Fluids and Electrochemical Engineering Lab

ChungHyuk Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU. He did his undergraduate studies at McGill University (Chem. Eng.), and his PhD at the University of Toronto (Mech. Eng.). Prior to joining TMU, he worked in government research agencies - at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow , and at the National Research Council Canada as a research associate . He is the recipient of the US Department of Energy HFTO Postdoctoral Recognition Award and CLS Young Investigator Excellence Award.

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Byeongwook (Wook) Choi is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU. He completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental Studies/German Interpretation and Translation at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and obtained his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the same institution. Before joining TMU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). His research primarily focuses on biological wastewater treatment, electrochemical water treatment, and artificial intelligence applications. Currently, his research is focused on energy production and desalination systems utilizing transpiration and Capacitive Deionization (CDI), as well as the recovery and recycling of platinum group metals (PGMs).

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Linlin Liu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU (joined winter 2025). She completed her BSc and MSc in Department of physics at Hebei University. She worked as a managing editor in an academic publisher MDPI for 5 years. After that, she started her PhD studies in chemistry department at Laval university and obtained her PhD in fall 2024. Her research primarily focused on electrochemistry, microfluidics, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, microbial fuel cells, renewal energy, wastewater treatment, microbial electrolysis cells, microfabrication and analytical chemistry. Currently, she is focusing on studying nafion thin film properties and recycling fuel cell/electrolyzer materials. 

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Andre Pin Chun Lee is a PhD candidate at FEEL (joined fall 2022). He did his undergraduate studies at McGill University (Chem. Eng.), and his MEng at the University of Toronto with a focus in Water Technologies (Chem. Eng.). Andre worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer with Six Sigma emphasis and specialization (Asia Vital Components Ltd., China). Then, he worked as a Thermal R&D engineer for the water cooling division (Asia Vital Components Ltd., China). He is the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, PhD Excellence Award, and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Currently, his research is focused on studying cation contamination effects in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

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Fazele Karimian Bahnamiri is a PhD student at FEEL (joined spring 2023). She completed her BSc at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (Chem. Eng.) and MSc at University of Tehran (Chem. Eng.). She worked as a Researcher at University of Tehran exploring novel electrocatalysts for fuel cell cathodes. She is the recipient of the Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Scholarship, PhD Excellence Award and Toronto Hydro Corporation Student Award. Her current research focuses on device-level studies of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. She is interested in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems.

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Yi Ren is a PhD student at FEEL. He completed his BEng at Hefei University of Technology (Chem. Eng.), and MEng at ShanghaiTech University (Mater. Sci. Eng.) exploring Cu-based catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction. Yi worked as an assistant engineer developing formulation of polyurethanes (Shanghai Carthane Co.Ltd). Currently, his research focuses on a cost-effective method for fabricating electrode structures for next generation hydrogen fuel cells. Yi is co-supervised by Prof. Dae Kun Hwang.

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Amira Mohamed is a PhD student at FEEL. She holds a B.Eng. degree and a PGDip certificate (Mech. Eng., Power) from Assiut University. She gained industry experience as a Research and Development Mechanical Engineer at Assiut University's Integrated Technology Transfer Unit. Her academic journey continued with a Master's degree (Mech. Eng., Green Energy) at Chungbuk National University, where she focused on electrolysis, fuel cells, machine learning, and data analysis. She is the recipient of the Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Scholarship and Toronto Hydro Corporation Student Award. Presently, Amira's research remains dedicated to these fields, positioning her as a promising contributor in the realm of sustainable technology. Amira is co-supervised by Prof. Simant Upreti.

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Dhanvin Lad is a MASc student at FEEL. He completed his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. Dhanvin has gained industrial experience as a Manufacturing Engineer at Woodbridge Foam Corporation. He primarily focused on process control and optimization in polyurethane foam manufacturing. He is the recipient of the Honourable George W. Vari Friendship Award. Dhanvin's current research focuses on advancing hydroxide exchange membrane water electrolyzers for affordable green hydrogen production.

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Masoud Khalili is a PhD student at FEEL. He did his undergraduate studies at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (Chem. Eng.), and his master at the Sharif University of Technology with a focus in Ammonia-to-Hydrogen (Chem. Eng.). After graduation, he collaborated as a main-board with a local engineering company specialized in Water and Gas Pipelines. He also had scientific collaboration with Biofuel Research Lab at Silesian University of Technology remotely. His current research focuses on platinum electrochemical recovery from spent PEMFC membrane electrode assemblies. He is interested in promoting fundamental and engineering aspects of fuel cells and electrolyzers.

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H.M. Adam Harameen is a PhD student at FEEL. He holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Kocaeli University, awarded through a Turkish government scholarship. His thesis on electrolyte membranes for PEM fuel cells was part of a TUBITAK project. After his Master’s, he worked as an R&D specialist and chemical engineer at EXITCOM Recycling, Turkey's largest e-waste and only battery recycling company. Adam’s current project is to develop sustainable and cost-effective technology to selectively recover PGMs from spent catalytic converters.

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Jeffarson James is an MEng student (MRP stream) at FEEL. He completed his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (Chem. Eng.), where he gained valuable experience as an undergraduate research assistant and also as a Process Engineering co-op student at Atlantic Packaging. Jeffarson's current research focuses on developing cement-based supercapacitors for next generation energy storage.

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Harris Ng Li is an undergraduate research assistant at FEEL, and a 4th year Chem. Eng. Student at TMU. He is the recipient of the 2023 Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Competition mentored by Dr. ChungHyuk Lee. He worked on the Breakthrough Energy Solution Canada project (BESC project) at CERT System Inc., administered by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). BESC project is recognized by the PEO York Chapter as the engineering research project of the year on “Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis for Chemical Manufacturing.” Currently, he is focusing on developing next generation electrodes for enhanced carbon dioxide electrolyzers that produce formate. 

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Behrad Bahadori is an undergraduate researcher at FEEL and a first-year chemical engineering student at TMU. He is the recipient of the 2024 Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Competition mentored by Dr. ChungHyuk Lee. He is at the beginning of his research journey and he is currently learning the basics of the research environment and academia. At FEEL he is studying modeling different Fuel Cells with COMSOL and how different parameters affect their functionality.

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Hamza Miran is an undergraduate researcher at FEEL and a final-year chemical engineering student at TMU. He has previously gained experience in industry at Agropur and Imtex Membranes. The scope of his research mainly lies in using machine learning to solve complex problems. He is currently working on developing a machine learning model to increase the performance of PEMFCs by optimizing parameters related to the topography of the electrode surface.

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Mido Elgamal is an undergraduate researcher at FEEL and a first-year chemical engineer student at TMU. He is modifying a CNC machining setup to use it for fabricating sprayed catalyst-coated membranes. He is currently working on developing the control circuitry for the catalyst deposition system. 

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