O’Leary, Stephen
Stephen O’Leary Professorstephen.oleary@ubc.caHome department: UBCO School of Engineering, Electrical Research Interests Biography Stephen Karrer O’Leary was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 19, 1965. He received BASc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the University of Toronto in 1988, 1990, and 1995, respectively. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, from […]
Prodanovic, Vladan
Vladan Prodanovic Associate Professor of Teaching, MEL Program DirectorCERC Theme Leader – Education, Training and Outreachvladan.prodanovic@ubc.caHome department: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Master of Engineering Leadership, Clean Energy Engineering Program Research Interests Research Summary My professional interest and expertise are in the area of thermodynamics, heat transfer and multiphase flows, particularly in boiling heat transfer. Over the […]
Liu, Zheng
Zheng Liu Professorzheng.liu@ubc.caHome department: UBC Okanagan School of EngineeringWebsite: Intelligent Sensing, Diagnostics and Prognostics Research Lab Research Interests Research Projects
Shahrad, Mohammad
Mohammad Shahrad Assistant Professormshahrad@ece.ubc.caHome department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringWebsite: Cloud Infrastructure Research for Reliability, Usability, and Sustainability (CIRRUS) Lab Research Interests Research Projects At the intersection of software systems and computer architecture, Dr. Mohammad Shahrad’s research is focused on building resource-efficient cloud computing systems. He has worked across the computing stack toward this goal. This […]
Zhang, Justin
Justin Zhang Assistant Professorjustin.zhang@ubc.caHome department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringWebsite: Power Electronics Systems and Informatics Laboratory (PESIL) Research Interests Research Projects
Akkiraju, Karthik
Karthik Akkiraju Assistant Professorkarthik.akkiraju@ubc.caHome department: Materials EngineeringWebsite: Sustainable Materials Lab (SMAL) Research Interests Current Research Work My research program lies at the intersection of materials engineering, computational social science, environmental impact assessment, and public policy. It focuses on three areas in the techno-social paradigm of planetary health. Focus 1 establishes material benchmarks for material demand and poverty […]
Ventura, Carlos
Carlos Ventura ProfessorDirector of UBC Earthquake Engineering Research Facility (EERF)ventura@civil.ubc.caHome department: Civil Engineering Research Interests Biography Dr. Carlos Ventura is currently the Director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility (EERF) at UBC and has more than 30 years of experience as a structural engineer. Dr. Ventura’s areas of research are in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake […]
Vassos, Troy
Troy Vassos Adjunct Professor troy.vassos@ubc.caHome department: Civil EngineeringWebsite: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/researcher/18901-vassos Research Interests Current Research Projects
Renneckar, Scott
Scott Renneckar Professor, Program Director Forest Bioeconomy Sciences and Technologyscott.renneckar@ubc.caHome department: Wood ScienceWebsite: Advanced Renewable Materials Lab Research Interests Research Summary Dr. Renneckar’s lab’s goal is to construct a sustainable future with the design of renewable building blocks harvested from nature. In doing so, they attempt to make significant contributions in the field of sustainable […]
Paradis, Gregory
Gregory Paradis Assistant Professorgregory.paradis@ubc.caHome department: Forest Resources Management Website: FRESH Lab Research Interests Biography Dr. Gregory Paradis’s research spans a wide range of forest management problems, with a common thread being the application of operations research (OR) methods to formulate and solve complex decision problems as mathematical optimization problems. He uses a systems approach to […]









