Congratulations to the winners of John Tiedje Fellowship in Clean Energy and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
2020-2021: Alexandre Babin and Steven Zimmerman 2019-2020: Joseph English and Eric Lee About the Award John Tiedje was a graduate of the Department of Chemical Engineering at UBC who went on to a successful career with Imperial Oil, where he was responsible for developing several new processes for converting petroleum into value-added products. He served as […]
Kheirkhah, Sina
Sina Kheirkhah Associate Professor CERC Theme Co-Leader – Low Carbon Fuelssina.kheirkhah@ubc.caHome department: UBCO School of Engineering – MechanicalWebsite: Combustion for Propulsion and Power Laboratory Research Interests Research Projects
Sokhansanj, Shahab
Shahab Sokhansanj Adjunct Professorshahab.sokhansanj@ubc.caHome department: Chemical and Biological EngineeringWebsite: Biomass and Bioenergy Research Group Research Interests Research Summary My core research is in feedstock engineering focusing on harvesting, drying, fractionating, and densification of cellulosic biomass. These processes add value to an otherwise low value commodity. The work has evolved in two fronts: (1) experimenting with […]
Yadav, Vikramaditya
Vikramaditya G. Yadav Associate Professorvikramaditya.yadav@ubc.caHome department: Chemical and Biological EngineeringWebsite: The BioFoundry at UBC Research Interests Research Projects
Cao, Yankai
Yankai Cao Associate Professoryankai.cao@ubc.caHome department: Chemical and Biological EngineeringWebsite: Cao Research Group Research Interests Current Research Work My research group focuses on the design and implementation of large-scale local and global optimization algorithms to tackle problems that arise in diverse decision-making paradigms such as machine learning, stochastic optimization, and optimal control. Our algorithms combine mathematical […]
Steen, John
John Steen Associate ProfessorDirector of the Bradshaw Research Initiative in Minerals and Mining (BRIMM)john.steen@ubc.caHome department: Mining EngineeringWebsite: BRIMM Mining Education Research Interests Research Projects
Yazdan Panah, Fahimeh
Fahimeh Yazdan Panah Project Lead – Biomass Canada UBC Biomass and Bioenergy Research Group fahimeh.yazdanpanah@ubc.ca
Upham, Chester
Chester Upham Assistant Professorchester.upham@ubc.caHome department: Chemical and Biological EngineeringWebsite: Catalysis Research Group Research Interests Research Projects
Wetton, Brian
Brian Wetton Professorwetton@math.ubc.caHome department: MathematicsWebsite: Brian Wetton Research Interests Biography Dr. Wetton’s original background is in Numerical Analysis of methods used to compute approximate solutions of partial differential equations. He has since become more motivated by industrial applications and have developed a skill in mathematical modelling. He has interest in models coming from materials science […]







