Faculty directory

  • Nozomu Yachie

    Nozomu Yachie

    Biomedical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Genome editing, cell engineering, mouse genetics, high-performance computing to trace molecular & cellular dynamics in high-resolution; DNA event recording; cell lineage tracing

  • Vikramaditya

    Vikramaditya Yadav

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Biocatalysis, bioremediation, bioprocess engineering, drug delivery, infectious disease pathogenesis & drug discovery, green chemistry, medical biotechnology, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, tissue engineering

  • Joseph Yan

    Joseph Yan

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Micromechatronics, microfabrications, microassembly and biomimetic robotics

  • Claire Yan

    Yu (Claire) Yan

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    Computational fluid dynamics; Renewable energy technologies; Fluid mechanics

  • Tony Yang

    Tony Yang

    Civil Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Seismic behavior and design of steel, concrete and composite structures, seismic behavior and design of tall buildings, develop performance-based evaluation methodology and code design procedures for new and existing structures, energy dissipation systems.

  • Yuan Yao portrait

    Yuan Yao

    Mechanical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Biomaterial manufacturing and engineering, Nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting, Tissue engineering and organ regeneration, Therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease, Biomimetic hydrogel scaffold

  • Nobo Yonemitsu

    Noboru Yonemitsu

    Civil Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    IR-NDT technologies, turbulent fluid mechanics, environmental fluid mechanics, ecological fluid mechanics, wastewater treatment

  • Peter Zandstra

    Peter Zandstra

    Biomedical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Multi-scale modeling of complex biology; synthetic stem cells & regenerative medicine; synthetic niches to control stem cell fate; new therapies for blood diseases

  • Mohammad Hossein Zarifi

    Mohammad Hossein Zarifi

    Engineering (Okanagan campus)

    Research/teaching areas

    State of the art sensors focusing on microwave resonators; High-speed and low-power analog circuit design; Analog-to-digital converters for a variety of applications

  • Justin Zhang portrait

    Justin Zhang

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Power electronics, grid integration of alternative/renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, high-voltage DC (HVDC) grids, microgrids, cyber-security in energy systems

  • Ryan Ziels

    Ryan Ziels

    Civil Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Sustainable biological wastewater treatment, resource recovery, microbial ecology, multi-omics, anaerobic digestion, biological nutrient removal, microbial biotechnology

  • Naomi Zimmerman

    Naomi Zimmerman

    Mechanical Engineering

    Research/teaching areas

    Air pollution and climate impacts of policy interventions, renewable energy technology, low-cost sensing, traffic-related air pollution, aerosols

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