Faculty directory
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Sina Kheirkhah
Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Research/teaching areas
Thermo-acoustic Instabilities; Turbulent Combustion Science; Laser-based Diagnostics for Thermo-fluids
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Tim Kieffer
Biomedical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Development of novel gene and cell therapies for diabetes; physiological insulin replacement
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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).
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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
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Patrick Kirchen
Mechanical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Thermal energy conversion, combustion, internal combustion engines, ion transport membranes
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Bern Klein
Mining Engineering
Research/teaching areas
technology and innovation for improved energy efficiency and reduced environmental footprint in mining.
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Richard Klukas
Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Research/teaching areas
Signal processing for wireless location, indoor positioning, WiFi positioning, optical positioning techniques
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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.
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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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Calvin Kuo
Biomedical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Musculoskeletal modeling of traumatic brain injury; parameter identification; wearable sensors in concussion biomechanics; Bayesian filter for high rate human motion measurements
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Zachary Laksman
Biomedical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Genetic basis for diseases of the heart muscle, heart rhythm, sudden cardiac death; stem cell models; growing heart cells in vitro; personalized disease modeling and therapy
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Gabrielle Lam
Materials Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Tissue engineering, biomaterials and regenerative medicine; integrating experiential learning in course design; self-regulated and collaborative learning