PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/adc0cf6d-b8b3-4f01-bfc0-4a3d436e5683_rw_1200.png?h=f450bf3d63c009f6bb944e088c0afffe)
Professor Gisele Azimi
Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.
RESEARCH TEAM
Research Assistant
Maxwell Etherington-Rivas
Research Assistant (2023)
Research Assistant (2023)
Ph.D. Candidates
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/03436bde-f075-4a0c-a217-35135203f36f_rw_1920.jpg?h=53ec3975e17a92e8da4dcd69a7f2a8af)
Jaesuk (Jay) Paeng
Ph.D. Candidate (2019)
Ph.D. Candidate (2019)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/f1b2177e-5e0e-4164-be1f-4e57d7730dd5_rw_600.jpg?h=cb07ff939a81821e73379f3627a58cfe)
Andrew Grindal
Ph.D. Candidate (2020)
Ph.D. Candidate (2020)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/212f23f4-0db9-4fff-98d2-6d3c5fdda7a0_rw_600.jpg?h=a155d54368899d4041dcf814b2bad32a)
Lingyang Ding
Ph.D. Candidate (2020)
Ph.D. Candidate (2020)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/64add909-3183-47b5-a2e3-e491b3c14b8a_rw_1200.jpg?h=7836cba845c11926de297765b5ce5252)
Kyoung Hun (David) Choi
Ph.D. Candidate (2021)
Ph.D. Candidate (2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/6bc8246e-27fa-4801-921e-6f3cca6bb919_rw_1200.jpeg?h=0a0a5f6e70bf1f4e7b629643a03b1188)
Spencer Cunningham
M.A.Sc. Candidate (2022)
M.A.Sc. Candidate (2022)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/e4f5cf38-4abb-455b-be0b-24b13af8ea3c_rw_1920.jpg?h=09551e15b2d9124603856ab0398b17e6)
Brohath Amrithraj
Ph.D. Candidate (2022)
Ph.D. Candidate (2022)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/a8af184e-9170-4900-81f4-2e165d98914f_rw_1920.jpg?h=de1cae51c9eedac676c19bc85b2e9964)
Mahla Mahmoudi
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/534bbe6d-891f-468a-8ec0-16cfb361ac48_rw_1200.jpg?h=7b4b31210340832be3d84ff0601ce4dc)
Ali Aliyev
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/c3ca909a-f011-4044-b140-511b81fe7b20_rw_1920.jpeg?h=189dc01bd934a2b2688a5c2e871050a2)
Diego Cadena
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Amirhossein Mohammadzadeh
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/fc25c1ca-c0ca-4302-9c66-259a1f612348_rw_1200.jpg?h=8b83ce2a11c7acc107242119c6060fc6)
Muratcan Kenez
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
Ph.D. Candidate (2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/51baf759-f889-4a55-be26-7e75f5eecd01_rw_1920.jpg?h=d0738c1a9c254564162f5c8d20cc6ecd)
Negin Yavarzadeh
Ph.D. Candidate (2024)
Ph.D. Candidate (2024)
M.Eng. Students
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/1f95027e-f8fe-487b-9fb8-68064a575f4d_rw_600.jpg?h=9558c77634fbee43f0aafa92b20bdd16)
Maya Banowati Rahmawan
M.Eng. Candidate (2024)
M.Eng. Candidate (2024)
Undergraduate Students
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/0fa6b222-89f7-42ef-aa27-37c553a8d641_rw_1920.jpg?h=67818dcb5fbc28ba03dc70d50c3d30bf)
Luke Arcamo
Undergraduate Student (2024)
Undergraduate Student (2024)
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr. William Judge
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
R&D Engineer at Tenova Goodfellow
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/925eaf91-b197-4954-8b94-bf30b7db8a7c_rw_1920.jpg?h=2660d62b61496f053792dbd10bcb0835)
Dr. Jihye Kim
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022)
Assistant Prof. at Colorado School of Mines
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/00311b99-331e-4843-a270-7977b9cc24f0_rw_600.jpg?h=44d472797eac31964b650388da4b63b0)
Dr. Monu Malik, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Senior Research Associate (2017-2022)
Senior Research Associate (2017-2022)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/d1cb0b5d-3f9d-4bdd-a9d0-46bf4711cfa3_rw_600.png?h=aa9ff39913ad47bd08a0dbd9c3c4f651)
Dr. Yimu Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–2020)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/fd5fd7af-0c9f-4ecd-b97a-13943ca91f39_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e11a969fcf331983ffa4f8cd29c13e4)
Dr. Kewei Shu
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018–2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018–2020)
Assistant Prof. at Shaanxi University of Science & Technology
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/4e6a1480-2ff6-4d24-b034-9f9bfef66f7b_rw_1920.jpg?h=5791b4a199f50cda67e5e25fe30ab828)
Dr. Sami Khan
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020)
Assistant Prof. at Simon Fraser
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Dr. Md Ariful Hoque
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019)
Graduate Students
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Dr. Sicheng Li
Ph.D.
(2019–2024)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/9be09934-0042-4c90-985a-f14f10970277_rw_600.jpg?h=e0085ca1c207a74e88599824f2455962)
Dr. Runqian Zhang
Ph.D.
(2018–2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/c216188c-90cc-4d33-868a-0afdd45b26bf_rw_1200.jpg?h=fa8534e1bbe63f4c4d8d90cbdc97f969)
Rong Liu
MEng (2022–2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/5f927bae-ada9-4ced-9205-40197127c112_rw_600.jpg?h=a2bf2d7b03da95da96e8224f36f44230)
Tong Sun
MEng (2022–2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/06e92499-07a1-49b6-bab9-7b821d30cd01_rw_1920.jpg?h=463f7b80b0d7498fe397bfd3a3ef9cda)
Konrad Mundt (2022)
Visiting M.A.Sc. Candidate from Professor Kai-Olaf Hinrichsen group (Technische Universität München)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/00229bac-63f3-430b-910a-46e136c78102_rw_1200.jpg?h=e67d1754eec8aef0d5f7da8d5047bce9)
Dr. Jiakai Zhang
Ph.D.
(2018–2023)
Process Engineer at Hatch
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/4bd86bdb-79fe-422e-9deb-f5832b38ff08_rw_3840.jpg?h=7be6ffbc5c1a57fd6ab8adebae80e958)
Dr. Ka Ho Chan
Ph.D.
(2018–2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/c2fa13c7-5b09-483f-a2e3-9ad0f9e12552_rw_1200.jpg?h=cdf094e9da1f4db10fbd273d59b89268)
Dr. Hongting Liu
Ph.D. (2018–2022)
Ph.D. (2018–2022)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/bbc99775-250a-43c5-9ab6-0756e08a128f_rw_1920.jpg?h=d2da467880f84fbb998183ca9acca3d9)
Yijia Wang
M.A.Sc (2019-2021)
M.A.Sc (2019-2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/b3b3f1ce-36f4-47c9-aa14-545a12833c00_rw_1200.jpg?h=a5089713fab117792a4f9baf076de5ba)
Kok Long Ng
Ph.D. (2017-2021)
Ph.D. (2017-2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/de839db8-95c9-446e-b4ed-ef8ef77f5b76_rw_600.png?h=a4f575d91f3230b5ad79cd814c624bb1)
John Anawati
Ph.D. (2017-2021)
Ph.D. (2017-2021)
Process Engineer at Hatch
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/4a51294c-31ec-4c10-8f17-08e69e0622bd_rw_1920.jpg?h=3a6dad8a8c6704ab6c88b4757bd767f8)
Jihye Kim
Ph.D. (2017–2021)
Ph.D. (2017–2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/12c701f4-7448-4458-8f78-3af960a69998_rw_600.jpg?h=2c1524f460249c85afe00b9ecf2d7faf)
William Judge
Ph.D. (2016–2021)
Ph.D. (2016–2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/e5572d0b-995b-4714-8300-f3f1794c5b85_rw_1920.jpg?h=3076042676535d45d4a1fecd6608579a)
Hao Kun Sun
M.A.Sc. (2018–2021)
M.A.Sc. (2018–2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/53bf9bad-d57a-45e6-8d7b-be90ce6155a2_rw_1920.jpeg?h=c6fb9f9159d7643fc3f6f26f0f719295)
Nattanai Kunanusont (2019)
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate from Professor Yusuke Shimoyama group (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/78d5fc8a-5c89-49c1-8e56-4863676e59f4_rw_600.jpg?h=84dbfab1468fee4d78e63da6f7e462e8)
Bill Yao
M.A.Sc. (2016-2018)
M.A.Sc. (2016-2018)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/a587fed5-389b-4988-b423-34dae37febc4_rw_1200.jpg?h=8719e9e384e6173a38c5f8e446301950)
Jason Tam
Ph.D. (2013-2018)
(co-supervised with Professor Erb)
Ph.D. (2013-2018)
(co-supervised with Professor Erb)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/32f2a444-639d-45e7-8b84-642178bb3ee3_rw_600.jpg?h=d68031d7313555334bea26f43c5ac916)
Abhineet Sain
M.Eng. (2017-2018)
M.Eng. (2017-2018)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/26c56787-85a7-4675-89f0-e14634fddd35_rw_1920.jpg?h=495f571035e1a5a9f60f7f2f9c967d94)
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Shayan Shahini
M.A.Sc. (2015-2017)
M.A.Sc. (2015-2017)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/102e4121-437b-4d09-9062-793d4050fcfd_rw_600.jpg?h=ec9f8a3ea47137fcf9ff21fdaca9234a)
Cheen Aik Ang
M.A.Sc. (2015-2017)
M.A.Sc. (2015-2017)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/70343fe6-b73b-4df3-8ead-d5a83b3fbee2_rw_1920.jpg?h=d3e7ded3465f47f6ebe1ce28110bbd03)
Oliver Ko
M.Eng. (2016-2017)
M.Eng. (2016-2017)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/af9acac5-1c38-48ec-a5d6-b3fb23596cec_rw_1200.jpg?h=a89011a890f644afb1593829a45fec4e)
Mugdha Walawalkar
M.A.Sc. (2014-2016)
M.A.Sc. (2014-2016)
Undergraduate Students
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Ishaan Mohan Gupta
Undergraduate Student (2023)
Undergraduate Student (2023)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/235ca5ed-28c7-461c-b9c7-7cfb5097c20a_rw_1920.jpg?h=d52c3f571e59b3adf0b3641cfc68b868)
Brohath Amrithraj
Undergraduate student (2019–2022)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/a94f80f0-7682-499e-b02a-92f5eec257c0_rw_3840.jpg?h=8072bc8a3027a44f34c9f0a9b4168f59)
Henry Shekhtman
Undergraduate Summer Student (2021)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/3c49f7a8-7ffb-4173-aec5-c0d0b5c81acb_rw_1200.jpg?h=71fff879a61660e497edab6e02cf375d)
Mark Gorban
Undergraduate Summer Student (2021)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2021)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/7d964f4d-c534-4f5d-84f6-e761ca831a27_rw_1200.png?h=913a3b3c911c4fb84016446100fd2381)
Matthew Desmarais
Undergraduate Summer Student (2019)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2019)
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Tony Zifeng Dong
Undergraduate Student (2019–2021)
Undergraduate Student (2019–2021)
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Jilai Zhang
Undergraduate Summer Student (2020)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/453e7354-367c-4c24-9187-09b484fb27e9_rw_1920.jpg?h=583719c2a1b88275da5e3fa851eef5bd)
Kimberly Watada
Undergraduate Summer Student (2019)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2019)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/d13ee7a3-ae58-449a-8d2a-25a996d68643_rw_1920.jpg?h=df7a73e5401b27c4607b2f139c37104f)
Erin Chau
Undergraduate Summer Student (2018)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2018)
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Runlin Yuan
Undergraduate Summer Student (2018)
Undergraduate Summer Student (2018)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/7e8e8364-a05a-4640-83ec-98cfda7bb57a_rw_1200.jpg?h=987f99be1c22276c2c52e561336872f5)
Jiakai (Kevin) Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher (4th-year thesis) (2017)
Undergraduate Researcher (4th-year thesis) (2017)
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Nina Farac
Summer Student (2017)
Summer Student (2017)
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Brittny Carter
Summer Student (2017)
Summer Student (2017)
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Feixiong Zhang
Summer Student (2016) and
Undergraduate Researcher (4th-year thesis) (2017)
Summer Student (2016) and
Undergraduate Researcher (4th-year thesis) (2017)
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Mingfan Yang
Summer Student (2016)
Summer Student (2016)
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Adrian Lambert
Summer Student (2016)
Summer Student (2016)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3aea5f5a698c6524b20803284f75adbb/55760c2d-e73e-453e-8221-98c122ea311f_rw_1200.jpg?h=e3d43a1333ea3e5f86ab3bebd8da610f)
Rodolfo Pereira Chagas
Summer Student (2015)
Summer Student (2015)