Directors
Dr. Chad Sinclair
Professor
Net0MM Director
Dept of Materials Engineering
University of British Columba
Vancouver
Group Website
Research Areas:
Recycling friendly aluminum alloys and steels, unconventional feedstock and processing for metal additive manufacturing, computational materials science for alloy-property development
Dr. Laurel Schafer
Professor
Net0MM co-Director
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columba
Vancouver
CRC (Tier I) in Catalyst Development,
Fellow Royal Society of Canada
Research Areas:
Early transition metal catalyst development for the synthesis of amines and amine-containing polymers using the principles of green chemistry
Co-Grantees
Research Areas:
Composites, focused on durability and techniques to link manufacturing to component behaviour.
Dr. Zach Hudson
Dept of Chemistry
University of British Columba
Vancouver
CRC (Tier II) in Sustainable Chemistry
Research Areas:
Polymer chemistry, with applications in energy-efficient displays, polymer particles for bioimaging, and compostable plastics for consumer products.
Dr. Milind Kandlikar
Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
University of British Columba
Vancouver
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Group Website
Research Areas:
Climate change, sustainability, technology, global environment, science and policy
Dr. Jian Liu
School Engineering
University of British Columba
Okanagan
UBCO Principal’s Research Chair in Energy Storage Technologies
Research Areas:
Advanced nanofabrication techniques, materials design for Li-ion batteries, interfacial control, and energy storage systems.
Dr. Elicia Maine
Beedie School of Business
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver
W. J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Research Areas:
Science innovation, science & technology entrepreneurship, technology-market matching, and innovation policy
Research Areas:
Catalytic polymer chemistry, controlled ring-opening polymerization to form biodegradable polyesters, and green chemistry modification of bioproduct materials
Dr. Warren Poole
Dept of Materials Engineering
University of British Columba
Vancouver
CRC (Tier 1) in Through Process Modelling of Advanced Structural Materials
Research Areas:
Microstructure design and integrated computational materials engineering.
Dr. Anoush Poursartip
Dept of Materials Engineering
University of British Columba
Vancouver
Director of the UBC Advanced Materials Manufacturing Research Excellence Cluster
Research Areas:
Advanced composites structures and digital manufacturing.