Director
Prof. Patrick Lee
Email: patricklee@mie.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-946-5407
Fax: 416-978-7753
Office Location: Mechanical Engineering Building, room MC311
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Rafaela Aguiar
E-mail: raguiar@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Light Weighting Structural Injection Molded Parts for the Automotive Industry
Dr. Andrew Anstey
E-mail: aanstey@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Crystal Nucleation/Growth and Foaming Study of Polymer/Gas Structures
Dr. Mohamed Cherif Azzaz
E-mail: cherifaz@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBA
Research: Development of Multilayer Composite Systems via Co-extrusion Process
PhD & MASc Students
Hamidreza Akrami
PhD Student
E-mail: akrami@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210D
Research: Polymer Fibrillation Processing
Abdullah Al Faysal
PhD Student
E-mail: faysal@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS206
Research: Electrical Properties of Multi-layered Films
Nathan Chang
MASc Student
E-mail: nchang@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Injection foam molding of high-melt-strength PP
Yalda Chehrehsaz
PhD Student
E-mail: yalda.chehrehsaz@mail.utoronto.ca
Research: TBD
Taylor Ducharme
MASc Student
E-mail: tducharmevt@gmail.com
Research: Development of a High Pressure Sliding Rheometer with In-situ Visualization for Polymer/Gas Mixtures
Mahmoud Embabi
PhD Student
E-mail: embabi@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210D
Research: Crystallization Behaviours of Micro-/Nano-layered Structures under Gas/SCF Pressures
Sumaiya Farzana
PhD Student
E-mail: s.farzana@mail.utoronto.ca
Research: TBD
Eric Sundong Kim
PhD Student
E-mail: ericskim@mie.utoronto.ca
Research: Smart Micro-/Nano-fibers For Lightweight and Stronger Composite Structures
Li Ma
PhD Student
E-mail: lima@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS209
Research: Foaming Ability of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) (PVDF)
Mayesha Binte Mahmud
PhD Student
E-mail: mayesha@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210D
Research: Structure-Property Relationship of Injection Molded Polypropylene Foam
Ali Reza Monfared
PhD Student
E-mail: monfared@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210E
Research: Polymer Fibrillation Processing
Saadman Sakib Rahman
PhD Student
E-mail: ssrahman@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Crosslinking of Rubber in Nanofibrillation
Sandra Romero-Diez
PhD Student
E-mail: sromerod@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS206
Research: Gas Saturated Polymer System Property: Crystal and Cell Nucleation/Growth Theory and Visualization
Meysam Salari
PhD Student
E-mail: msalari@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS104
Research: Conductive Polymers, Multifunctional Composites
Nello D. Sansone
PhD Student
E-mail: nsansone@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: MB68
Research: Light Weighting Structural Injection Molded Parts for the Automotive Industry
Xia Wei Shen
MASc Student
E-mail: xiaweish@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Crystal Nucleation/Growth and Foaming Study of PP/Gas Structures
Troy Su
MASc Student
E-mail: troysu@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Development of Bio-Degradable PLA-based Flexible Packaging Applications Using In-situ Fibrillation and Micro-/Nano-Layer Extrusion
Anthony Tuccitto
PhD Student
E-mail: tuccitto@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS209
Research: Fibrillation of Bio-rubber-Reinforced, Asymmetric Poly (Lactic acid) Blends, for Tuneable Ductility and Enhanced Thermal Resistance
Sima Zeinali
PhD Student
E-mail: sima.zeinali@mail.utoronto.ca
Research: TBD
Jianxiang Zhao
PhD Student
E-mail: jxzhao@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Coextrusion of Micro-/Nano-layered Foams
Steven Mendoza-Cedeño
MASc Student
E-mail: smendoza@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: TBD
Research: Injection Foam Molding Process for New High-Melt-Strength PP
Visiting Students
Jingyi Zhu (PhD Student, 2022)
Wanyu Tang (PhD Student, 2022)
Previous Students
Dr. Mu Sung Kweon (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2022)
Dr. Eunse Chang (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2022)
Dr. Zahir Razzaz (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2021)
Dr. Ruiyan Zhang (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2021)
Chongxiang Zhao (PhD, University of Toronto, 2021)
Steven Mendoza-Cedeño (MASc, University of Toronto, 2022)
Linhan Yu (MASc, University of Toronto, 2021)
Osama Abuharb (MEng, University of Toronto, 2021)
Yu Nakamura (Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto, 2021)
Zuolong Chen (MASc, University of Toronto, 2020)
Dr. Yongna Qiao (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2020)
Mahmoud Embabi (MASc, University of Toronto, 2020)
Peixuan Li (MASc, University of Toronto, 2020)
Gautami Shah (MEng, University of Toronto, 2020)
Selina Xiangxiao Yao (PhD, University of Vermont, 2020)
Jung-Hyun Kim (MASc, University of Toronto, 2020)
Dr. Jean-Mathieu Pin (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2020)
Dr. Hee Eon Park (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont, 2018)
Sandra Romero Diez (MASc, University of Vermont, 2018)
Eric Sundong Kim (MASc, University of Vermont, 2017)
Jason G.H. Lee (MASc, University of Victoria, 2016)
Associates
TBA