Faculty directory
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Jenna Usprech
Biomedical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Curriculum design; incorporation of cellular & tissue engineering into undergraduate curriculum; teaching strategies to promote retention of material, critical thought, wellness
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Machiel Van der Loos
Mechanical Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Research into human-robot interaction in industrial settings; interface design for mobile robots; roboethics; development of mechatronic exercise systems for movement therapy and diagnostic technologies for improved sleep quality; the neurophysiology of standing balance
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Klaske Van Heusden
Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Research/teaching areas
Data-driven and learning control; system identification; control of robotics and mechatronic systems; emerging applications in agriculture and health care
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Reza Vaziri
Civil Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Finite element analysis; Mechanics of composite materials; Constitutive modeling of engineering materials, Plasticity, Damage mechanics; Process modeling of composite structures; Analysis of impact and blast loading of metallic and composite structures
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Carlos Ventura
Civil Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, full scale vibration testing, shake table testing. Seismic risk evaluation and hazard management studies. Investigation of earthquake effects on man-made structures
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Jonathan Verrett
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Leadership development, experiential learning, design education, Open Educational Resources (OER), energy generation and use, sustainability
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Anthony Wachs
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Fluid mechanics, particle-laden flows, non newtonian flows, heat and mass transfer, numerical simulation, high performance computing, multi-scale modelling
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Konrad Walus
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Nanoelectronic devices and circuits, quantum-dot cellular automata, single-electron transistors, quantum mechanical simulations
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Jane Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Multimedia security, statistical signal processing, biomedical information, genomic signal processing and statistics, and wireless communications
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Lele Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Information theory, coding theory, communication theory, mathematical data science.
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Liwei Wang
Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Research/teaching areas
Electric power systems, high power electronics, HVDC and FACTS systems, electrical machines and drives, real-time simulation
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Rizhi Wang
Materials Engineering
Research/teaching areas
Biomaterials, biomechanics, biomimetics