Researchers

Professors/Faculty Members

Wong, Vincent

Wong, Vincent

Vincent Wong Professorvincentw@ece.ubc.caHome department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringWebsite: Vincent Wong Research Interests Research Projects

Wang, Liwei

Wang, Liwei

Liwei Wang Associate Professorliwei.wang@ubc.caHome department: UBCO School of Engineering, Electrical Research Interests Research Projects Dr. Wang’s research interests include power system analysis, operation and simulation, electrical machine and drives, power electronic converter design, control and topology, power semiconductors modeling and characterization, utility power electronics applications, HVDC and FACTS, renewable energy sources, and distributed generation.

O’Leary, Stephen

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 

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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