sent to each referee by email via the SGS system on how to submit a reference letter.
• Complete (or most up-to-date) academic record / transcript(s). Upload post-secondary institutional transcripts as PDF files.  Every transcript must include its respective grading scale . You are not required to submit official paper transcripts unless requested by the Graduate Office.
• Resume/C.V.
• Letter of Intent: explain why you want to join our program. Describe your research interest, career goals, the courses you intend to take, etc. The letter should be 650 – 1000 words.
• Field of Study: Students must indicate up to three fields of study.
• If the student’s admitting degree was issued by a country  not listed under Exemptions on the  School of Graduate Studies  website, the student is required to provide English Language Proficiency (ELP) exam results electronically. MIE requires proof of ELP even if their language of instruction and examination was English. Please note that all test components (reading, writing, speaking and listening) must be completed and passed at the same time (applicants cannot combine scores from different exams). For minimum requirements and approved test centres visit the School of Graduate Studies website. Important : If ELP exam results are required, an application is not considered complete until the results are submitted electronically from the testing institution.

Students are not required to submit official paper transcripts unless it is requested by the Graduate Office. The review process will take place using your electronic transcripts.  Please note that a request for an official transcript is for verification purposes and does not mean acceptance into the program.

If you are receive an email request for paper documents, mail to:

Master of Applied Science Program Graduate Studies Office, MC108 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 5 King’s College Road Toronto, ON M5S 3G8 Canada

After application submission

Admission into the MASc program is extremely competitive: we only offer admission to a small fraction of applicants, because these students must be funded, either by external scholarships or by a professor's research funds. As a result, MASc applicants are strongly encouraged to contact professors with whom they would like to work, either before or after submitting an application. Without funding, we cannot offer admission.

Students can review the status of their application on the SGS Online Admissions Application website .

Documents Pending

Additional documents required. A student's application is not considered complete until all of the required documents have been submitted. Once all documents have been submitted, status will not automatically update to Under Review. Statuses are updated manually on an ongoing basis.

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Application complete. Faculty members will review applications and may contact students about offering supervision. Students should actively pursue confirming a supervisor as admission can only be granted to students who have secured a supervisor. Students can contact MIE Faculty members directly to inquire about potential supervision.

If the faculty member has confirmed a student's supervision, the student will be notified of next steps including submission of official final transcripts. Confirmation from the supervisor to the Graduate Office is required to proceed in the MASc program.

Students will then be notified of the results of their application and their status will update to Decision Made.

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Select applicants will be invited to learn more about research at MIE at Graduate Research Days .  Applicants will be notified if they have been selected to attend.

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• a minimum of four graduate (500 and 1000 level) Half Credit Equivalent (HCE) courses (at least two MIE HCE courses, at most 1 APS HCE course and at most 1 Reading HCE course, assigned by supervisor)
• All courses added or dropped must be approved by supervisor
• Successful completion of JDE1000H Ethics in Graduate Research seminar
• Attend 70% of MIE's Distinguished Seminar Series (SRM3333Y). At tendance recorded with student's T-card
• Student can begin to work on thesis under supervision of faculty member
• Continue to work on thesis under supervision of faculty member
• Hold MASc oral exam by end of 2nd year of program

Two course failures (below 70% or B-) will result in an automatic recommendation to SGS to terminate a student's program.

View the Program Requirements section above for required MASc courses.

View the  Courses  page to view all offered MIE courses.

The MASc program culminates in the presentation of an oral and written thesis. Once a student's course requirements have been met and the written thesis has been submitted to their supervisor(s), the oral examination can be scheduled.

Committee Composition

• The exam committee must consist of at least 2 SGS-appointed faculty members, at least one of which must have full-budgetary appointment with MIE.
• The student's supervisor will serve as Chair of the exam.
• If a candidate has more than one supervisor, only one supervisor may vote.
• In the event of a reconvened exam, the committee of a reconvened exam must have 3 voting members and the exam must be chaired by the MIE Associate Chair of Graduate Studies who is a non-voting member.

Scheduling the exam

• The date and time of the oral exam is coordinated between the student and the exam committee.
• Students notify the Grad Office via GMS and upload a copy of the Abstract under "Proposal" on GMS.
• Exams maybe conducted remotely via video conferencing or in-person.

At least ten business days before the scheduled oral exam, the student must:

• Contact Sandra Borges in the MIE Grad Office at sandra.borges@utoronto.ca
• Submit an MASc Exam/Meeting Request through the MIE Graduate Student Management System (GMS)
• Distribute digital or printed copies of written thesis to committee members

Thesis Format

In addition to the standard thesis format, the thesis can be in the format of a journal/conference paper with additional sections and appendices as requested by the supervisor(s). If so, the value of the content should be judged by the committee independent of whether the paper has been accepted. NOTE: SGS will not accept a simple copy of the journal article.  Please refer to the Electronic Thesis Submission guidelines found on the SGS website on how to incorporate the journal article into the SGS template for formatting and how to submit a PDF file to ProQuest.

The public release date of the thesis can be delayed with a request to SGS.

All M.A.Sc. exams are open to the public, unless otherwise requested by the student.

At the beginning of the exam, the committee briefly reviews the student’s file in a closed-door session. The student is then asked to summarize the thesis in a presentation of no more than 20 minutes. This is followed by questions from the committee members. The supervisor(s) may not respond or comment on behalf of the student during the presentation and questions.

Closed-door voting is by signed ballot, on the acceptability or not of the thesis and the oral defence. If a candidate has more than one supervisor, only one supervisor may vote. After the exam, the votes are recorded by the exam Chair and the results are returned immediately to the MIE Graduate Studies Office.

The members of the committee vote on whether to pass or fail a student; the decision requires a simple majority. If the vote is to pass the student, then the committee also votes on the following:

• thesis accepted as is;
• thesis requires minor corrections, that can be completed in one week or less, that the supervisor will oversee;
• thesis requires major corrections, that must be completed within three months; a sub-committee (two members of the exam committee) will confirm completion of the corrections.

If the committee votes unanimously to fail the student on a first exam, then the supervisor will write the student a letter explaining the vote, submit a copy of the letter to the Graduate Studies Office, and the Graduate Coordinator will immediately submit a recommendation to SGS to terminate the student’s program.

If the committee votes 1 to 1 (or 2 to 1) in favour of failing the student on a first exam, then the exam is adjourned and a second exam is scheduled for within 12 weeks. The supervisor will write the student a letter explaining the reasons for adjournment, and submit a copy of the letter to the Graduate Studies Office. The format of the second (reconvened) exam is the same as the first, except that the committee must have 3 voting members and can only vote to pass or fail, as determined by a simple majority of the votes. The second exam will be chaired by the MIE Associate Chair of Graduate Studies who is a non-voting member.

Following a successful oral examination, the student must submit their corrected, final thesis to their supervisor for approval. If the student's supervisor requests a printed copy, visit the SGS website for standard formatting requirements. Note additional MIE formatting requirements if a printed report is requested by the supervisor:

• the binding of theses should be good quality buckram hard-cover, with gold lettering. Colour of MASc thesis cover must be red.

Once the thesis has been approved by their supervisor, the student must upload the document to ProQuest following the SGS thesis submission guidelines.

After submitting their thesis  to ProQuest, the student must:

• Complete Clearance Form online
• Review the GRADUATION CHECKLIST and Confirm convocation date with Office of Convocation website:   https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/convocation
• Notify the MIE Grad Office if you require a Degree Completion letter for proof of program completion prior to the convocation date .  The Grad Office will confirm your graduation eligibility and send confirmation to the School of Graduate studies. Students will then be able to request the  Degree Completion letter from SGS  by completing their request form and submitting it to SGS.  

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Registered MASc candidates receive enough funding to cover tuition and incidental fees. In addition, MASc candidates receive a minimum of $21,000 per year for up to two years.

Most students earn more than the minimum as a result of teaching assistantships and scholarships, such as from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), and the Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) program. MASc students within the funded cohort are expected to apply for all awards for which they are eligible.

View the Scholarships & Funding page for more information.

For funding letters, please visit Graduate Management System (GMS)

All full-time graduate students are eligible to apply for Teaching Assistant (TA) paid positions at MIE. TAs assist undergraduate and graduate course instructors with supervision of labs, leading tutorials and marking assignments and tests.

Apply for TA positions and view more opportunities on the Professional Development  page.

There are two ways by which an MASc student may apply for a transfer to the PhD program before completing the MASc program requirements: the Fast-Track Transfer and the Retroactive Transfer.

Both transfers are one-way, meaning students cannot re-enter the MASc program if their application is successful. If the student fails the PhD qualifying exam, or is deemed no longer in good academic standing, the student must withdraw from the PhD program and will not receive an MASc or PhD degree.

The MIE Graduate Studies Committee decides on the application to transfer to the PhD program. The Committee has the right to solicit additional information from any source and has the right to deny an application even if the student meets the minimum academic standard. The Committee will only grant a transfer if it is convinced that the student will excel in the PhD program.

Eligibility requirements:

• Applicant must have completed at least two sessions of the MASc program, but no more than three sessions
• Applicant must have completed at least three graduate HCE courses with a minimum average of A- and no grade lower than B+
• Summary of evidence of research ability
• Summary of progress in MASc program
• Research plan for PhD program
• Clear statement that the student understands the transfer is one-way
• Two letters of recommendation:  One from the student's supervisor and one from another faculty member

Please note that Fast-track PhD students are funded for five years from initial MASc registration.

• Applicant must have been admitted to the MASc program "with a possible upgrade to PhD," meaning they have already completed another Master's degree, but the student's research ability could not be evaluated prior to admission to MIE.
• Applicant must have completed one session of study, but no more than three
• Applicant must have completed at least two 1000-level graduate HCE courses with a minimum average of A- and no grade lower than a B+
• Two letters of recommendation from the student's supervisor and at least one other faculty member

Please note that Retroactive PhD students are funded for four years from initial MASc registration.

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The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) requires doctoral and masters graduands to submit a thesis written as a required element of their degree program in electronic format.

To submit your thesis, follow these instructions:

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SGS intends to house all available digitized Doctoral and Masters theses by U of T graduate students on this site. The current collection is but a small sample of that scholarly work.

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Department Oral Examination (DOE) of PhD Thesis

The departmental oral examination of the PhD thesis may be scheduled once the candidate and the supervisor agree that the research, experimental work, and written dissertation are complete.

A committee of professors will examine the PhD thesis and the candidate’s oral defense of the thesis. The committee must read the thesis and have sufficient knowledge of the content to examine the candidate and to judge the acceptability of the thesis for the PhD degree.

The supervisor will select professors to serve on the committee according to the following regulations:

• The committee will consist of three professors, including the supervisor. Where there are two supervisors, the committee will consist of four professors, including the two supervisors.
• Normally, all professors on the committee will hold a graduate faculty appointment in ECE. However, should the scope of the thesis fall outside ECE, professors from other departments within the University of Toronto may also serve on the committee (as a complement to the committee members from ECE).
• At least two professors on the committee must hold a full graduate faculty membership in ECE.
• Each professor must hold an appropriate graduate faculty membership (GFM) at the University of Toronto. To serve on this committee the professor must typically hold a full , associate (unrestricted) , or emeritus GFM; an associate member with restricted duties can serve only if their graduate faculty membership specifically includes the privilege to serve as a member of a doctoral thesis committee.

The candidate must distribute the thesis to the committee at least three weeks prior to the examination.

The candidate must submit the PhD Departmental Oral Examination Booking Form to the ECE Graduate Office ( [email protected] ) at least two weeks prior to the examination.

The ECE Graduate Office will book a venue, prepare the relevant documents, and distribute the notice of examination to the ECE Department.

All professors on the committee must be present for the examination to proceed. The order of questioning from the professors should be agreed upon at the beginning of the examination, after which the supervisor can initiate the examination.

During the examination, the candidate will make a twenty-minute presentation concerning their research, which will be followed by questions from the committee. The presentation and question period are open to all graduate students and professors in ECE. After the question period, the committee will vote to determine whether the candidate has passed the examination. The committee may approve the thesis “as is”, or with “minor corrections”, or with “minor modifications.” Any corrections or modifications must be completed prior to scheduling the final Ph.D. oral examination. Where the thesis or the candidate’s oral defense of the thesis are deemed unsatisfactory, the committee may also vote to reconvene the examination.

The supervisor will return the examination report to the ECE Graduate Office immediately after the examination.

A chair is not required for the PhD Departmental Oral Examination. However, the candidate or the supervisor may invite a professor to attend the examination as an objective, third-party observer to conduct the examination; this professor will not examine the student nor vote on the outcome of the examination. The additional professor should be added to the PhD Departmental Oral Examination Booking Form .

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Colloids and Formulation Engineering. Formulation, characterization, and phase behavior of surfactant-based fluids: micelles, microemulsions, emulsions, foams, dispersions, lung surfactants and liquid crystals. Surfactant-based processes: oil and bitumen extraction, remediation of oil spills, polymers and nanoparticle synthesis, aqueous solvent extraction.

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Bioprocess engineering and its environmental applications. Biological Waste Treatment: performance and design of biological treatment systems for toxicity reduction in pulp mill effluents, biological treatment of chlorinated organic compounds, biofiltration of air pollutants. Bioconversion of waste water and waste solids into value added fuels, chemicals, materials and biosolids dewatering. Microalgae production from carbon dioxide, sunlight and wastewater for production of biofuels and biochemicals. Biofilm formation and adhesion. Microbiology and floc formation in waste treatment systems and the development of techniques of monitoring microbial communities.

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My research lies at the intersection of “Process Engineering”, “Electrochemistry” and “Materials Science” and combines fundamental science and engineering principals to arrive at solutions for real world applications, including: Developing innovative supercritical, electrochemical, and hydrometallurgical processes for the extraction and processing of strategic materials including rare earth elements, platinum group metals, lithium, cobalt, and iron; Developing novel generations of post lithium of rechargeable batteries that can significantly address the sustainability challenges in terms of energy, environment, and materials; The design and fabrication of advanced materials with controlled properties including high temperature ceramics, hydrophobic and scalephobic surfaces, and functionalized membranes for solid-liquid extraction.

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Organic Photovoltaic Devices including design, synthesis and crystal engineering of light harvesting organic materials, hole- and electron-transporting organic materials and polymers, chemical process engineering, design of experiments, parallel chemistry, molecular modeling.

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Courses:  CHE304 – Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Lab III, CHE305 – Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Lab IV, CHE274-Engineering Economic and Analysis, CHE374 – Economic Analysis and Decision Making, APS490- Multidisciplinary Capstone.

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Applications of multidisciplinary research strategy (kinetic and isotopic techniques, spectroscopy, and theoretical modeling) to advance fundamental, molecular scale understanding of heterogeneous catalytic processes. Understand heterogeneous catalytic science, deciphering the structures and dynamics of catalyst surfaces and connecting these surface events at the atomic scale to their macroscopic catalytic behavior for fuel processing, chemical synthesis, and emission control technologies.

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Room: WB420D | Tel.: 416-946-3506 | Email:  [email protected]

Evans, Greg J.

Urban Air Pollution: traffic related air pollutants, population exposure, air pollutant toxicity, climate change. Measurement Methods: advanced instrumentation, chemical analysis, inexpensive sensors, aerosol and environmental chemistry. Data Mining: source identification, geospatial modeling, smart cities. Engineering Education: transdisciplinary competencies, lab-based learning, metacognition and lifelong skills development.

Room: WB127 | Tel.: 416-978-1821 | Email:  [email protected]

Farmer, Jennifer

Courses: Applied Chemistry- Laboratory I (CHE204F), Applied Chemistry- Laboratory II (CHE205S), Applied Chemistry IV – Applied Polymer Chemistry, Science and Engineering (CHE562).

Research Interests: Engineering Education, in particular lab-based learning and active learning pedagogy.

Room: WB216B | Tel.: 416-978-6561 | E-mail: [email protected]

Farnood, Ramin R.

Room: WB221 | Tel.: 416-978-1516  | Email: [email protected]

Galatro, Daniela

Courses: Heat and Mass Transfer (CHE210), Data-based Modelling for Prediction and Control (CHE507),

Petroleum Processing (CHE451), Team Strategies for Engineering Design (CHE334) 

Research Interests:  Engineering Education; Data Analytics, and Machine Learning Applied to Process Engineering

Room: WB28 | Tel.: 416-978-1143 | Email: [email protected]

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter generally in the 1–100 nm dimension range. Detailed understanding of chemical interactions and recent technological advances have created the possibility of designing nano-structured materials tailored for specific applications. Professor Gu heads an interdisciplinary research group that combines functional polymers and metal oxide materials to solve problems in health, environmental protection, and industrial applications.

Room: WB329 | Tel.: 416-978-8518 | Email: [email protected]

Jia, Charles Q.

Nanoporous carbons for air and water purification and capacitive electrical energy storage; nanoporous carbon synthesis from biomass and industrial wastes; industrial waste valorization; environmental and industrial applications of inorganic sulphur chemistry; simulation of environmental fate, transport and impact of pollutants.

Room: WB326 | Tel.: 416-946-3097 | Fax: 416-978-8605 | Email:  [email protected]

Kirk, Donald W.

Electrochemical engineering, design, modelling, electrocatalyst development, reaction kinetic studies, activated carbon for electrodes in supercapacitors and batteries, and carbon sequestration .

Room: WB246 | Tel.: 416-978-7406 | Email:  [email protected]

Lawryshyn, Yuri A.

Applying Information Technology with analytical and numerical methods to solve complex, but practical, problems. Research areas: real options analysis, business process optimization, financial engineering, asset management in the municipal environmental sector and environmental research.

Room: WB256 | Tel: 416-946-0576 | Email: [email protected]

Lawson, Christopher

Principal Investigator, Microbiome Engineering Lab and BioZone — Centre for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering

Microbiome engineering, systems biology, synthetic biology, microbial ecology, machine learning, biological waste treatment, resource recovery, environmental biotechnology.

Room: 412 | Email: [email protected]

Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan

Radhakrishnan Mahadevan Professor, B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (Delaware) Canada Research Chair in Metabolic Systems Engineering

Systems biology, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, metabolic modeling and model-based design, bioprocess optimization & control, artificial intelligence, machine learning, dynamic control of metabolism, industrial biotechnology for biochemicals and biofuels, environmental biotechnology, Carbon fixation, biomedical systems, human metabolism, gut microbiome, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, personalized nutrition and medicine.

Room: WB213 | Tel.: 416-946-0996 | Email:  [email protected]

Master, Emma R.

Emma R. Master Professor, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (UBC), Post-doc., KTH, Stockholm Sweden Director ,  BioZone – Centre for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering

Discovery, design and production of enzymes that synthesize new bio-derived materials and value-added chemicals from renewable plant sources.

Room: WB420C | Tel.: 416-946-7861 | Email:  [email protected]

McGuigan, Alison P.

Alison P. McGuigan Professor, MEng. (Oxford), PhD (Toronto), Post-Doc (Harvard, Stanford)

Tissue engineering, microfabrication, disease modeling, systems biology, 2D and 3D cell organization and self-assembly, cell migration, tissue patterning and boundaries, modelling tissue organization mechanisms, in vitro drug screening tools.

Room: WB338 | Tel.: 416-978-7552 | Email:  [email protected]

Moosavi, Seyed Mohamad

Principal Investigator, AI4ChemS group and Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Vision: Autonomous multi-scale materials design and discovery Methods: machine learning, artificial intelligence, molecular simulation Area: energy materials, porous materials Applications: gas separation, catalysis, energy storage, carbon capture

Room: WB365 | Tel.: 416-978-7532 | Email: [email protected]

Newman, Roger C.

Roger C. Newman Professor, MA, PhD (Cambridge), DSc, CEng, FECS, FIMMM, FNACE, FICorr (Hon) UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair in Corrosion and Materials Performance in Nuclear Power Systems

Corrosion and protection of metals, stress corrosion cracking, metallic nanomaterials, sensors, coatings, membranes, nuclear power systems and waste management, oil and gas production and refining, pulp and paper.

Room: WB224 | Tel.: 416-946-0604 | Email:  [email protected]

Neyhouse, Bertrand

Bertrand Neyhouse Assistant Professor (starting May 2025) B.Sc. (Ohio University), Ph.D. (MIT), Postdoc (Michigan) Principal Investigator, Neyhouse Research Group

Email: [email protected]

Papangelakis, Vladimiros G.

Vladimiros G. Papangelakis Professor, Dipl. Eng. (Athens), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McGill), P.Eng., FCIM, FCAE Senior Industrial Research Chair in Water and Sustainable Extractive Metallurgy

Aqueous process engineering; hydrometallurgy; bio-hydrometallurgy; process modelling; electrolyte solution chemistry; recycling of inorganic wastes; environmental remediation from mining and metallurgical activities; process water recovery, recycling and purification; extractive metallurgy of nickel, gold and rare earth metals.

Room: MY871 | Tel.: 416-978-1093 | Email:  [email protected]

Radisic, Milica

Milica Radisic Professor (IBBME, ChemE), B.Eng. McMaster University (1999), Ph.D. MIT (2004), Post-doc Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (2005) Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering

Organ-on-a-chip engineering, organoids, vascularization, iPSC, heart-on-a-chip, Biowire, tissue engineering, bioreactors, biophysical modulation of engineered tissues, patterned cell co-culture (2D and 3D), elastomeric polymers, 3D printing & biofabrication, automation & self-driving labs.

Room: MB317 | Tel.: 416-946-5295 | Email:  [email protected]

Ramchandran, Arun

Arun Ramchandran Professor, B. Chem. Eng. (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai), Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame) Canada Research Chair in Engineered Soft Materials and Interfaces

The focus of our group is the comprehension and prediction of macroscale properties of a suspension (mixture of particles and liquids) by studying microscale/nanoscale interactions and properties, using a combination of experiment and theory. Our current projects are in such diverse areas as oil extraction, fabric softener design, mass transfer in flowing blood, motion of biological particles in vascular networks, and polymer blending.

Room: WB368 | Tel.: 416-978-4162 | Email:  [email protected]

Sanchez-Lengeling, Benjamin

The Chemical Cognition research group is focused on designing computer-robotic systems that augment our human capacity for engineering and optimizing molecular systems, reactions, and processes. Focus areas: AI for science, Domain-Expert AI interactions, Interpretability, all in the context of chemicals.

Room: WB339 | Tel.: 416-978-8754 | Email: [email protected]

Saville, Bradley A.

Bradley A. Saville Professor, B.Sc., Ph.D.(Alberta), P.Eng.

Bioprocess technology, biomass pretreatment and hydrolysis, bioseparations, biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel), bioenergy, bioproducts, life cycle assessment, technoeconomic assessment, applications of enzymes, enzyme inactivation, inhibition and regulation of enzyme activity, therapeutic application of drugs and bioproducts (e.g., prebiotics).

Room: WB340 | Tel.: 416-978-7745 | Email:  [email protected]

Sefton, Michael V.

Michael V. Sefton University Professor, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Sc.D. (MIT), P.Eng.

Tissue engineering, cardiovascular biomaterials, medical implants, cell and gene therapy.

Room: DC406 | Tel.: 416-978-3088 | Email: [email protected] 

Shoichet, Molly S.

Advancing innovative therapeutic and cell delivery strategies to promote regeneration in the central nervous system – brain, spinal cord and retina.

Designing novel 3D biomimetic cellular microenvironments to enable drug discovery and screening in cancer – breast, brain, lung, lymphoma.

Translating our inventions towards commercialization.

Room: DC514 | Tel: 416-978-1460 | Email: [email protected]

Weckman, Nicole

My research group develops sensitive and quantitative biological and biochemical sensors at the interface of cell-free synthetic biology and microscale and nanoscale sensing systems. We focus on engineering design for clinical and commercial translation with a particular emphasis on how these sensors can be used to improve global health and protect our environment.

Room: MY791 | Tel.: 416-946-4017 | Email: [email protected]

Werber, Jay

My research group focuses on membrane materials and membrane separation processes with the aim of attaining breakthrough performance in molecular separations. We are especially motivated by major sustainability challenges, including water scarcity, atmospheric CO2 levels, and the production and recycling of metals. Our work covers all aspects of separation science, including the synthesis and characterization of high-performance membranes, fundamental transport in polymers, and process design.

Room: WB362 | Tel.: 416-978-4906 | Email: [email protected]

Lignocellulosic biomaterials engineering; forest and agriculture residue utilization and conversion to value-added products; Cellulose, lignin, and extractives valorization to green chemicals and functional materials; bio-based polymers, chemicals, composites, and functional materials; sensors and devices.

Room: ES3037 | Tel.: 416-946-8070 | Email: [email protected]

Yip, Christopher M.

Christopher M. Yip Professor, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Minnesota), P.Eng. Dean, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Molecular self-assembly: Protein-ligand and biomolecular complexes and elucidation of the mechanisms associated with their formation. Organic solid-state focusing on molecular and biomolecular crystals and their properties. Biomolecular and ligand-receptor interaction forces. Application of scanning probe microscopy to the characterization of biomolecular processes and structures. Novel protein complexes at interfaces. Molecular modeling of biomolecular complexes. Synthesis and characterization of molecular solids. Structure-property relationships in supramolecular assemblies. Advanced imaging including combinatorial super-resolution microscopies and spectroscopies.

Office of the Dean, 44 St. George Street | Tel.: 416-978-7853 | Email: [email protected]

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