
BHARTI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING FACULTY
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Dr. Lucky M. Amaratunga - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-211, ext. 2296 Email: lamaratunga@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Waste Processing and Utilization, Application of Nanomaterials in Waste Processing, Solid-Liquid Separation, Interfacial Phenomena, Mineral Processing, Sulphide Dust Explosions
Dr. Greg R. Baiden - Full Professor
Penguin Automated Systems Inc., Naughton ON Ph# 705-692-8748 Email: gbaiden@laurentian.ca
Mining Engineering - Rock Drilling, Mining Robotics, Mineral Economics, Advanced Telecomunications, Underground Positioning & Navigation, Mining Operations in Extreme Environments
Dr. Ming Cai - Associate Professor
WGMC B4028, ext. 2284 or 5099 Email: mcai@laurentian.ca
Mining/Civil Engineering - Geomechanics, Tunnelling, Seismicity and rock-burst in mines, Rock support, Computational geomechanics
Dr. Krishna Sri Challagulla - Assistant Professor
Fraser Building F-217D, ext. 2306 Email: kchallagulla@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - Composite materials and nanoparticles modified polymer, Composite and smart structures, Micro and nano structures, Solid mechanics
Dr. Brahim Chebbi - Associate Professor
Fraser Building F-225, ext. 4006 Email: bchebbi@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics, Haptics, Virtual Reality Systems, Tele-Robotics, Experimental Techniques Instrumentation
Dr. Anis Farah - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-220, ext. 2241 Email: afarah@laurentian.ca
Dr. Eduard Guerra - Associate Professor
Fraser Building F-225B, ext. 2244 Email: eguerra@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Hydrometallurgy, Design and Modification of Electrowinning and Pressure Leaching Vessels
Dr. Redhouane Henda - Associate Professor
Fraser Building F-222, ext. 2250 Email: rhenda@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Advanced Materials Processing and Modelling, Nanotechnology, Energy-Efficient Processes Modelling and Simulation of Complex Chemical Systems, Numerical and Analytical Methods
Dr. Martin Hudyma - Associate Professor
Academic Advisor for Mining Program
Fraser Building F-217C, ext. 4019 Email: mhudyma@laurentian.ca
Mining Engineering - Mining methods, mine design, rock mechanics, seismicity and rock-bursting in mines
Dr. Peter Kaiser - Full Professor
President and CEO of CEMI
Willet Green Miller Center, ext. 6517 Email: pkaiser@miningexcellence.ca
Mining Engineering - Geomechanics, Tunnelling, Applications of New Mining Technologies for Safety and Productivity
Dr. Vassilios N. Kazakidis - Associate Professor
Fraser Building F-225E, ext. 2344 Email: vkazakidis@laurentian.ca
Mining Engineering - Underground Mine Design, Mine Feasibility, Engineering Economics, Mineral Project Evaluation, Production System Analysis, Mining Geomechanics, Frozen Backfill, Mining Community Relations
Dr. Dean Millar - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-211, ext. 4365 or ext. 5071
Email: dmillar@laurentian.ca or dmillar@mirarco.org
MIRARCO Research Chair of Energy in Mining
Mining Engineering - Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Ventilation, Geo-mechanics
Dr. Farshid Najafi - Assistant Professor
Fraser Building F-217B, ext. 4023 Email: fnajafi@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - Robots, Haptic Devices, Mechatronics and Biomechatronics, Tele-robotic systems
Dr. Ashley Scott - Full Professor
Cross-Appointment with Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Fraser Building F-215B, ext. 2283 Email: jascott@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Green Energy and Green Chemicals; Nutraceuticals; Bioconversions; Biodiesel; Microalgae Production; Sustainability Performance Benchmarking; Sustainable Design; Greenhouse Gas Assessment and Mitigation.
Dr. Helen Shang - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-225C, ext. 2176 Email: hshang@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Advanced Control including Control of Distributed Parameter Systems,
Process Identification, Reactor Modeling and Industrial Processes
Dr. Shailendra K. Sharan - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-221, ext. 2246 Email: ssharan@laurentian.ca
Civil Engineering - Computational Geomechanics, Structural Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid-Structure Dynamic Interaction, Finite Element Method
Dr. S.P. Singh - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-225A, ext. 2332 Email: ssingh@laurentian.ca
Mining Engineering - Rock Fragmentation
Dr. Ramesh Subramanian - Associate Professor
DIRECTOR and Graduate Program Coordinator
School of Engineering
Academic Advisor for Chemical Program
Fraser Building F-232D, ext. 2274 Email: rsubramanian@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Synthesis, Processing and Rheology of Polymers and Foods
Dr. Markus Timusk - Associate Professor
Academic Advisor for Mechanical Program
Fraser Building F-215C, ext. 2243 Email: mtimusk@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - AI Based Fault Detection Systems, Machinery Reliability and
Condition Based Maintenance, Mechatronics, Pattern Recognition, Machine Measurement,
Vibration Analysis
Dr. Nick Vayenas - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-220B, ext. 2341 Email: nvayenas@laurentian.ca
Mining Engineering - Mining Automation, Management of New Mining Technologies,
Simulation of Mining Systems, Maintenance of Mining Equipment
Dr. Turgut Yalcin - Full Professor
Fraser Building F-225D, ext. 2252 Email: tyalcin@laurentian.ca
Metallurgical Engineering - Modified Flotation Techniques, Mineral Process Simulation, Gold Extraction, Hydrocyclones, Tailings Disposal
Dr. Zhibin Ye -Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Polymer Nanomaterials
Cross-Appointment with Dept. of Chemistry
Fraser Building F-223, ext. 2343 Email: zye@laurentian.ca
Chemical Engineering - Polymer Nanomaterials, Polymer Inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites, Advanced Polymerization Techniques, Advanced Transition Metal Catalyst Technologies, Polymers of Complex Architectures, Functionalized Polymers, Polymer Structure Property and Rheology
Dr. Meysar Zeinali - Assistant Professor
Fraser Building F-220A, ext. 2251 Email: mzeinali@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - Intelligent Control Systems and Advanced Robotics
**PhD/MASc position available
Dr. Junfeng Zhang - Assistant Professor
Fraser Building F-224, ext. 2248 Email: jzhang@laurentian.ca
Mechanical Engineering - Microfluidics, Interfacial Phenomena, Bubble/Droplet Dynamics,
Biofluids, Computational Physics, Molecular Dynamics, Hemodynamics and Hemorheology