Members

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

 

Dr. Azzaz Mohamed Cherif

raguiar@mie.utoronto.ca cherifaz@mie.utoronto.ca

Research:
Light Weighting Structural Injection Molded Parts for the Automotive Industry

Research:
Development of Multilayer Composite Systems via Co-extrusion Process

 

PhD & MASc Students

Hamidreza Akrami

PhD Student

Andrew Anstey

PhD Student

Abdullah Al Faysal

PhD Student

Nathan Chang

MASc Student

akrami@mie.utoronto.ca aanstey@mie.utoronto.ca faysal@mie.utoronto.ca nchang@mie.utoronto.ca
RS210D TBD RS206 TBD
Polymer Fibrillation Processing Crystal Nucleation/Growth and Foaming Study of Polymer/Gas Structures Electrical Properties of Multi-layered Films Injection foam molding of high-melt-strength PP

Yalda Chehrehsaz

PhD Student

Taylor Ducharme

MASc Student

Mahmoud Embabi

PhD Student

Sumaiya Farzana

PhD Student

chyalda@mie.utoronto.ca tducharmevt@gmail.com embabi@mie.utoronto.ca sumaiya@mie.utoronto.ca
MB68 TBD RS210D MB68
PDMS/TLC composites for self-cannulation mapping in home hemodialysis applications Development of a High Pressure Sliding Rheometer with In-situ Visualization for Polymer/Gas Mixtures Crystallization Behaviours of Micro-/Nano-layered Structures under Gas/SCF Pressures Polymer foaming using chemical blowing agents (CBA) and visualization

Eric Sundong Kim

PhD Student

Li Ma

PhD Student

Mayesha Binte Mahmud

PhD Student

Ali Reza Monfared

PhD Student

ericskim@mie.utoronto.ca lima@mie.utoronto.ca mayesha@mie.utoronto.ca monfared@mie.utoronto.ca
TBD RS209 RS210D RS210E
Smart Micro-/Nano-fibers For Lightweight and Stronger Composite Structures PVDF Foam for Aerospace Applications Structure-Property Relationship of Injection Molded Polypropylene Foam ABS-based Nanofibril Composites

Saadman Sakib Rahman

PhD Student

Sandra Romero-Diez

PhD Student

Meysam Salari

PhD Student

Nello D. Sansone

PhD Student

ssrahman@mie.utoronto.ca sromerod@mie.utoronto.ca msalari@mie.utoronto.ca nsansone@mie.utoronto.ca
TBD RS206 RS104 MB68
Crosslinking of Rubber in Nanofibrillation Gas Saturated Polymer System Property: Crystal and Cell Nucleation/Growth Theory and Visualization Thermally Conductive PP/Nanofibril-Rubber Composites Light Weighting Structural Injection Molded Parts for the Automotive Industry

Xia Wei Shen

MASc Student

Troy Su

MASc Student

Anthony Tuccitto

PhD Student

Sima Zeinali

Student

xiaweish@mie.utoronto.ca troysu@mie.utoronto.ca tuccitto@mie.utoronto.ca sima.zeinali@mail.utoronto.ca
RS316 TBD RS209 TBD
Crystal Nucleation/Growth and Foaming Study of PP/Gas Structures Development of Bio-Degradable PLA-based Flexible Packaging Applications Using In-situ Fibrillation and Micro-/Nano-Layer Extrusion Fibrillation of Bio-rubber-Reinforced, Asymmetric Poly (Lactic acid) Blends, for Tuneable Ductility and Enhanced Thermal Resistance TBD

 

Jianxiang Zhao

MASc Student

jxzhao@mie.utoronto.ca
TBD
Coextrusion of Micro-/Nano-layered Foams

 

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