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2023 research grants competition - results by peer review committee

Materials and Chemical Engineering
Applicant name Institution Program Title Term Amount awarded
Adibnia, Vahid
Department
Applied Oral Sciences,
Dalhousie DGECR Sustainable design of polymeric biomaterials for biolubrication, bioadhesion and antifouling applications: From the intermolecular interactions to the bulk properties 1 $12,500.00
Adibnia, Vahid
Department
Applied Oral Sciences,
Dalhousie RGPIN Sustainable design of polymeric biomaterials for biolubrication, bioadhesion and antifouling applications: From the intermolecular interactions to the bulk properties 5 $32,000.00
Alamdari, Houshang
Department
Centre de recherche sur l'aluminium (REGAL)
Université Laval RGPIN Sustainable carbon electrodes for metallurgical processes 5 $42,000.00
Alarcon, Emilio
Department
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Ottawa RGPIN Nanoengineered Materials for Tissue and Organ Repair 5 $59,000.00
Amirfazli, Alidad
Department
Mechanical Engineering
York University RGPIN Surface Droplet Interactions for Complex Systems: Fundamentals and Applications 5 $59,000.00
Asselin, Edouard
Department
Materials Engineering
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Electrochemical reactors for the mine of the future: securing critical metals for electrification 5 $59,000.00
Aucoin, Marc
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Refining baculovirus technology to enable controlled protein display on baculovirus vectors and enveloped virus-like particles 5 $50,000.00
Babadagli, Tayfun
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta RGPIN Next Generation In-Situ Techniques for Eco-Friendly and High Efficiency Recovery of Heavy Oil/Bitumen 5 $42,000.00
Barati, Mansoor
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Toronto RGPIN Slag Engineering for Steel Decarbonization 5 $38,000.00
Bassim, Nabil
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Functional Nano-Surfaces with Ion Implantation and Chemistry 5 $50,000.00
Bazylak, Aimy
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto RGPIN Advancing catalyst coated membranes for electrochemical energy conversion 5 $98,000.00
Bender, Timothy
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto RGPIN Development of Sustainable Materials for Energy Harvesting, Energy Storage and Catalysis. 5 $69,000.00
Bertrand, Nicolas
Department
Pharmacie, Faculté de
Université Laval RGPIN Methods to study the long-term effects of nanoparticles in vivo 5 $42,000.00
Botton, Gianluigi
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Structure and Properties Relationships of Nanoscale Materials 5 $59,000.00
Bouchard, Mathieu
Department
Sciences du bois et de la forêt
Université Laval RGPIN Prise en compte des changements climatiques dans la planification forestière à long terme. 5 $32,000.00
Bouchard, Mathieu
Department
Sciences du bois et de la forêt
Université Laval DGECR Prise en compte des changements climatiques dans la planification forestière à long terme. 1 $12,500.00
Boulanger, Jean-François
Department
Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME)
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue DGECR Understanding and advancing the potential for co-recovery of critical and strategic elements from mineral processing operations 1 $12,500.00
Boulanger, Jean-François
Department
Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME)
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue RGPIN Understanding and advancing the potential for co-recovery of critical and strategic elements from mineral processing operations 5 $32,000.00
Briens, Cedric
Department
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
The University of Western Ontario RGPIN Development of chemical reactors for waste material recycling and greenhouse gas reduction 5 $38,000.00
Bruce, David
Department
Engineering, Faculty of
University of Ottawa RGPIN Scalable Clean Energy Materials Development 5 $32,000.00
Bruce, David
Department
Engineering, Faculty of
University of Ottawa DGECR Scalable Clean Energy Materials Development 1 $12,500.00
Chen, Daolun
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University RGPIN Lightweight High-Entropy Alloys: Structure and Properties 5 $59,000.00
Chen, Zhangxing
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary RGPIN Low Carbon Opportunities in Canada: CO2 Utilization and Storage 5 $69,000.00
Choi, Phillip
Department
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
University of Regina RGPIN Correlation between Polymer Dynamics and Free Volume Redistribution Dynamics 5 $38,000.00
Coulombe, Sylvain
Department
Chemical Engineering
McGill University RGPIN Plasma science and technologies for renewable electricity conversion and storage 5 $69,000.00
Dahn, Jeff
Department
Physics and Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie RGPIN Fundamental Science of Lithium and Sodium-ion Batteries 5 $50,000.00
Dalai, Ajay
Department
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Applied Catalysis Research for Renewable Liquid Fuels and Light Olefins Production and Glycerol to Chemicals 5 $98,000.00
Dave, Deepika
Department
Fisheries and Marine Institute
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Greening the Blue Economy: More Opportunities from Unutilized Atlantic Sea Cucumber Resources 5 $32,000.00
De France, Kevin
Department
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University DGECR Functional Materials from Cellulose and Protein 1 $12,500.00
De France, Kevin
Department
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University RGPIN Functional Materials from Cellulose and Protein 5 $32,000.00
de Lannoy, Charles-François
Department
Chemical Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Electrocatalytic Membrane Micro-Reactors: Synthesis and Reactions 5 $42,000.00
Deschênes, Jean-Sébastien
Department
Mathématiques, informatique et génie
Université du Québec à Rimouski DDG Développement et mise à l’échelle de bioprocédés mixotrophes et multi-substrats pour la production de composés à forte valeur ajoutée avec les microalgues 2 $20,000.00
Dincer, Ibrahim
Department
Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Ontario Institute of Technology RGPIN Renewable Energy Based Integrated Systems with Hydrogen Production for Indigenous Communities 5 $59,000.00
Ekaette, Idaresit
Department
Bioresource Engineering
McGill University RGPIN Pyrolysis of sugars and phenolic compounds for the formation of novel structured food materials 5 $32,000.00
Ekaette, Idaresit
Department
Bioresource Engineering
McGill University DGECR Pyrolysis of sugars and phenolic compounds for the formation of novel structured food materials 1 $12,500.00
Farhat, Zoheir
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie RGPIN Tribology of Advanced Materials and Coatings 5 $38,000.00
Fortin, Marc-André
Department
Génie des mines, métallurgie et matériaux
Université Laval RGPIN Nanoparticle-containing polymers and soft materials for applications in radiology, oncology, and ophthalmology 5 $50,000.00
Frampton, John
Department
Biomedical Engineering, School of
Dalhousie RGPIN Multiscale Assembly of Soft Biomaterials 5 $42,000.00
Gopaluni, Bhushan
Department
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Self-Driving Industrial Processes 5 $50,000.00
Gostick, Jeff
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Multiscale, multiphase, multiphysics investigation of electrochemical systems 5 $50,000.00
Hamon, Gwenaelle
Department
Génie électrique et génie informatique
Université de Sherbrooke DGECR Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) for perovskite solar cells 1 $12,500.00
Hamon, Gwenaelle
Department
Génie électrique et génie informatique
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) for perovskite solar cells 5 $32,000.00
Harris, Kenneth
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta RGPIN Nanocolumnar thin films deposited by glancing angle deposition for high-performance biosensors and electrochemical devices 5 $38,000.00
Hattrick-Simpers, Jason
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Toronto RGPIN A Self Driving Laboratory Powered by a Trustable and Interpretable AI Framework for the Discovery of Novel Compositionally Complex Alloys 5 $50,000.00
Hermawan, Hendra
Department
Génie des mines, métallurgie et matériaux
Université Laval RGPIN Discovering the in-depth material-process-properties relationship for advancing the development of high-performance metallic biomaterials 5 $42,000.00
Hu, Jinguang
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary RGPIN Biomass Valorization via Photo-Bioprocessing 5 $55,000.00
Hu, Jinguang
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary DGECR Biomass Valorization via Photo-Bioprocessing 1 $12,500.00
Jafari Aminabadi, Reza
Department
Sciences appliquées
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi RGPIN Novel strategies in the design of icephobic surfaces 5 $38,000.00
Jin, Zhehui
Department
Engineering, Faculty of
University of Alberta RGPIN Optimization of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage from Molecular Perspectives 5 $42,000.00
Kallos, Michael
Department
Biomedical Engineering
University of Calgary RGPIN Precision Bioprocess Engineering for Cell Therapy Manufacturing 5 $38,000.00
Kamkar, Milad
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Engineering Multifunctional All-liquid Soft Materials and Ultra-light Weight Aerogels 5 $32,000.00
Kamkar, Milad
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo DGECR Engineering Multifunctional All-liquid Soft Materials and Ultra-light Weight Aerogels 1 $12,500.00
Kang, Kang
Department
Biorefining Research Initiative (BRI)
Lakehead University DGECR Development of lignin-based carbon dots and their composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production 1 $12,500.00
Kang, Kang
Department
Biorefining Research Initiative (BRI)
Lakehead University RGPIN Development of lignin-based carbon dots and their composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production 5 $32,000.00
Kantzas, Apostolos
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary RGPIN Visualization of Complex Interfacial Phenomena 5 $38,000.00
Kim, Woo Soo
Department
Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Simon Fraser University RGPIN Adaptive 3D Printing of Architectured Materials for Circular Manufacturing 5 $50,000.00
Kolhatkar, Gitanjali
Department
Engineering Physics
McMaster University DGECR Smart Materials for Neuromorphic Computing 1 $12,500.00
Kolhatkar, Gitanjali
Department
Engineering Physics
McMaster University RGPIN Smart Materials for Neuromorphic Computing 5 $43,000.00
Kwofie, Ebenezer
Department
Bioresource Engineering
McGill University DGECR Enhancing circular bioeconomy pathways of plant-based protein processing systems 1 $12,500.00
Kwofie, Ebenezer
Department
Bioresource Engineering
McGill University RGPIN Enhancing circular bioeconomy pathways of plant-based protein processing systems 5 $32,000.00
Lee, ChungHyuk
Department
Chemical Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University RGPIN Alternative Electrode Structures for Clean Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 5 $32,000.00
Lee, ChungHyuk
Department
Chemical Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University DGECR Alternative Electrode Structures for Clean Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 1 $12,500.00
Lee, Jongho
Department
Civil Engineering
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Liquid Membrane Technology for High-value Chemical Recovery in Biorefinery 5 $32,000.00
Leung, Juliana
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta RGPIN A Multiscale Multiphysics Flow Simulation Framework for Fractured Subsurface Media 5 $42,000.00
LI, BOWEN
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate Department of
University of Toronto RGPIN Probing Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Functional Delivery of Messenger RNA in Target Tissues 5 $37,000.00
LI, BOWEN
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate Department of
University of Toronto DGECR Probing Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Functional Delivery of Messenger RNA in Target Tissues 1 $12,500.00
Li, Shyh-Dar
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Developing novel cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) for protein delivery into the nucleus of cells 5 $38,000.00
Liu, Jian
Department
Okanagan
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Interfacial Phenomena in Next-Generation Energy Storage Technologies 5 $59,000.00
Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto RGPIN Novel Computational and Experimental Tools for Production of Zero Emissions Fuels and Chemicals 5 $69,000.00
Master, Emma
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto RGPIN Discovery and Design of Microbial Expansin-Related Proteins for Bio-based Material Applications 5 $59,000.00
Mehrani, Poupak
Department
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Ottawa RGPIN Investigation of electrostatic charging in various gas­-solid processes including fluidization and pneumatic conveying 5 $42,000.00
Mohanty, Amar
Department
Plant Agriculture (Guelph)
University of Guelph RGPIN Synergistic Upcycling of Waste Plastics and Biomass for Advanced Biographite and Sustainable Composites 5 $69,000.00
Moo, Eng Kuan
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University RGPIN Time-dependent development of adhesive linkage between engineered and native tissues 5 $32,000.00
Moo, Eng Kuan
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University DGECR Time-dependent development of adhesive linkage between engineered and native tissues 1 $12,500.00
Moosavi, Seyed Mohamad
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto DGECR Machine Learning for the Understanding and Design of Nanoporous Materials 1 $12,500.00
Moosavi, Seyed Mohamad
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto RGPIN Machine Learning for the Understanding and Design of Nanoporous Materials 5 $43,000.00
Morrissey, Liam
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland DGECR Studying the Interaction of Solar Wind Plasma with Exposed Minerals and Materials 1 $12,500.00
Morrissey, Liam
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Studying the Interaction of Solar Wind Plasma with Exposed Minerals and Materials 5 $32,000.00
Murphy, Jennifer
Department
Chemistry
University of Guelph DGECR Materials for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage 1 $12,500.00
Murphy, Jennifer
Department
Chemistry
University of Guelph RGPIN Materials for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage 5 $32,000.00
Musselman, Kevin
Department
Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
University of Waterloo RGPIN Atmospheric-pressure spatial atomic layer deposition for ubiquitous nanomanufacturing 5 $59,000.00
Natale, Giovanniantonio
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary RGPIN Particle-laden interfaces for advanced materials and chemical engineering processes 5 $50,000.00
Nouri, Alireza
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta RGPIN Formation Damage Mechanisms and their Interactions during Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Solvent-Assisted SAGD Production 5 $42,000.00
Ojo, Olanrewaju
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Manitoba RGPIN Improved Joining Techniques for Aerospace Superalloys 5 $50,000.00
Ouellet-Plamondon, Claudiane
Department
Génie de la construction
École de technologie supérieure RGPIN Functionalized durable construction materials fit to their environment 5 $50,000.00
Pecunia, Vincenzo
Department
School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
Simon Fraser University RGPIN Solution-Processable Semiconductors toward Eco-Friendly Self-Powered Sensors 5 $42,000.00
Pensini, Erica
Department
Engineering and Physical Sciences, College of
University of Guelph RGPIN STRUCTURING WATER WITH AMPHIPHILES TO REMOVE MISCIBLE POLLUTANTS 5 $32,000.00
Piro, Markus
Department
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
University of Ontario Institute of Technology RGPIN Experimental and Computational Research of TRISO Fuels for Small- and Micro-Modular Reactors 5 $42,000.00
Plucknett, Kevin
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie RGPIN Multi-material Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics 5 $38,000.00
Pope, Michael
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Nano-Enabled Architectures for Sustainable, All-Solid-State Batteries 5 $69,000.00
Rosei, Federico
Department
Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre
Institut national de la recherche scientifique RGPIN Multifunctional nanomaterials: structure and properties 5 $69,000.00
Salaudeen, Shakirudeen
Department
Mechanical Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Conversion of low value agricultural biomass to high value bioproducts 5 $32,000.00
Salaudeen, Shakirudeen
Department
Mechanical Engineering
McMaster University DGECR Conversion of low value agricultural biomass to high value bioproducts 1 $12,500.00
Self, Julian
Department
Génie chimique
École Polytechnique de Montréal DGECR Supraionic engineering of liquid electrolytes for electrochemistry and ionometallurgy 1 $12,500.00
Self, Julian
Department
Génie chimique
École Polytechnique de Montréal RGPIN Supraionic engineering of liquid electrolytes for electrochemistry and ionometallurgy 5 $32,000.00
Selopal, Gurpreet Singh
Department
Engineering (Faculty of Agriculture)
Dalhousie RGPIN Advanced Nanoengineering for Efficient Clean Sustainable Energy Technologies 5 $37,000.00
Selopal, Gurpreet Singh
Department
Engineering (Faculty of Agriculture)
Dalhousie DGECR Advanced Nanoengineering for Efficient Clean Sustainable Energy Technologies 1 $12,500.00
Servio, Phillip
Department
Chemical Engineering
McGill University RGPIN An Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach to Explore Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture through Water Phase Change Processes 5 $50,000.00
Sheardown, Heather
Department
Chemical Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Shifting paradigms with ophthalmic biomaterials and drug delivery systems 5 $38,000.00
Shi, HaoTian
Department
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The University of Western Ontario RGPIN Data-Driven Additive Manufacturing for Sustainable Energy Storage 5 $32,000.00
Shi, HaoTian
Department
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The University of Western Ontario DGECR Data-Driven Additive Manufacturing for Sustainable Energy Storage 1 $12,500.00
Siahrostami, Samira
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University DGECR Computational Catalysis for Clean Energy Transformation 1 $12,500.00
Siahrostami, Samira
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University RGPIN Computational Catalysis for Clean Energy Transformation 5 $64,000.00
Simakov, David
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Rational Nanoscale Engineering of Thermocatalytic Materials for Sustainable Transformation of CO2 into Renewable Synthetic Fuels 5 $32,000.00
Sinclair, Chad
Department
Materials Engineering
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Design and Manufacturing of Recycling Friendly Alloys 5 $42,000.00
Soltan, Jafar
Department
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Development of novel heterogeneous catalysts and processes for treatment of polluted indoor air 5 $50,000.00
Song, Jun
Department
Mining & Materials Engineering.
McGill University RGPIN Innovation in damage-resistant structural metals for reliable storage and transport in hydrogen economy 5 $59,000.00
Swartz, Christopher
Department
Chemical Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Integrated Scheduling and Control Under Uncertainty 5 $42,000.00
Taheri, Farid
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie RGPIN Enhancement and optimization of 3D-fiber metal laminates with novel materials using experimental, numerical and Machine Learning approaches 5 $38,000.00
TANG, TENGTENG
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Toward establishing novel interfacial materials characterization platforms 5 $32,000.00
TANG, TENGTENG
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
McMaster University DGECR Toward establishing novel interfacial materials characterization platforms 1 $12,500.00
Thompson, Michael
Department
Chemical Engineering
McMaster University RGPIN Investigating hybrid physics-based intelligent quality assurance systems in continuous drug manufacturing 5 $50,000.00
Thorpe, Steven
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Toronto RGPIN Electrocatalyst Development for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysers 5 $50,000.00
Wang, Fei
Department
Sciences et génie, faculté des
Université Laval DGECR Comprehensive utilization of mineral resources and waste CO2 gas for enhanced critical metals recovery and permanent CO2 storage 1 $12,500.00
Wang, Fei
Department
Sciences et génie, faculté des
Université Laval RGPIN Comprehensive utilization of mineral resources and waste CO2 gas for enhanced critical metals recovery and permanent CO2 storage 5 $32,000.00
Xiao, Huining
Department
Chemical Engineering
New Brunswick RGPIN Green-based Smart Hydrogels/Nano-carriers for Controlled Release of Agrochemicals and Soil Remediation 5 $59,000.00
Xing, Malcolm
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Manitoba RGPIN Developing and studying functionalized biomaterials and interface for advanced bioadhesion 5 $50,000.00
Yu, Aiping
Department
Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo RGPIN Strategic Synthesis and Modification of MXene Nanomaterials for Zn-ion Supercapacitors 5 $59,000.00
Yu, Hiu Ming (Bosco)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria RGPIN The mechanical design and structure-property relationships of architected heterogeneous cellular materials (HCMs) 5 $37,000.00
Yu, Hiu Ming (Bosco)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria DGECR The mechanical design and structure-property relationships of architected heterogeneous cellular materials (HCMs) 1 $12,500.00
yue, stephen
Department
Mining & Materials Engineering.
McGill University RGPIN Cold spray fundamental studies by single particle impact observations and analysis 5 $42,000.00
Zarrougui, Ramzi
Department
Sciences fondamentales
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi RGPIN Conception et développement de nouveaux matériaux à base de liquides ioniques pour le recyclage des métaux critiques et le stockage de l’énergie dans les supercondensateurs 5 $32,000.00
Zarrougui, Ramzi
Department
Sciences fondamentales
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi DGECR Conception et développement de nouveaux matériaux à base de liquides ioniques pour le recyclage des métaux critiques et le stockage de l’énergie dans les supercondensateurs 1 $12,500.00
Zhang, Yahui
Department
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Recovery or Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Systems Using Resins with Selective Functional Groups for Sustainable Metal Production and Environmental Protection 5 $32,000.00
Zhou, Norman
Department
Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
University of Waterloo RGPIN Study of liquid metal embrittlement in iron-zinc (Fe-Zn) system: from atomic-scale mechanisms to microscopic/macroscopic mitigation strategies 5 $59,000.00