Meet the Group!

Principal Investigator

Dr. Peichun Amy Tsai

Canada Research Chair in Fluids and Interfaces (Tier II)
Associate Professor, University of Alberta, 2021 – present
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Alberta, 2015 – 2021
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands, 2012–2014

M.Sc., University of Toronto, Canada    2003/11
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada    2007/11

Post-doctoral Research Associate
Complex Fluids Group led by Prof. Howard A. Stone,
Princeton University, USA, 2010–2012
Physics of Fluids Group led by Prof. Detlef Lohse,
University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2008–2010

Email: peichun.amy.tsai (at) ualberta.ca

Current Members

Dr. Reza Azadi
Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2023)
M.Sc., Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2014)
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz University, Iran (2012)

Research interest: multiphase and turbulent flow, computational fluid dynamics, data assimilation

Zhe (Ashley) Chen
Graduate Student

M.Sc. University of Alberta, Canada (2019)
B.Sc. Northwestern Polytechnical University, China (2017)

Research interest: computational fluid dynamics

Nikoo Moradpour
Graduate Student

M.Sc. Sharif University of Technology (2018)
B.Sc. University of Tehran (2014)

Research interest: microfluidics & multiphase flow

Vivek Saxena
Visiting Graduate Student

M. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India (2020)
B.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India (2014)

Research interest: Thermal management, heat Transfer & phase change materials

Ning Xu
Visiting Graduate Student

M.Sc. Mechanical Eng., China University of Petroleum, Beijing (2020)
B.Sc. Mechanical Eng., China University of Petroleum, Beijing (2018)

Research interest: computational fluid dynamics

Junyi (Jenny) Yang
Graduate Student

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2023)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2020)

Research interest: microfluidics & porous media flow

Santhosh Virappane
Graduate Student

B.Sc. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, France (2020)

Research interest: multiphase flow & computational fluid dynamics

Lap Au-Yeung
Graduate Student

BSc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada (2020)

Research interest: complex fluids & machine learning

Xiaotian (John) Ma
Graduate Student

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2021)

Research interest: heat transfer & drop impact

Zachary Cox
Graduate Student

B.Sc. Engineering Physics, University of Alberta, Canada (2021)

Research interest: nanofluids & electrokinetics

Jeremy Schmitt
Undergraduate Co-op Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: Biomedical microfluidics & fluid mechanics

Shahzaib Ahmed
Undergraduate Student

Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: Machine learning

Shuya (Crystal) Shi
Undergraduate Student

Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: Machine learning

Jack Hayhoe
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: complex drops & high speed imaging

Ella Biron
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: Biomechanics & computational simulations

Jack Keddie
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: complex drops & high speed imaging

Ansh Patel
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: machine learning

Deep Rajani
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Research interest: machine learning

(Most previous group members work in industry, unless otherwise noted.)

Emily Lee, Undergraduate Co-op student, UBC, Canada (2022-2023).

Wilson Lay, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2023).

Dr. Akash Saxena, postdoc, University of Alberta, Canada (2023).

Ahmed Aldhaleai, Research Assistant, University of Alberta, Canada (2022).

Yichi Zhang, Research Assistant, University of Alberta, Canada (2022).

Tianwen Jiang, Visiting PhD Student, from the China University of Petroleum, Beijing (2022).

Yesim Meliha Capraz, UARE (U Alberta Research Experience) Intern, now Graduate student at RWTH Aachen, Germany (2022).

Sanskar Maddi, UARE (U Alberta Research Experience) Intern, from IIT Bombay, India (2022).

Alban Pouplard, MSc Graduate, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Anna Kalde, Visiting Research Fellow, now postdoc at RWTH Aachen, Germany (2022).

Laura Lippert, Visiting Graduate Student from RWTH Aachen, Germany (2022).

Johan Nuñez, UARE (U Alberta Research Experience) Intern (2022).

Neelarun Mukherjee, UARE (U Alberta Research Experience) Remote Intern, now a PhD student at UT Texas (2021).

Jacob Mireault, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Doug Sokolowski, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Dr. Tsaihsing (Martin) Ho, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Dr. Firoozeh Yeganehdoust, Visiting PhD student, from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2021).

Ahmed Aldhaleai, MSc graduate, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Robin Kim, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Nicholas Bunes, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Kevin Kim, Undergraduate student, University of Alberta, Canada (2021).

Dr. Behnam Dastvareh, postdoc, University of Alberta, Canada (2020).

Masoud Bozorg Bigdeli, MSc graduate & Research Assistant, University of Alberta (2020)

Hannah Gertsen, Visiting MSc student, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2020)

Dr. Sourayon Chanda, PhD graduate, University of Alberta (2019)

Dr. Lihui Liu, Visiting PhD student, now a postdoc at the Beihang University, Beijing (2019)

Jingwei Zhang, Undergraduate Summer Student, University of Alberta (2019)

Yukai Ren, Visiting PhD student, from Beijing Jiaotong University (2019)

Hannes Probst, Summer Intern, from Technical University of Munich, now a PhD student in Germany (2019)

Romane Koncz, Summer Intern, from Polytech de Nantes, École d'ingénieurs, France (2019)

Dr. Marzieh Saadat, Visiting PhD student, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2019)

Dr. Yongwei Liu, Visiting professor, currently Associate Professor at Harbin Engineering University (2019)

Grégoire Bongrand, MSc graduate, University of Alberta, Canada (2018).

Alejandro Matos, Undergraduate Co-op student, University of Alberta, Canada (2018).

Jiaxin Huang, Undergraduate Intern, from Dalian University of Technology (2018).

Linda Liu, Co-op undergraduate student, University of Alberta, Canada (2018).

Yuxuan (Steven) Fan, undergraduate student, University of Alberta, Canada (2018).

Tsing-Ying (Cindy) Yu, Exchange graduate student, from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2017).

Dr. Adrien Bussonnière, postdoc, currently a CNRS researcher, France (2015-2017).

Dr. Xiaoyan Zhang, Visiting Professor, currently Associate Professor, Chongqing University, China (2017).

Dr. Donatien Mottin, Exchange graduate student, from ESPCI Paris, France (2017).

Lukas Geschke, Exchange graduate student, from RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2017).

Jorge Estrada Flores, Visiting undergraduate student, from National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru (2017).

Ricardo A Vilchez Yovera, Visiting undergraduate student, from National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru (2017).

Akhila Jayaram, Visiting undergraduate student, from University of Leeds, UK (2016).

Yunlai Chen, Visiting undergraduate student, from University of Science and Technology of China (2016).

Kerry Friedrich, Co-op student, Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta (2016).

Yichen Tian, Co-op student, Civil Engineering, University of Alberta (2016).

Jia-Hau Ching, Visiting Master student, Physics, from National Central University Taiwan (2015/09-2016/08).

Sara Khan, Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, University Alberta (2016).

Research

Nanofluidics, Microfluidics, Wetting, Drop Impact, Fluid Mechanics, and Porous Media Flow

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Teaching

Mec E 230 Thermofluids
Mec E 371 Heat Transfer
Mec E 331 Fluid Mechanics

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Services

Fluid Measurements
Research Consulting

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