MIE Faculty
PhD, P.Eng., FEIC, MEASA, FCSME, FASME
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Percy Edward Hart Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Email: xyliu@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-0558
Office: MC312
Research Group: Microfluidics and BioMEMS Lab
Research Areas
Robotics
Thermofluids
Research Interests
Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies; biosensors; bio-microelectromechanical systems (bioMEMS); point-of-care diagnostics; robotics and automation at the micro and nanoscales; soft robotics; flexible/stretchable sensors and electronics
Bio
Xinyu Liu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, he was an Associate Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and BioMEMS in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University. He obtained his B.Eng. and M.Eng. from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2009, all in Mechanical Engineering. He then completed an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University in 2009–2011.
Prof. Liu’s research interests are at the interfaces of microfluidics and robotics. His research group is developing integrated micro/nano devices and systems to target a variety of exciting applications in biology, medicine, and environment. Applications of their recent technologies include point-of-care diagnostics, environmental monitoring, large-scale gene editing, and wearable and implantable sensing, and robotic rehabilitation.
His achievements have been recognized through several awards and honours, including: the elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA); Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC Fellow), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Fellow), and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME Fellow); Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and BioMEMS; the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence; the Percy Edward Hart Professorship from the University of Toronto; the Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence from McGill University; and the Star in Global Health Award from Grand Challenge Canada. His publications have also been recognized by the Outstanding Article Award from Materials Horizons (IF: 15.7), the Highly Cited Article Award from Microsystems & Nanoengineering (IF: 8.0), and eight Best Paper Awards at major engineering (IEEE & ASME) and biomedical (ASRM & CFAS) conferences.
Prof. Liu serves as the Corresponding Chair of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (IEEE-RAS) Technical Committee of Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation, and the Chair of IEEE-RAS Technical Committee Cluster on Health and Medical Robotics. He was a General Co-Chair of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS 2022), the Awards Chair of MARSS 2017, and the Program Co-Chair of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics. He has also served on the organizing/program committees of another 12 international conferences in IEEE and ASME. As a Senior Editor of IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters and Microsystems & Nanoengineering, he plays a key role on the senior editorial teams of the two influential journals. In 2021, he was appointed Specialty Chief Editor by Frontiers in Robotics and AI and initiated the new section of Nano and Microrobotics in the journal.
PhD
Professor, Teaching Stream, Mechanical Engineering
Wallace Chalmers Chair in Engineering Design
Email: mackay@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5746
Office: MC310
Research and Teaching Interests
Embedded Systems, Mechatronics (especially Analog/Digital System Architecture, PCB Design and Layout, and Electronic Product Design), Drones and UAVs, Robotics and Automation, Mechanical Design and CAD, and Electric Vehicles.
Biosketch
Matthew Mackay is a Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, specializing in teaching mechatronics, robotics, mechanical design, electronics, programming, embedded systems. Professor Mackay completed his Ph.D. in 2011 at the University of Toronto, and was hired with the department in the same year, progressing from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer (title replaced by Associate Professor) in 2015.
PhD, LEL, FRSC, FCAE, FAAAS, FASME, FAPS, FSPIE
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies
Director, CADIFT
Email: mandelis@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5106
Office: MC334
Research Group: Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT)
Research Area
Thermofluids
Materials
Research Interests
Thermal and optoelectronic non-destructive techniques (thermophysics and photovoltaics); biothermophotonic and biophotoacoustic imaging science and instrumentation; cancer, dental caries, bone and blood glucose diagnostics.
Bio
Professor Andreas Mandelis is a Full Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering; Electrical & Computer Engineering; and the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto. Dr. Mandelis’ fundamental research interests are focused on studies of physical processes in condensed and biological matter as they impact instrumentation science and signal generation. Examples are thermophysics, non-radiative and radiative physics of electronic, optical and biomedical materials, photoacoustic, photothermal and diffusion-wave phenomena in manufactured, electronic, biological and photonic media. Current interests include building theoretical and experimental system foundations of biothermophotonic and biophotoacoustic transport phenomena and frequency-domain instrumentation for imaging in hard (dental, bone) and soft tissues, novel biosensors and high-performance diagnostic imaging techniques. Culminating in his work on the foundations of the field of photoacoustic and diffusion waves in matter, his applied research interests span all aspects of instrumentation and measurement development for photoacoustic, photothermal, and diffusion-wave high-precision, high-dynamic-range analytical techniques leading to advanced non-destructive (non-invasive) inspection and monitoring technologies. Current application examples are in the fields of alternative energy conversion devices (e.g. solar cells, nano-optoelectronic devices), industrial manufactured products (steels, metal composites) and biomedical and dental diagnostics with major focus on advanced dynamic imaging instrumentation.
Professor Mandelis is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies and a Fellow in the Academy of Sciences of The Royal Society of Canada. He has been selected for the Alexander von Humboldt Professor Award twice (in 2003 and 2012). He is the 2007 (inaugural) recipient of the Ontario Premier’s Discovery Award in Science and Engineering. He received the ASME 2009 Yeram Touloukian Award (and Medal) in Thermophysics, the Senior Prize of the International Photoacoustic and Photothermal Association, and the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics. In 2010 he was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship from the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the recipient of the American Physical Society’s (APS) 2012 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science and of the CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics. In 2013 he was selected as one of 10 recipients of the 2013 University of Toronto Inventors of the Year Award. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the APS, the SPIE, the AAAS and the ASME. In 2024, Professor Mandelis was selected as a Highly Ranked Scholars™ by ScholarsGPS, which celebrates exceptional performance in various Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties.
PhD, P.Eng.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Vice-Provost, Academic Programs
Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education
Email: mccahan@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-0490
Office: Room 106, 65 St. George Street
Research Group: Engineering Learning Environment Design Group
Bio
Susan McCahan is the Vice Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, Academic Programs at the University of Toronto. She joined the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Toronto in 1992. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of contributions to engineering education has been the recipient of several major teaching awards including the 3M National Teaching Fellowship and the Medal of Distinction in Engineering Education from Engineers Canada. She has developed and taught courses on energy systems, heat transfer, and design and she is the lead author of an introductory textbook on engineering design. Her current research focuses Engineering Education Research. Professor McCahan’s work focuses on the engineering learning environment as a designed system. In particular, she is currently working in the areas of assessment and educational technology.
PhD, P.Eng., CEng, SAIAA (Lifetime), FIMechE, FASME, FEIC
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: meguid@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5741
Office: MB102
Research Group: Mechanics and Aerospace Design Laboratory (MADL)
Research Area
Mechanics & Design
Research Interests
Aircraft design; multifunctional nanocomposites; NEMS beam switches; computational nanomechanics; multiscale modelling; coupled field problems; smart materials; dielectric elastomers; fracture & failure analysis; crashworthiness.
Bio
Professor Shaker Meguid obtained his PhD in Applied Mechanics from UMIST, England. He taught different branches of Applied Mechanics in 4 continents, including Oxford University, Cranfield University (England), University of Toronto, Cairo University (Egypt) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU-Singapore). His research activities have contributed significantly to the areas of nanoengineering, computational mechanics, advanced and smart composites, fracture mechanics and failure prevention. He has published over 400 papers in leading tier-1 scientific journals and international conferences and symposia including the most recently the 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure in June 2013. He not only organised but also contributed to numerous symposia as keynote and plenary speaker. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Guest Editor to a number of Journals, Former Technical Associate Editor, for two consecutive terms, of ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, and a member of the editorial board of numerous journals. He is also the Editor of six international conference proceedings and author of two textbooks. Professor Meguid is the founding head of the Aerospace Division of NTU, Singapore. He holds the titles of Distinguished Visiting Professor in Tongji University (China), Porto University (Portugal), external examiner to Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), University of Putra Malaysia (Malaysia), and an Engineering Consultant to the United Nations. He is a lifetime member of AIAA, member of the American Academy of Mechanics, Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (P.Eng.), Chartered Engineer in Great Britain (CEng), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Fellow of IMechE. He works closely with the aerospace and automotive industries and is regularly approached by members of the media for clarification of engineering issues. Professor Meguid and his students have won many awards including the recent innovation award in nanoengineering by ASME. Professor Meguid is currently hosted by Peking University as Globex Fellow to teach Mechanics of Solids under the Global Exchange Program.
PhD
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Email: montague@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-1271
Office: MC321
Research group: Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Lab (WHEEL)
Research Areas
Human Factors
Research Interests
Human-automation interaction, Automation in health care, Systems for health equity and patient safety
Bio
Enid Montague, PhD is a human factors engineer with expertise in human-automation interaction in health care. Dr. Montague researches appropriate automation between physicians, patients and technologies and designing systems for health equity, and patient safety. She uses mixed methods in naturalistic settings to model human technology interaction and develop guidelines for human-automation that is efficient, effective and safe for patients and health care providers.
Enid Montague received MS and PhD degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, specializing in human factors and ergonomics engineering. Dr. Montague is the director of the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Laboratory (WHEEL). Dr. Montague has received numerous awards for her research including the Francis Research Fellowship, a Kl2 early career award from that National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a Fulbright award to improve health care systems.
PhD, P.Eng., FAAAS, FIUPAC, FASME, FASM, FCSME, FCAE, FEIC, FRSC
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Centre for Advanced Coatings Technologies (CACT)
Email: mostag@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5604
Office: BA8260
Research Group: Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT)
Research Areas
Materials
Thermofluids
Research Interests
Advanced coatings, thermal plasmas; thermal spray coatings; arcs; radio-frequency inductively coupled plasmas; computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
Bio
Dr. Javad Mostaghimi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and the director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT). He received his BSc degree from Sharif University, Iran, in 1974, and MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1978 and 1982, respectively. Before joining the University of Toronto in 1990, he held positions at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueil, Quebec, and the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
His main research interests are the study of thermal spray coatings, including superhydrophobic coatings, thermal barriers, corrosion and wear resistant coatings. He has performed comprehensive studies on the flow, temperature, and electromagnetic fields within arcs and RF inductively coupled plasmas . Professor Mostaghimi has done extensive simulation of the dynamics of droplet impact and solidification in thermal spray processes and automotive spray painting as well as the design of novel DC and RF plasma torches.
Professor Mostaghimi is a fellow of the following professional societies: RSC, ASME, ASM, CSME, EIC, CAE, AAAS, IUPAC, and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He is a member of the Qingdao International Academician Park. He is a recipient of the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, the recipient of the 2013 Robert W. Angus Medal of the CSME, 2012 Heat Transfer Memorial Award of the ASME, 2011 Jules Stachiewicz Medal of the CSME, 2010 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize and the 2009 Engineering Medal in R & D from the Professional Engineers of Ontario. In May 2019, Dr. Mostaghimi was inducted into the ASM Thermal Spray Hall of Fame.
He is a member of the editorial board of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing and a member of the International Review Board of the Journal of Thermal Spray.
PhD, P.Eng., CEng, FIOM3, FRSC, FASME, FSPIE
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM)
Email: naguib@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-7054
Office: MC420
Research Group: Toronto Smart Materials & Structures (TSMART)
Research Area
Materials, Mechanics & Design, Robotics
Research Interests
Programmable materials: smart materials, metamaterials, nanostructured materials, biomaterials; Advanced manufacturing: self assembly, micro and nano fabrication, additive manufacturing; Smart skins: sensors and actuators, soft robotics, e-textiles and wearables; Energy management materials: triboelectrics, supercapacitors, and flexible batteries.
Bio
Hani Naguib is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and director of the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and the Toronto Smart Materials and Structures Group. His major expertise is in the area of manufacturing of programmable materials including stimuli responsive materials, meta materials, nanostructured materials, and biomaterials. His research group focus on the development of new synthesis, micro and nanofabrication, and additive manufacturing techniques for developing these material systems. Naguib is the recipient of many honours and awards such as the Canada Research Chair, the Premier’s Early Research Award of Ontario, and the faculty Early Teaching Award. He is a Professional Engineer in Canada P. Eng, and a Chartered Engineer in U.K.
Naguib is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining IOM3, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, the International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers CSME. He is the associate editor for the journal of Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, SPE Polymers, Cellular Plastics, Cellular Polymers. Naguib has been serving on the technical divisions’ board of directors for several international societies and has been organizing and chairing various conferences, symposia and seminars in international conferences in the field. The main goal of his research program is to develop sustainable and transformational materials and manufacturing for the energy, environment and health care sectors.
Naguib has been a Visiting Professor in Polytechnique Montréal, École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique ENSMA in France, University of Naples in Italy and University of Kyoto in Japan. In addition to his research, Naguib is active in teaching topics in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, he has developed both undergraduate and graduate curricula covering series of courses and labs including: Materials Science, Mechanics of Materials, Smart Materials and Structures, Macromolecular Materials, Composite Materials, Soft Materials, and Advanced Manufacturing. He has also served as the associate chair undergraduate studies and associate chair research for the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.
PhD, P.Eng.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Robots for Society
Email: nejat@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-5033
Research Group: Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics (ASBLab)
Research Area
Robotics
Research Interests
Autonomous Systems; robotics and mechatronics; assistive devices; service robots/vehicles; robot-assisted emergency response; sensor agents; socially assistive robots; human-robot interaction.
Bio
Goldie Nejat, PhD, P.Eng. is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, and the Founder and Director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics (ASBLab) Laboratory. Dr. Nejat is also an Adjunct Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. She received both her BASc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Nejat is a world renowned expert in developing intelligent service/personal robots for applications in health, elderly care, emergency response, search and rescue, security and surveillance, and manufacturing. A major goal of her research is to develop and integrate intelligent socially assistive robots for assistive human-robot interactions (HRI) in healthcare facilities, private homes and for high stress and dangerous jobs. Dr. Nejat’s research is leading the development of intelligent assistive robotic aids that can meet the challenges posed by an aging population. She collaborates with international researchers, healthcare experts and healthcare facilities to develop robots and devices that can be effectively transferred and integrated into people’s everyday lives. Dr. Nejat is helping to change the face of robotics and her work is at the forefront of robotics research. Her research is constantly pushing the envelope of the capabilities of current robots.
In 2008, Dr. Nejat received an NSERC University Faculty Award. She also received the 2012 Professional Engineers of Ontario Young Engineer Medal and the 2013 Engineers Canada Young Engineer Achievement Award, both awards are for her exceptional achievements in the field of robotics at a young age.
PhD, P.Eng
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: olechowski@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-0343
Office: MY764
Research Group: Ready Lab
Research Areas
Mechanics & Design
Human Factors
Research Interests
Product design and development; systems engineering; design tools, methods and processes; engineering collaboration and leadership; project management; engineering management.
Bio
Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead). She also held a Dean’s Spark Professorship in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (2018-2021). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski studies the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. She has studied engineering products and projects in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical device and oil & gas industries.