Faculty directory

  • Casey Keulen

    Casey Keulen

    Materials Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Polymer matrix composite materials Educational Leadership Interests: Multi-campus course instruction, continuing professional development

  • Sina Kheirkhah

    Sina Kheirkhah

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    Thermo-acoustic Instabilities; Turbulent Combustion Science; Laser-based Diagnostics for Thermo-fluids

  •  Tim Kieffer

    Tim Kieffer

    Biomedical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Development of novel gene and cell therapies for diabetes; physiological insulin replacement

  • Alyse Kiesser

    Alyse Kiesser

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    Systems Ecology; Big Data Science; Microbial Metabolic Interactions; Natural and Engineered Microbial Ecosystem; Multi-omics (DNA, RNA and protein sequencing).

  • Amy Kim

    Amy Kim

    Civil Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Transportation systems analysis, multimodal networks, transportation infrastructure planning, adaptation, long-distance transportation, air transportation, resource allocation and optimization, multicriteria analysis, supply-and-demand models

  • Patrick Kirchen

    Patrick Kirchen

    Mechanical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Thermal energy conversion, combustion, internal combustion engines, ion transport membranes

  • Bern Klein

    Bern Klein

    Mining Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    technology and innovation for improved energy efficiency and reduced environmental footprint in mining.

  • Richard Klukas

    Richard Klukas

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    Signal processing for wireless location, indoor positioning, WiFi positioning, optical positioning techniques

  • Frank Ko

    Frank Ko

    Materials Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Nanofibre technology, biomaterials, surgical implants, textile structural composites

  • Vicki Komisar

    Vicki Komisar

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    Assistive technology; aging; fall and injury prevention; biomechanics; motor control, ergonomics; accessible design

  • Sergey Kravchenko

    Sergey Kravchenko

    Materials Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Polymers and polymer composites; Multi-functional composites; High-throughput manufacturing process modelling of composites; Multi-scale, multi-physics, probabilistic computational modelling of composites; Manufacturing-informed performance simulation of composites; Machine learning methods in composites manufacturing and performance analysis; Composite structures for renewable energy & unmanned vehicles; Additive manufacturing.

  • Nadja Kunz

    Nadja Kunz

    Mining Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Transitioning the mining and extractives sector towards more sustainable water management practices. Studies the evolving role of the mining sector in water stewardship and governance.

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