Industrial Systems Faculty

Isam Al Zubaidi
P. Eng.
Lab Instructor
Office: ED 128.4
E-mail: Isam.Al.Zubaidi@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-3126
Fax: 306-585-4855
Research interests
Petroleum refinery processes such as hydrotreating and hydrodesulfurization process, non-hydrogen sulfur removal processes using ionic liquid, adsorption, and extraction processes. Water and soil remediation from oil spill, waste oil recycling, oil sludge treatment, fuel processing, etc. Corrosion and corrosion inhibitors, food contamination with aluminum during food processing.

Adisorn Aroonwilas
Ph.D., P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 436.3
E-mail: aroonwia@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2469
Fax: 306-585-4855
Research interests
CO2 capture and Greenhouse gas control technology, Biodiesel Production TechnologyNatural Gas Purification, CO2 capture using spray columns, Modeling, simulation and optimization of gas treating processes, Cogeneration and heat integration for power generation with CO2 capture

Liming Dai
Ph.D., P.Eng., ASME Fellow
Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 436.12
E-mail: liming.dai@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4498
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~dailimli/
Research interests
Linear and non-linear vibrations/oscillations and the control of vibrations subjected to static and dynamic loadings; Numerical simulation of nonlinear dynamical systems, sound and wave propagation; Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) with seismic wave and vibration stimulation; Industrial noise, traffic noise, and noise control with acoustic design for industrial and domestic facilities; Analysis with Finite Element Method, Non-linear Dynamics, and Fracture Mechanics for assessment of crack initiation and propagation in materials under cyclical loading, high pressure, and high temperature; Metallurgy, microstructures, and property aspects of engineering materials and welding of engineering materials; Design (CAD, FEA) and manufacturing (CAM) aspects of pressure vessels, piping, and LPG transportation vehicles used in petroleum industries; Strategies and analysis of engineering and operations management

David deMontigny
Ph.D., P.Eng., FEC
Associate Dean (Academic), Professor, Engineering
Office: ED 409.2
E-mail: david.demontigny@uregina.ca, all undergraduate student inquiries: engg.ada@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2277
Fax: 306-585-4855
Research interests
CO2 absorption in packed columns and membrane contactors; Solvent regeneration in membrane desorbers; Membrane-solvent wettability and performance evaluation; Manufacturing of hydrophobic, microporous polymer membranes; Design of membrane contactor modules; Engineering education; Academic integrity

Amr Henni
Ph.D., PEng.
Professor, Industrial & Process Systems Engineering
Office: ED 436.13
E-mail: amr.henni@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4960
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~henniea/
Research interests
Acid gas removal from natural and flue gases, Calorimetry Mass transfer with chemical reactions, Solubility of gases in liquids, Vapor-liquid-equilibria and PVT studies, Pressure swing and temperature swing adsorptions, Physical and transport properties measurements, Process plant simulation, Renewable energy (wind and solar), Water desalination, Biotechnology (proteins and cells), Polymer Engineering (thermodynamics and heat transfer), Chemical education

Hussameldin Ibrahim
Ph.D., PMP, P.Eng.
Director, Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI); Professor, Industrial & Process Systems Engineering
Office: ED 423
E-mail: hussameldin.ibrahim@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-3347
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~ibrahimh/
Research interests

Raphael Idem
Ph.D., P.Eng.
SaskPower Clean Energy Research Chair; Professor, Process & Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: GGTC 211, GGTC 312.2
E-mail: raphael.idem@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4470
Fax: 306-585-4855 or 306-337-3112
Research interests
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation; Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gases from Industrial Sources; Reformer Technology/Fuel Processing for Fuel Cell Application/Hydrogen Energy; Reaction Kinetics, Reaction Mechanisms, and Heterogeneous Catalyst Development; Fossil and Bio-fuels Processing; Bioenergy; Carbon Dioxide Utilization

Robert Jones
M.Sc., P.Eng.
Lab Instructor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 128.3
E-mail: robert.jones@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4961
Fax: 306-585-4855
Golam Kabir
Ph.D., P.Eng,
Program Chair, Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 432
E-mail: golam.kabir@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5271
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~gkj627/
Research interests
System risk, reliability, resilience assessment; Interdependent network resilience analytics; Multi-criteria decision analysis under risk and uncertainty; Infrastructure management; Sustainable system analytics; Data driven decision making; Multi-objective optimization

Sharfuddin Khan
Ph.D., E.I.T.
Assistant Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 491
E-mail: Sharfuddin.Khan@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4705
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~ske276
Research interests

Mohammad Khondoker
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 411
E-mail: Mohammad.Khondoker@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4289
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~mak094/
Research interests

Mehran Mehrandezh
Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 436.10
E-mail: mehran.mehrandezh@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4658
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: http://uregina.ca/~mehrandm/
Research interests
Motion planning of co-operating robotic arms in dynamic environments, Autonomous sensor-based motion planning of robots (mobile and articulated), Computer integrated manufacturing, inspection, assembly, Remote control/analysis via Internet, Urban search and rescue robotics, Time-optimal rendezvous planning of co-operating robots for pick-and-place task sharing

Denise Stilling
Ph.D., P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 476
E-mail: denise.stilling@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2696
Fax: 306-585-4855
Research interests
Value-added product and manufacturing research and development from agricultural fiber and reclaimed material, Engineering management including principles of lean manufacturing, JIT, agile manufacturing, operational management, etc., Human Factors Engineering including ergonomics, safety design, procedures, etc., Applied mechanical engineering analysis and design including biomechanics, vibration control, structural analysis, strength of materials, instrumentation, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics, manufacturing processes, Research experience in artificial intelligence including applications in knowledge based expert systems, artificial neural networks, wavelets, etc.
Paitoon (P.T.) Tontiwachwuthikul
Ph.D., P.Eng., FCAE
Professor, Industrial & Process Systems Engineering & Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
Office: ED 436.7; GGTC 308 at Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CERTi)
E-mail: paitoon.Tontiwachwuthikul@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4688
Fax: 306-585-4855
Website: https://www.co2-research.net
Research interests
New technologies for CO2 recovery, production, and utilization (including Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies), High efficiency processes for gas separation and purification, Industrial pollution prevention and control (including energy and environment issues), Heat & mass transfer with chemical reactions, Industrial corrosion prevention and control Intelligent and knowledge-based systems development, Modeling, simulation, control, and optimization of industrial processes

Syed Adeel Haneef Zaidi
MSc., P.Eng.
Lab Instructor, Industrial Systems Engineering
Office: ED 128.5
E-mail: syed.zaidi@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4094
Fax: 306-585-4855
Research interests