(co-supervision +)
Last update: January 2023
| Student | Topic of Study |
| Laurent M. Matuana, Ph.D. | (Fonds FCAR Scholarship holder) Wood-Fiber/PVC Composites and their Microcellular Foams, Sept. 1993 – May 1997 Now Professor at Michigan Tech University, Michigan, USA. |
| Amir H. Behravesh, Ph.D. | (Iranian Government Scholarship holder) Extrusion Processing of Low-Density, Microcellular Foams, Sept. 1993 – Jan. 1998 Now Professor at Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. |
| Gene Zak, Ph.D. | (NSERC PGS-B and OGS Scholarship holder) Rapid Layered Rapid Layered Manufacturing of Short-Fibre-Reinforced Parts, Jan. 1995 – Dec. 1998 Now Associate Professor at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. |
| Minhee Lee+, Ph.D. | Extrusion of Polymers and Polymer Blends in the Presence of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Sept. 1995 – Dec. 1999 Now Vice President at LG Chemicals Inc., Korea. |
| Hani Naguib, Ph.D. | (OGS Scholarship holder) Extrusion Processing for Extrusion Processing for Manufacture of Low-Density, Fine-Celled PP Foams, Sept. 1997 – Aug. 2001 Now Professor and Canada Research Chair at University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. |
| Xiang Xu, Ph.D. | (OGSST Scholarship and Connaught Scholarship holder) Design of an Injection Molding System for Manufacture of Microcellular Plastics , Sept. 1998 – Sept. 2002 Now Engineer at GE Energy, Canada. |
| Remon Pop-Iliev, Ph.D. | (NSERC PGS-B and PGS Scholarship holder) Processing Integral-Skin Polyolefin Foams in Single-Charge Rotational Foam Molding , Jan. 1999 – Dec. 2002 Now Associate Professor at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. |
| Ghaus Rizvi, Ph.D. | (OGS and OGSST Scholarship holder) Development of Extrusion Processing Technology for Manufacture of Fine-Celled Plastic/Wood-Fiber Composite Foams , Jan. 1999 – Nov. 2002 Now Associate Professor at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. |
| Donglai Xu, Ph.D. | The Role of Die Shape for Promoting Large Volume Expansion Ratios of the Extruded Foams , May 2000 – Nov. 2004 Now Manager at Dupont China. |
| Patrick Lee, Ph.D. | (Ontario Government/Dupont Canada Scholarship holder) Extrusion Processing of Low-Bulk Density, Microcellular, Open-Cell Thermoplastic Foams, Sept. 2001 – Nov. 2006 Now Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, Canada. |
| Gangjian Guo, Ph.D. | (OGS and University of Toronto Top-Up Award holder, ) Development of Fine-Celled Bio-Fiber Composite Foams Using Physical Blowing Agents and Nano-Particles, Sept. 2001 – Aug. 2006 Now Assistant Professor at Bradley University, USA. |
| Guangming Li, Ph.D. | (OGSST/Frank Howard Guest Graduate Bursary holder) Thermodynamic Investigation of the Solubility of Physical Blowing Agents in Polymer Melts, Sept. 2002 – Mar. 2007 Now Engineer at Dow Chemical, USA. |
| Chunmin Wang, Ph.D. | (Wallberg Fellowship and OGSSR/Dupont Scholarship holder/NSERC Post-doctoral Fellowship) Fabrication of Microcellular Ceramics , Sept. 2002 – June 2007 Now Research Scientist at Sabic China. |
| Zhenjin Zhu, Ph.D. | (OGSST/Frank Howard Guest Graduate Bursary holder) Modeling of Cell Growth During Extrusion Foaming, Jan. 2002 – June 2007 Engineer at Husky Energy, Calgary, Canada. |
| Qingping Guo, Ph.D. | (Wallberg Fellowship and OGSSR/Dupont Scholarship holder/NSERC Post-doctoral Fellowship) Visualization of Polymer Foaming Using a Batch Foaming Simulation System, Sept. 2002 – Sept. 2007 Now Engineer at EHC Global. |
| Hyuck Sang Park+, Ph.D. | Measurement of the Surface Tension of Polymer/Gas Solutions, Jan. 2003 – Sept. 2007 Now Engineer at Ener 1 Inc. |
| Mohamed Serry Ahmed, Ph.D. | Design and Manufacturing of Novel Microcellular Acoustical Foams, Oct. 2004 – Oct. 2007 Now Assistant Professor at The American University of Cairo, Egypt. |
| Ming Fang, Ph.D. | Rapid Manufacturing of a Metallic Product, Jan. 2003 – Feb. 2008 Now Engineer at GoldWind Sci. & Technology |
| Kevin Y.H. Lee, Ph.D. | Microcellular Foaming of Nanocomposites, Sept. 2004 – April 2008 Now General Manager at Samsung Total Chemical. |
| Ryan Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D. | Foaming of TPV and TPO, Jan. 2004 – May 2008 Now Global R&D Director at Momentive. |
| Yao Gai Gary Li, Ph.D. | Development of a Novel Apparatus for the PVT Visualization and Measurement of Polymer/Gas Solutions , Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2008 Now Business Owner in China. |
| John W.S. Lee, Ph.D. | (OGSST/Dupont Scholarship holder) Foaming in Structural Injection Molding using Pressure Profile, Sept. 2004 – Mar. 2009 Now a Research Engineer at LS Cable |
| Jingjing Zhang+, Ph.D. | Foaming Behavior of Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) Blends, Jan. 2006 – Mar. 2009 Now Associate Professor at Guangdong University of Technology, China. |
| Qing Feng Wu+, Ph.D. | Batch Foaming of PP with PDMS, Jan. 2006 – Mar. 2009 Now Accounting Officer and Researcher of Chinese Government Funding Agency. |
| Jing Wang, Ph.D. | Rheology of Foaming Polymers and its Influence on Microcellular Processing, Mucell Injection Molding, Sept. 2004 – June 2009 Now the ADC Manager Asia/Pacific of EMS-CHEMIE (Suzhou) Ltd. in China. |
| Sunny Leung, Ph.D. | (W. A. Miller/Ph.D. Graduate Student Scholarship holder) Mechanisms of Cell Nucleation, Growth and Coarsening in Plastic Foaming: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment, Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2009 Now Assistant Professor at York University, Toronto, Canada. |
| Richard Eung Kee Lee, Ph.D. | Novel Manufacturing Processes for Polymer Bead Foams, Cost-Effective EPP Technology, Sept. 2005 – Feb. 2010. Now President of Doctor Foam, Toronto, Canada. |
| Mingyi Wang+, Ph.D. | Extrusion Foaming of PP with PDMS, 2007-2010. Now Associate Professor at Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, China. |
| Ying Zhang+, Ph.D. | Property Characterization of PP and TPO Blends, Polyolefin Formulations for Improved Foaming: Effects of Molecular Structure and Material Properties, Sept. 2007 – Dec. 2012 Now Postdoctoral Fellow at RMC, Canada. |
| Nan Chen, Ph.D. | Modeling of Cross-Linked PE Foaming in Injection Molding, Sept. 2005 – Dec. 2011 Now R&D Engineer at Solvay, Canada |
| Anson Wang, Ph.D. | Visualization of Polymer Foaming Using a Batch Foaming Simulation System, Sept. 2006 – April 2012 Now Research Scientist at Dow Chemical Company, USA. |
| Peter Jung, Ph.D. | Development of Innovative Gas-Assisted Foam Injection Molding Technology, Open-Cell Foaming in Injection Molding, Sept. 2007 – April 2013 Now Research Scientist at Lubrizol, USA. |
| Mohammad Monirul Hasan, Ph.D. | A Systematic Study of Solubility of Physical Blowing Agents and Their Blends in Polymers and Their Nanocomposites, Jan. 2007 – June 2013 Now Product & Process Development Technologist at Industrial Thermo Polymers, Toronto, Canada |
| Hui Wang+, Ph.D. | Extrusion Foaming and Bead Foaming of PEEK, Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2013 (CSC Scholarship – visiting) |
| Yanting Guo+, Ph.D. | Bead Foaming of EPP, Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2013 (CSC Scholarship – visiting) |
| Mohammad reza Nofar, Ph.D. | Foaming of Nanocomposites, Expanded PLA Bead Foaming: Analysis of Crystallization Kinetics and Development of a Novel Technology, May 2009 – Aug. 2013 Now Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| Sajjad Saeidlou+, Ph.D. | Crystallization Kinetics, Structure And Applications of PLA Stereocomplexes, 2010-2014 |
| Shahrzad Ghaffari Mosanenzadeh, Ph.D. | Biobased Sound Insulation Foams, Sept. 2009 – April 2014 |
| Raymond K.M. Chu, Ph.D. | Foaming of Soft Thermoplastic Elastomers, Open-Cell Foaming with Injection Molding, Jan. 2008 – May 2014 Now Research Scientist at Sabic, The Netherlands |
| Nemat Hossieny, Ph.D. | Development of Expanded Thermoplastic Polyurethane Bead Foams and Their Sintering Mechanism, May 2010 – Sept. 2014 Now Research Scientist at NatureWorks, USA. |
| Davoud Jahani, Ph.D. | Injection Molded Thermoplastic Foams for Sound Insulation, Sep. 2009 – Nov. 2014 Now Assistant Professor at University of Bonab, Iran |
| Ali Rizvi, Ph.D. | (NSERC Scholarship holder) Functional Polymer Foams from In-situ Fibrillated Polymer Blends, April 2012 – Jan. 2015 |
| Anna Zhao+, Ph.D. | Foaming of Natural Fiber Composites, Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2015 (CSC Scholarship – visiting) |
| Weidan Ding, Ph.D. | Natural Fiber Composite Foams, Jan. 2010 – Jan. 2016 Now Research Scientist, Dart, USA |
| Lun Howe Mark | (OGS Scholarship holder) Foam Injection Molding of PP Nanocomposites with Nanofibrils, Sept. 2010-present |
| Vahid Shaayegan, Ph.D. | Investigation of Cell Nucleation and Growth in Foam Injection Molding through Visualization, May 2011 – July 2016 Now Principal Engineer, Cooper Standard, USA |
| Mehdi Saniei, Ph.D. | Super-Insulation Nanocellular Foams, Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2017 Now Director of R&D and Intellectual Property, MuCell Extrusion, USA |
| Hassan Mahmood, Ph.D. | Solubility of Polymer-Gas Systems, Sept. 2012-Sept. 2016 Now R&D Engineer, Honeywell, USA |
| Alireza Tabatabaei, Ph.D. | In-situ Visualization and Quantification of Polymer Crystallization under Complex Flows during Foam Extrusion Processing, Sept. 2012-Sept. 2017 Now R&D Engineer, Woodbridge Foam, Waterloo, Canada |
| Kaveh Sarikhani+, Ph.D. | Effect of Silica Nanoparticles on Interfacial Tension and Crystallization Behavior of Poly (Lactic Acid) Under the Influence of Compressed Carbon Dioxide, Sept. 2011- Mar. 2016 |
| Sai Wang, Ph.D. | (Chinese Government Scholarship holder) Foaming Effects on Conductivity Percolation Threshold in Conductive Polymer Composites, Sept. 2012-Sept. 2020 Now Assistant Professor, ShenZhen Polytechnic, Guangdong, China |
| Piyapong Buahom, Ph.D. | Theoretical Modeling and Optimization of Thermal Transport in Thermal Insulation Foams, May 2014 – Nov. 2022 |
| Kier von Konigslow+, Ph.D. | An Off-Lattice Derivation and Thermodynamic Consistency Considerations for the Sanchez-Lacombe Equation of State, Sept. 2013 – Oct. 2017 |
| Sabapathy Sankarpandi+, Ph.D. | Studies on CO2-induced Crystallization and Foaming Behavior of Poly(lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites , Sept. 2013-Sept. 2018 |
| Yasamin Kazemi, Ph.D. | Conductive Polymer Composite Foam, Jan. 2014 – Sept. 2018 Now Senior Application Development Scientist, Polymers and Composites, Universal Matter, Canada |
| Sasan Rezaei, Ph.D. | Development of Novel Hybrid Silica Aerogels with a Reticulated Structure Using New Generation of Macromolecular Precursors, Jan. 2014 – Sept. 2018 Now Senior Chemist, Cooper Standard, Canada |
| Pavani Cherukupally, Ph.D. | Electrocoagulation and Polymer Adsorbent Filtration System for Oil Sands Tailings Treatment, May 2014 – Oct. 2018 Now Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, USA |
| Mohammed Alshrah, Ph.D. | Development of Lightweight Organic Aerogels for Thermal Insulation Applications, May 2014 – June 2018 Now Senior Scientist, TE Connectivity, USA |
| S. Mahdi Hamidinejad, Ph.D. | Conductive Polymer Composites with Highly Filled Compound for Bipolar Plate Applications, Sept. 2015 -Jan 2019 Now Research Associate, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Junghyub Lee, Ph.D. | Foaming of High Service Temperature Sulphone Engineering Plastics, Jan. 2015 – Oct. 2022 |
| Chongxiang Zhao, Ph.D. | Manufacture and Characterization of Micro-/Nano-fibrillated Composites and Their Applications, Jan. 2015 – May 2021 |
| Solmaz Karamikamkar, Ph.D. | Hybrid Carbon-modified Polymer-based Silica Aerogels with Low Thermal Conductivity and Improved Mechanical Properties, Jan. 2016 – Jan. 2020 Now Polymer Scientist, Husky Technologies |
| Eunse Chang, Ph.D. | Towards the Next Generation of Lightweight Polypropylene Composites with Well-balanced Mechanical Properties, Jan. 2016 – Nov. 2021 |
| Shahriar Ghaffari Mosanenzadeh+, Ph.D. | Multifunctional Super Thermally Insulating Polyimide Aerogels with Tailored Nanostructure Assembly and Enhanced Properties, May 2016 – May 2020 |
| Chongda Vince Wang, Ph.D. | Bubble Dynamics in High-Pressure Foam Injection Molding: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation, Sept. 2016 – Jan. 2022 |
| Mayesha Binte Mahmud | (William Dunbar Memorial Scholarship holder) Nano-Fibril Nylon Nanocomposites, Sept. 2016 – present |
| Mehdi Ataei+, Ph.D. | Multi-Physics Simulation of Foaming Phenomena, Jan. 2017 – June 2021 Now Engineer, Autodesk |
| Azadeh Zandieh | (Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship) Investigating Thermal and Electrical Properties of Polymeric BNNT Nanocomposites, Feb. 2017 – present |
| Hamidreza Akrami | Nanofibril Technology for ABS and PC Blends, Sept. 2017 – present |
| Andrew Anstey, Ph.D. | Nanofibril Technology on biomedical application. Sept. 2018 – Oct. 2022 |
| Maryam Fashandi | (Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship holder) Spinning of Aerogel based on Spinodal Decomposition, Sept. 2018 – present |
| Sandra Romeo-Diez | Visualization of Crystallization, Sept. 2018 – present |
| Mohammad Amin Jamshidi+ | Conductive Polymer Composites, Sept. 2018 – present |
| Seyedshahabaldin Shahab Amirabadi | (William Dunbar Memorial Scholarship and Pierre Rivard Hydrogenics Graduate Fellowship holder) Development of not-burnable Thermoplastic Foams with Nanofibril Technology, Jan 2019 – present |
| Li Ma | Foaming Ability of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) (PVDF), May 2019 – present |
| Mahdi Zeidi | Theoretical Modeling of Nanofibril Technology, May 2019 – present |
| Zeineb Ben Rejeb | Flexible and Hydrophobic Ambient-DriedThiol-Based Bridged-Silica Aerogels, Sept. 2019 – present |
| Aniss Zaoui | Toughening of Ceramics with Nanofibril Rubber, Sept. 2019 – present |
| Abdullah Faysal | Multilayered Conductive Polymer Composites with High EMI Shielding Effectiveness and Low Conductive Percolation Threshold, Jan. 2020 – present |
| Omid Aghababaei Tafreshi | Multifunctional Aerogel Fibers/Films with Tailored Nanostructure Assembly and Enhanced Mechanical Performance as Super Thermal Insulation Layer in Functional Wearables, Jan. 2020 – present |
| Ali Reza Monfared | Nanofibril Technology for Toughening and Foaming-ability Enhancement of Styrene-Acrylonitrile Copolymers, Jan. 2020 – present |
| Sara Mohseni Taromsari | Development of Multifunctional Nanostructures for Sensing Applications, Jan. 2020 – present |
| Meysam Salari | Multi-Scale Studies on EMI Shielding and Mechanical Properties of Graphene-Based Polymer Composites, Jan. 2020 – present |
| Behrang Mohajer | Optimization of Polymeric Filaments in Spunbonding and Melt-Blowing Processes Using Dual Simulations: Volumetric and Molecular, May 2020 – present |
| Saadman Sakib Rahman | Crosslinking of Nanofibril MA-TPEE in PMMA, Sept. 2020 – present |
| Mahmoud Embabi | Multi-film with Nanofibrils and Visualization, Sept. 2020 – present |
| Mohamad Kheradmand | Toughening of PE with Nanofibril Rubber, Jan. 2021- present |
| Amirmehdi Salehi | AA-TPEE and Silane Crosslinking of POE or toughening PP, Jan. 2021- present |
| Mehran Ashourisanjani | Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Micro/nano-structured Graphene-based Polymer Nanocomposites, Jan. 2021- present |
| Reza Rahmati | High-Performance MXene-based Polymer Nanocomposites and Foams for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Applications, Jan. 2021- present |
| Mohammad Mahdi Rastegardoost | Development of High-triboelectric Fluoropolymers and Copolymers, Jan. 2021- present |
| Amirjalal Jalali | Biocomposites and 3D Printing Foams, May 2021- present |
| Anthony Tuccitto | Reinforced PLA, May 2021- present |
| Hosseinali Omranpourshhreza | Aerogel Fiber Processing, Jan. 2022 – present |