Our team

Research Areas: Materials Processing, Particulate Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Rotary Reactors and Drums, Atomizing Processing, Metal-Matrix Composites Processing, Computer Aided Instructions.

Dr. Henein is the Director of the Advanced Materials and Processing Laboratory. Research projects are carried out in collaboration with colleagues at Ecole des Mines a Nancy (France), Ecole des Mines de Paris - Sophia-Antipolis (France), Tufts University (USA), Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), Oakridge National Laboratry, (USA), University of Jena (Germany), the German Space Agency (DLR), the European Space Agency (ESA). 

Research interests

Douglas Ivey has more than twenty years research experience in such diverse areas as the development of hydrogen storage materials, fuel cell materials, microalloyed steels, design and characterization of semiconductor metallizations (both compound and elemental semiconductors), microelectronic packaging and characterization of clays and minerals in oil sands. He has expertise in several microstructural characterization methods, including electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and surface science techniques.  

Douglas Ivey is currently director of the Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science (ACSES).

Research interests

Jing has more than ten years research experience in high temperature and pressure electrochemistry and corrosion. Her primary research interests are corrosion in energy sectors including oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical, power generation, and bio-energy and bio-oil production industries, and alloy design and materials integration for corrosion control purposes. 

Research interests

Research interests

Barry has over 20 years of research in steels and aluminum with particular emphasis on microstructure characterization, mechanical testing and finite element thermal and stress modelling. 

Jonas is a Research Associate in the Advanced Materials and Processing Laboratory. His research focuses on solidification of undercooled melts of D2 tool steels and Al-alloys using ElectroMagnetic Levitation and Impulse Atomization facilities. In particular, the relationship between dendrite growth velocity and undercooling as well as the resulting microstructures are investigated. Outside of the lab, he enjoys traveling, hiking, biking, skiing, and cooking.

Dr. Marcelino Dias completed his Ph.D. at the University of Campinas in 2016. Meanwhile, he had the opportunity to work as a visiting student at the University of Marseille, where he developed a variety of research in Bridgman Solidification. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Campinas, where he endeavoured in a study with Directional Solidification until 2020.  Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Alberta, working in rapid solidification and additive manufacturing.

Quentin graduated with a Diplôme d'Ingénieur Civil from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy in France. He is currently working on a PhD in the framework of a cotutelle agreement between the University of Lorraine in France and the University of Alberta. His project focuses on the development of the Discharge Crucible Method  to measure the thermophysical properties of liquid metals. Outside of university, Quentin enjoys playing soccer, camping, and baking baguettes.

Vanda's research is focused on understanding the microstructural evolutions taking place in the HAZ and its effects on the HAZ toughness as a function of pipeline steel chemical compositions and welding process parameters. He is also working on developing a model to estimate the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) toughness of the welded pipeline. This is vital to the pipeline industry for better optimizing steel alloy design and welding procedures. 

Rishav received his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. During his undergraduate studies he gained significant exposure to various synthesis and characterisation techniques. His bachelor’s thesis was on synthesis and characterisation of Fe based magnetocaloric alloys. Rishav joined Dr. Henein's research group as a Master of Science student, studying the segregation behaviour of alloying additions during continuous casting. He finished his masters in Fall 2020 and is currently a PhD student in the group. Apart from academics, Rishav enjoys playing badminton, watching movies and listening to music. 

Tailin received his bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Alberta in 2018 and then he joined Dr. Hani Henein's group to pursue his M.Sc and Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering. Tailin concentrates on the effect of the girth welding process, including tandem submerged arc welding with an additional cold electrode and gas metal arc welding, on the pipeline steels. Outside of school, Tailin enjoys traveling, basketball and swimming. 

Akki is a BTech graduate in Ceramic Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India and is currently working on her PhD in Materials Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Hani Henein at University of Alberta. Her current research deals with rapid solidification of  Aluminum-Rare Earth (Al-RE) alloys, specifically of Al-Si-Sc and Al-Ce alloys. The research will focus on detailed characterization work to examine the effect of rapid solidification and the addition of RE alloying elements in the microstructure and properties of Al alloys. When she is not working, she loves to read books - particularly fiction, binge-watch series and movies, and travel with friends. 

Lucas Martin Ishida did his undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC) in Nancy, France. Currently, he is working on his MSc under the supervision of Dr. Hani Henein at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on metal powder production by ultrasonic atomization. Lucas enjoys playing soccer, tennis, and swimming.

Ry Karl obtained his BSc. in Materials Engineering from the University of Alberta, where he was a part of the university's co-op program. During his time in the program, he worked for three different companies: Tenaris, EVRAZ, and Syncrude. Prior to completing his undergraduate degree, he obtained his technical diploma in nanotechnology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). As a member of AMPL, Ry is currently working on modelling Stelco's laminar cooling system. 

Tamara has recently graduated from the University of Alberta where she obtained her BSc in Materials Engineering. She is now pursuing her MSc in Materials Engineering as a part of Dr. Henein’s research group. Her project focuses on characterizing precipitates in alloy steels. Outside of school, Tamara enjoys photography, gaming, and watching tv shows. 

Yifan obtained his BSc. in Mechanical Engineering with Mathematic Minor from University of Alberta. During his undergraduate studies, he developed interest in additive manufacturing field. He is pursuing his MSc. under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Qureshi and Dr. Hani Henein. As a group member of AMPL, his research focuses on the hybrid investment casting process and performance of lattice structures with Al based metal matrix composites.

Adam received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2017, where he conducted research in biocompatible wound dressing materials. Afterwards, he spent a few years working as an engineer in ship repair and conversion, followed by a short stint as a researcher at the Nanyang Technological University, before joining the University of Alberta to pursue his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. His current research focuses on the additive manufacturing of cemented carbides under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Qureshi and Dr. Hani Henein. In his free time, Adam enjoys experimenting with new cooking recipes, hitting the gym, and helping to restore streetcars with the Edmonton Radial Railway Society.

Anne McDonald graduated with a BSc in Materials Engineering with a Nano and Functional Materials Option from the University of Alberta.  Anne is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta.  Her work is focused on exploring the rapid solidification behaviour of 17-4PH Stainless Steel, especially as it relates to Plasma Transferred Arc Additive Manufacturing. 

Jacob completed his Bachelors in Materials Engineering at the UofA in 2022 and after a year off spent working in the oil field and traveling he joined the group in Fall 2023. Research interests include microstructure characterizations of steels and applied mechanical testing. Outside of school he enjoys hiking, skiing, running and coffee. 

Jarrod graduated from the University of Alberta with an undergraduate degree in Materials engineering in 2023. He is now perusing his MSc under the AMPL group, with his primary focus being machine learning for the modeling of phase transformations during thermomechanical processing of low carbon steels. His other interests include more general computational methods, and applications of statistics in materials engineering.