Louis Desgroseilliers, MASc, BEng
PhD Candidate
Louis is pursuing his PhD in Mechanical
Engineering. His area of work is supercooled
salt hydrates for long term thermal storage.
His reserach work is supported by NSERC
through the CGSD sholarship program; Louis is
also a DREAMS scholar.
The LAMTE is led by Dr. Dominic Groulx as the principal investigator. The research team is
composed of a hard working and dedicated group of young researchers, both at the undergraduate
level and at the graduate level (MASc and PhD); from various background: mechanical, chemical,
nuclear engineering, as well as physics and chemitry.
The alumni who have previously worked at the LAMTE, of which we are extremely proud and
thankful for their work and expertise, are now sought after engineers and researchers, all over the
world, in the areas of thermal/fluid engineering, renewable and non-renewable energy, building
engineering or in general research positions, both private and in academia.
The LAMTE also collaborates with researchers from all over the world, some of those associates,
are also presented below.
Research Team
LAMTE's People
Alumni
Principal Investigator
Laura Dodsworth, BEng
MASc Candidate
Laura is pursuing her MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after having obtained her BEng in
Nuclear Engineering from UOIT. Her work focus
on the testing and development of a Tesla pump
supported by Raytheon USA.
Moe Kabbara, BEng
PhD Candidate
Moe is pursuing his PhD in Mechanical
Engineering, recipient of a Nova Scotia
Graduate Scholarship and being a DREAMS
student. His work is focused on the thermal
and energy analysis and optimization of large
electronic enclosures; work which is
supported by Raytheon Canada.
Benjamin Sponagle, MASc, BEng
PhD Candidate
Ben is pursuing his PhD in Mechanical
Engineering. His area of research is thermal
control of electronic components using phase
change materials. His research work is
supported through a research contract with
Intel.
Luke Halliburton
Undergraduate Researcher
Luke is an undergraduate mechanical
engineering student, ready to start his senior
year. His work at the LAMTE, in collaboration
with Raytheon, is focus on the modification of a
testing apparatus for thermal interface
materials; and subsequent testing of those
materials at various applied pressures and
external temperatures. Luke is also a DREAMS
intern
Florent Herbinger
Undergraduate Researcher
Florent is a physics undergraduate student who
received the Joy M. Cunningham Research
Award to support his work at the LAMTE. He is
involved a numerical study looking at the
impact of strategically positioned phase change
materials in office space for temperature
control. Work done through an ENGAGE grant
with Internat Energy Solutions.
Ali C. Kheirabadi
Research Engineer
Ali just graduated from the Mechanical
Engineering program at Dalhousie University.
He is spending some time in the summer months
at the LAMTE performing design and
development of a PCM thermal cycler as part of
a research collaboration with Intel.
Azad Babu, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Azad graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing research on
turbulent jets from triangular orifices in his
co-supervisor's, Dr. Quinn, lab at StFX
University.
Ibrahim Gharbia, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Ibrahim graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing research on
naturally driven heat exchangers for solar
domestic hot water systems in his
co-supervisor's, Dr. Allen, lab at Dalhousie
University.
Trevor Jamieson, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Trevor graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing a research study
on the thermal energy uses and interconnections
at the Michelin Bridgewater plant.
Chang Liu, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Chang graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing research in the
storage characteristics and thermal behaviour
of PCM (dodecanoic acid) within a horizontal
cylindrical system.
Gina Marin, BEng
Undergraduate Researcher
Gina worked at the LAMTE for three consecutive
summer terms performing research on latent
heat energy storage systems (LHESS) related to
solar domestic hot water systems. Gina was
also a DREAMS intern.
Robynne Murray, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Robynne graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing reseaerch on
thermal storage of latent energy using PCM
(dodecanoic acid) with simultaneous charging
and discharging representative of usage in a
solar domestic hot water system. Robynne was
also a DREAMS Scholar.
Wilson Ogoh, MASc, BEng
MASc Graduate
Wilson graduated with a MASc in Mechanical
Engineering after performing a numerical study
of charging of a thermal storage cyclindrical
systems filled with paraffin wax, looking at the
impact of the number of fins within the system
and the heat transfer fluid flow rate.
David Oliver, MEng, MBA, BEng
MASc Graduate
David graduated with an MEng in Mechanical
Engineering (combined with an MBA) after
performing a research project examining the
true cost of renewable energy in Nova Scotia.
Dominic Groulx, PhD, BSc, P.Eng, ing.
LAMTE Director - Associate Professor
Dr. Dominic Groulx is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering;
where he lectures, conducts research, supervises graduate and
undergraduate research students and manages the Lab of Applied
Multiphase Thermal Engineering.
Nicholas Osbourne, BEng
Undergraduate Researcher
Nick worked at the LAMTE during one work
term, where he help develop and test a latent
heat energy storage system (LHESS) related to
solar domestic hot water systems.
Farid Samara
Undergraduate Researcher
Farid worked at the LAMTE as a DREAMS
summer intern and performed research on
comparing two numerical methods in COMSOL
Multiphysics to simulate natural convection
driven metling of phase change materials
(PCMs).
Jeremy Stewart, BEng
Undergraduate Researcher
Jeremy worked at the LAMTE during two work
terms, where he help develop and test a latent
heat energy storage system (LHESS) related to
solar domestic hot water systems and
performed a study on the use of thermoelectric
systems for temperature management of
electronics in collaboration with Raytheon USA.
Jonas Skaluum
Undergraduate Researcher
Jonas is an undergradute mechanical
engineering student, ready to start his senior
year. He is spending 8 months at the LAMTE
performing research on the thermal behaviour
of lead-acid batteries and subsequent thermal
management of those batteries for stand-alone
street lighting systems. The work is in
collaboration with PoleCo. Jonas is also a
DREAMS intern.
Pascal Henry Biwole, PhD
Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Dr. Biwole.
Associates
Alain Joseph, PhD
Nova Scotia Community College
Dr. Joseph.
Mary Anne White, PhD
Chemistry - Dalhousie University
Dr. White.