Meet The Team
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Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Michael Thompson
Research Summary
Extrusion machinery
Education
● B.Sc. McMaster University (1990)
● B. Eng. McMaster University (1992)
● M. Eng. McMaster University (1994)
● Ph.D. University of Waterloo (1998)
Research interests
● Granulation extrusion
● Spray drying
● Ultrasonic sensors for quality control
● Composite/Bioplastics processing
● Liquid-solid dispersions by extrusion
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Li Xi
Research Summary
Computing in chemical engineering; polymers; fluid mechanics; rheology; molecular simulation; computational fluid dynamics; process modeling
Education
● Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Dec 2009-Sep. 2013)
● Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2009)
● B.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University (2004)
Research interests
● Multiscale molecular modelling of polymer materials
● Energy conservation/drag reduction in flow turbulence
● Dynamics and rheology of polymer liquids
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Research Coordinator, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute
Heera Marway
Research Summary
Polymer Processing, nanotechnology, surface chemistry, microscopy, and green technology.
Education
● MASc., Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (2016)
● B.Eng. Biosci, Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering,
● B.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University (2004)
Research interests
● Nanomaterials
● Material Characterization
● Polymers
● Materials
● Nanomaterials Synthesis
● Thin Films and Nanotechnology
● Thin Film Deposition
● Advanced Materials
● Materials Processing
● Materials Testing