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

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 Research Associate at the University of Alberta, working in rapid solidification and additive manufacturing.

Dr. Nitin Saini received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. His doctoral research focused on physical and welding metallurgy, with particular emphasis on creep strength-enhanced ferritic (CSEF) steels, heat treatment processes, hydrogen embrittlement, and residual stress development in welded joints. He joined Dr. Leijun Li’s research group at the University of Alberta in May 2019 as a Visiting Doctoral Fellow and rejoined the group as a Postdoctoral Fellow in December 2020. In January 2024, he joined Dr. Hani Henein’s research group as a Postdoctoral Fellow. His current research focuses on additive manufacturing, physical and welding metallurgy, microstructure–property relationships, and failure analysis of advanced engineering materials. Outside of his research activities, he enjoys playing badminton, cricket, and travelling.

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 PhD 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.

Jarrod graduated from the University of Alberta with an undergraduate degree in Materials engineering in 2023. He is now pursuing his PhD 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. 

Jacob is a PhD candidate with the Advanced Materials and Processing Laboratory. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2022 and, after working in the oilfield, joined the AMPL in Fall 2023. His research focuses on the characterization and modeling of nano-precipitates in high-strength low-alloy steels, investigating how precipitation behavior during thermomechanical processing influences mechanical properties. Outside of the lab, he enjoys trail running, hiking, skiing, biking, and good coffee. 

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.