Philip Egberts
Professor, University of Calgary, 2023 - present
Associate Dean Engineering Physics, University of Calgary, 2023-present
Associate Head Research, University of Calgary, 2023 - 2024
Acting Head, Mechanical and Manufacturing, 2022-2023
Humboldt Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of Hamburg, 2019 - 2020
Associate Head Graduate Studies, 2015 - 2019
Associate Professor, University of Calgary, 2018-2023
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, 2013 - 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2013
PhD, McGill University, 2006-2011
M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 2004-2006
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 2000-2004
P.Eng.
Phone: (403) 220-7678
Fax: (403) 282-8406
Email: philip.egberts@ucalgary.ca
Postdoctoral Fellows
Vinay Saini
Postdoctoral Fellow - June 2022 - Present
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
MTech, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, RIMT, Punjab Technical University, India
Email: vinay.saini1@ucalgary.ca
Office: MEB 221
Chaochen Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow - October 2021 - Present
Postdoctoral Fellow - April 2019 - September 2021, Tsinghua University, China
PhD, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, US, joint with Experimental Solid Mechanics, Tianjin University, China
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China
Email: chaochen.xu@ucalgary.ca
Office: MEB313
Kasimuthumaniyan S
Postdoctoral Fellow - June 2023 - Present
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
MTech, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
BTech, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India
Email: kasimuthumaniyan.sub@ucalgary.ca
Office: MEB 221
Graduate Students
Penny (Peng) Gong
PhD Student
Starting Date: May 2017
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: peng.gong@ucalgary.ca
Jackson Uhryn
MSc Student
Starting Date: May 2021
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engienering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: jackson.uhryn@ucalgary.ca
Malcolm MacDonald
MSc Student
Starting Date: May 2021
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engienering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: malcolm.macdonald1@ucalgary.ca
Zuhaa Khan
MSc Student
Starting Date: September 2023
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engienering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: zuhaa.khan@ucalgary.ca
Hunter Marcelo
MSc Student
Starting Date: September 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: hunter.marcelo@ucalgary.ca
Mackinley Love
PhD Student
Starting Date: September 2023
Engineering Education
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: mackinley.love@ucalgary.ca
Undergraduate Students
Vicky Nguyen
NSERC USRA Summer Student
2nd Year Science Student
Undergraduate Student
May 2023-August 2023
Email: vicky.nguyen1@ucalgary.ca
Hardik Tiwarihardik
Mitacs Globalink
3rd Year Bachelor of Technology Undergraduate Student
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
May 2023-August 2023
Email: hardik.tiwari@ucalgary.ca
Farhaan Alam
Mitacs Globalink
3rd Year Bachelor of Technology Undergraduate Student
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
May 2023-August 2023
Email: farhaan.alam@ucalgary.ca
Chirag Bhardwaj
Mitacs Globalink
3rd Year Bachelor of Technology Undergraduate Student
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
May 2023-August 2023
Email: chirag.bhardwaj@ucalgary.ca
Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni
Babak Soltannia
Postdoctoral Fellow - July 2021 - Present
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
MASc, Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (National Technical University)
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (National Technical University)
Email: babak.soltannia@ucalgary.ca
Office: MEB 306
Jitendra Narayan Panda
Current Position - Senior Engineer, CTK Bio Canada, R&D Division
Postdoctoral Fellow - June 2019 - May 2021
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi
M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi
B.Tech, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology
Email: jitendra.panda@ucalgary.ca
Stephanie Kedzior
Now: Head of Research & Product Development, MgO Systems
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2020
PhD, McMaster University
B.A.Sc., University of Waterloo
PhD Alumni
Zahra Aboolizadeh
Current Position: Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Calgary, Supervisor: Dr. Seonghwan Kim
PhD Defence - April 2021
Starting Date: January 2016
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Co-supervised with Dr. Leszek Sudak
Nicholas Chan
Current Position: Research Engineer, Nova Chemicals
PhD student
Starting Date: September 2016
Completion: September 2020
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: ncechan@ucalgary.ca
Jesus Resendiz
PhD Defence - June 2019
Starting Date: September 2013
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Co-supervised with Dr. Simon Park
Hossein Jiriyaeisharahi
Current Position: Integrity & Research Engineer at Stantec
PhD Defence - October 2018
Starting Date: September 2014
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Co-supervised with Dr. Sam Kim
MSc Alumni
Mackinley Love
MSc Student
Starting Date: September 2021
Engineering Education
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: mackinley.love@ucalgary.ca
Thomas Mathias
MSc Student
Starting Date: September 2021
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: thomas.mathias@ucalgary.ca
Edwin Yanez Orquera
MSc Student
Dates: 2019 - 2021
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engienering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: edwin.yanezorquera@ucalgary.ca
Arun Mohanty
MEng Project Student Student
Starting Date: September 2020
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engienering
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: arun.mohanty@ucalgary.ca
Brandon Wong
Currently: Automation Engineer at Ice Edge Business Solutions
MSc Student
Starting Date: September 2017-2019
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Office: MEB 159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: bcwong@ucalgary.ca
Peng Gong
MSc Student
September 2014 to December 2016
Current Status: PhD Student, Nanotribology Group, University of Calgary
Nicholas Chan
MSc Student
September 2014 to September 2016
Current Status: PhD Student, Nanotribology Group, University of Calgary
Undergraduate Alumni
Aleks Berezowski
NSERC USRA Summer Student
2nd Year Software Engineering Undergraduate Student
May 2022-August 2022
Rosivaldo Oliveira
Mitacs Globalink
4th Year Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
May 2022-August 2022
Email: rosivaldogabriel14@gmail.com
Sahil Masoom
Mitacs Globalink
3rd Year Bachelor of Technology Undergraduate Student
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
May 2022-August 2022
Email: sahilmasoom619@gmail.com
Haider Raiz
Mitacs Globalink
4th Year Engineering Physics Undergraduate Student
Carl von Ossietzky Universität
July 2022-October 2022
Email: haider.riaz@uni-oldenburg.de
Preet Patel
Mitacs Globalink Undergraduate Researcher
4th Year Chemical Engineering Student
Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
June 2021 - October 2021
Email: patel.preet5383@gmail.com
Raksha Achar
NSERC USRA Summer Student
2nd Year Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student
May 2021-August 2021
Email: raksha.achar@ucalgary.ca
David Svoboda
SSE Scholarship Summer Student
2nd Year Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Student
May 2021-August 2021
Email: david.svoboda@ucalgary.ca
Carrie Lin
Mechanical Engineering
3rd Year Undergraduate Student
Summer 2017 & Summer 2018
NSERC USRA Award Winner in 2017 and 2018
Carolyn Pathrick
Mechanical Engineering
2rd Year Undergraduate Student
Summer 2018
UofC PURE Award Winner
Email: carolyn.pethrick@ucalgary.ca
Lin Yuan
3rd Year Physics
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
Mitacs Undergraduate Scholarship Winner
Summer 2016
Email: ly31@rice.edu
Martin Bobek
Mechanical Engineering
3rd Year Undergraduate Student
Summer 2016
NSERC USRA Award Winner
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: martin.bobek@ucalgary.ca
Mary Chen
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Nanoengineering Program
University of Waterloo
Winter 2016
Office: MEB159
Phone: (403) 220-2764
Email: j442chen@uwaterloo.ca
Jan Czibor
4th Year Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering Program
University of Windsor
Fall 2015
Calvin Wong
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Nanoengineering Program
University of Waterloo
Winter 2016
NSERC USRA Award Winner
Nicholas Simin
Mechanical Engineering
3rd Year Undergraduate Student
Summer 2015
Email: NSimin@ucalgary.ca
Michael Bianchini
Chemical Engineering
3rd Year Undergraduate Student
Summer 2015
NSERC USRA Award Winner
Email: mbianchini2@gmail.com
Jorge Zapote
Biomedical Engineering
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Fall 2014
Email: zapotejb@gmail.com
Karolyn Mackowiak
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Nanoengineering Program
University of Waterloo
Winter 2015
NSERC USRA Award Winner
Email: k2mackow@uwaterlvoo.ca
Ruvimbo Chinake
Chemical Engineering
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
NSERC URSA Award Winner
Summer 2014
Email: ruvimboc1@hotmail.com
Mayesha Tashnil
Chemical Engineering
2nd Year Undergraduate Student
PURE Award Winner
Summer 2014
Email: mtashnil@ucalgary.ca