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Faculty members

Dr. Ibrahim Dincer

Research interests include:

  • electric/hybrid vehicles
  • energy and exergy analysis for vehicles
  • energy storage systems
  • fuel cells
  • heat and mass transfer
  • vehicle thermal management

Dr. Min Dong

Research interests include:

  • mobile networks
  • signal processing for communication systems
  • wireless access in vehicles

Dr. Mikael Eklund

Research interests include:
  • Control systems and electronics for vehicles;
  • Autonomous systems; and
  • Nonlinear system identification.

Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy

Research interests include:

  • automotive engineering
  • crash simulation and testing
  • finite element analysis tire-terrain interaction modeling
  • heavy commercial vehicle dynamics
  • military 8x8 combat vehicle dynamics
  • vehicle dynamics and control

Dr. Ebrahim Esmailzadeh

Research interests include:

  • active vibration control for vehicles
  • intelligent and electric vehicles
  • non-linear adaptive and optimal control systems
  • vehicle dynamics and performance

Dr. Yuping He

Research interests include:

  • application of multidisciplinary optimization
  • automated design synthesis
  • mechatronic systems for vehicles
  • modelling and simulation
  • vehicle dynamics and performance

Dr. Hossam Kishawy

Research interests include:

  • automotive manufacturing
  • high-speed machining
  • modelling and optimization
  • residual stresses
  • stress analysis in vehicles

Dr. Ramiro Liscano

Research interests include:

  • automotive software systems
  • innovative sensor network applications for vehicles

Dr. Atef Mohany

Research interests include:

  • aero acoustics
  • flow-acoustic coupling and flow-induced vibrations
  • noise, vibration and harshness (NVH)
  • active noise and vibration control
  • reliability testing and fatigue assessment of structures

Dr. Greg Naterer

Research interests include:

  • battery cooling/heating systems
  • fluid mechanics
  • fuel cells
  • vehicle thermal management

Dr. Scott Nokleby

Research interests include:

  • automation
  • automotive manufacturing
  • mechatronics
  • robotics

Dr. Remon Pop-Iliev

Research interests include:

  • automotive manufacturing
  • automotive materials
  • electric/hybrid vehicles

As the NSERC-GMCL Chair in Innovative Design Engineering, Dr. Pop-Iliev facilitates an innovative concurrent approach to design engineering training at UOIT. The program focuses on the automotive industry, as an example of how design education is utilized in engineering practice to the benefit of industry. It provides unique educational methods for engineers to effectively meet the emerging needs of industry.

Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan

Research interests include:

  • automotive software
  • simulation methods for automotive applications
  • vehicle design optimization

Dr. Bale Reddy

Research interests include:

  • alternative fuels (hydrogen, biofuels)
  • automotive heat recovery
  • energy storage systems

Dr. Jing Ren

Research interests include:

  • control systems
  • haptic devices for vehicles

Dr. Ghaus Rizvi

Research interests include:

  • Automotive materials and manufacturing, specifically the processing of composites, polymers, smart materials and biomaterials development.

Dr. Greg Rohrauer

  • Academic Director, ACE.

Dr. Rohrauer was instrumental in designing the layout and specifications of the ACE facility. He is responsible for facilitating academic linkages, and co-ordinating personnel, projects and equipment used within ACE. He leads the Advanced Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Research Lab at UOIT, with the largest fleet of highway-capable electric vehicles in Canada. He also leads the UOIT EcoCAR Challenge student team.

Dr. Marc Rosen

Research interests include:

  • alternative fuels
  • electric/hybrid vehicles
  • thermal energy storage
  • vehicle thermal management

Dr. Shahram Shahbazpanahi

Research interests include:

  • co-operative communications
  • signal processing
  • wireless communications for vehicles

Dr. Vijay Sood

Research interests include:

  • electrical power systems
  • power electronics converters
  • vehicle to grid

Dr. Ying Wang

Research interests include:

  • electromagnetic modelling
  • wireless communications for vehicles