Laboratory of Engineering Materials
Developing and processing advanced composites
Overview
At the Laboratory of Engineering Materials, we educate scientists and engineers in the field of material design, processing, and characterization.  Our research focuses on processing high performance fibre-reinforced composite materials, but we have also developed technologies for foams, colloids, gels, and coatings.  We work collaboratively with industry to advance technology and transfer it to real world applications.
Our mission is to enable a better, more sustainable world through education and the development of advanced materials.
News
Aug. 8, 2024
Nico Peters wins Hoa Award for Best Student Paper, for his presentation of "Morphological evolution of continuous fiber networks during additve manufacturing", at CANCOM 2024 in Waterloo, ON.Â
Congratulations Nico!
Aug. 3, 2023
Nicholas Elderfield wins Tsai Award for Best Student Paper, for his presentation of "Effects of over-extrusion on the in-situ consolidation of additively manufactured composites", at ICCM 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Congratulations Nick!
July 12, 2022
Nicholas Elderfield, Hussam Tawfik, and Prof. Wong participate in CANCOM 2022 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
June 26, 2022
Prof. Wong attends ECCM20 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
May 19, 2022
Prof. Wong visit ETH Zurich.
May 16, 2022
Dr. Biporjoy Sarkar joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a co-supervised Post-doctoral Researcher.
May 2, 2022
Mr. Vishnu Dhanda joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Summer Research Student through Schulich School of Engineers Undergraduate Research Program (SSE URP).
May 2, 2022
Mr. Oliver Cook joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Summer Research Student.
May 2, 2022
Mr. Robert Lee joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Summer Research Student through the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE).
May 2, 2022
Mr. Amirhossein Darbandi joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a PhD Student.
April 28, 2022
Nicholas Elderfield successfully passes Candidacy exam. Congratulations!
April 6, 2022
Nicholas Elderfield successfully passes Field of Studies exam. Congratulations!
Feb. 8, 2022
Hussam Tawfik is awarded the Patrick Smyth Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations!
Jan. 5, 2022
Markham Hislop, Energi Media, interviews Dr. Wong on "bitumen into carbon fibre".
Jan. 4, 2022
Alberta oilsands project featured in UToday media article.
Oct. 11, 2021
Prof. Wong, as part of a team led by Prof. Ermanni, is awarded ETH Zurich Spark Award for most promising innovation which ETH Transfer filed for a patent in 2021.
Sept. 27, 2021
Mr. Balakrishnan Dharmalingam joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a co-supervised MSc Student.
Sept. 20, 2021
Mr. Miahn Rasheeq Aosaf joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as Research Assistant.
Sept. 8, 2021
Congratulations to Nicholas Elderfield for being awarded a Global Open Doctoral Scholarship.
Sept. 1, 2021
Mr. Mackinley Love joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a co-supervised MSc Student.
Aug. 23, 2021
Mr. Julien Lagace and Mr. Aiden Schroeder present the final results of their undergraduate research internships.
Aug. 10, 2021
News Article from ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Aerospace Network features Lab,
July 1, 2021
Mr. Maximilian Volk successfully defends his doctoral thesis on "Pultrusion of Thermoplastic Composite Profiles for High Voltage Insulators" at ETH Zurich.
June 5, 2021
Prof. Wong visits ETH Zurich.
May 26, 2021
Congratulations to Hussam Tawfik for being awarded the Werner Graupe International Fellowship in Engineering.
May 6, 2021
Mr. Muhammad Shafi joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a MSc student.
May 3, 2021
Mr. Julien Lagace and Mr. Aiden Schroeder join the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as NSERC USRA awardees,
April 16, 2021
Congratulations to Hussam Tawfik for being awarded an Eyes High International Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship.
March 30, 2021
Congratulations to Nick Elderfield for first prize in a pitch competition for "3D Printing of High Performance Carbon Fibre Structures".
March 1, 2021
Mr. Aron Saengchan presents the results of his two projects in a virtual seminar.
Feb. 14, 2021
Mr. Aron Saengchan completes project with Alberta Innovates Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.
Jan. 4, 2021
Mr. Hussam Tawfik joins the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a PhD Candidate.
Dec. 22, 2020
Ms. Zoya Khan and Ms. Mackenzie Lau complete their internships at the Laboratory of Engineering Materials
Dec. 18, 2020
Ms. Zoya Khan and Ms. Mackenzie Lau present the results of their internship work in a virtual seminar.
Dec. 4, 2020
Dr. Joanna Wong is awarded Early Research Excellence Award for Mechanical and Manufacturing by Schulich School of Engineering.
Oct. 13, 2020
Nicholas Elderfield and Dr. Wong attend ITHEC 2020 online.
Sept. 1, 2020
Ms. Mackenzie Lau joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as an undergraduate intern.
Aug. 31, 2020
Mr. Nicholas Elderfield is confirmed for a program change to become a PhD candidate.
Aug. 24, 2020
Ms. Zoya Khan joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as an undergraduate intern.
Aug. 17, 2020
Aron Saengchan stays on to work on a new project - the Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge.
Aug. 5, 2020
Article on thermoplastic pultrusion published in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.
July 23, 2020
Alberta Innovates issues a press release of Phase 1 winners of the Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge. We are pleased to participate in this exciting technical challenge.
July 9, 2020
Dr. Christoph Schneeberger blogs about his experiences in the Laboratory of Engineering Materials.
April 27, 2020
Mr. Christoph Schneeberger successfully defends his doctoral thesis "Hybrid bicomponent fibres for thermoplastic composites" at ETH Zurich. Congratulations!
March 13, 2020
The Laboratory of Engineering Materials begins working from home as part of the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½'s efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Stay smart, stay safe, stay home.
Feb. 16, 2020
Dr. Wong accompanies Schulich Engineering students to visit aerospace institutions in California as part of the Global Department Experiences program.
Jan. 8, 2020
Mr. Aron Saengchan awarded NSERC USRA to continue his internship on additive manufacturing of fibre-reinforced plastics. Congratulations!
Jan. 3, 2020
Mr. Christoph Schneeberger is awarded Pioneer Fellowship from ETH Zurich to establish spin-off. Congratulations!
Dec. 27, 2019
Laboratory holiday dinner. Seasons greetings to all!
Dec. 16, 2019
Mr. Christoph Schneeberger completes his visit to the Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Visiting Graduate Student through the Mitacs Global Research Awards program.
Dec. 5, 2019
Mr. Martin Eichenhofer successfully defends his doctoral thesis on "Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fibre-reinforced Thermoplastic Composites (FRTPC)" at ETH Zurich.
Oct. 29, 2019
Mr. Christoph Schneeberger gives presentation titledÌý"Energy-efficient structural materials for mass-production of lightweight vehicles" to introduce his doctoral research.
Sept. 27, 2019
Mr. Christoph Schneeberger joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Visiting Graduate Student.
Sept. 20, 2019
Ms. Selia Benmabrouk gives final presentation on mycellium-based composites.
July 22, 2019
11th Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM 2019) in Kelowna, BC.
June 10, 2019
Ms. Selia Benmabrouk joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Visiting Graduate Student.
May 13, 2019
Prof. Joanna Wong visits ETH Zurich.
May 1, 2019
Mr. Nicholas Elderfield joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Masters Student.
May 1, 2019
Mr. Aron Saengchan joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as an Undergraduate Intern.
Oct. 30, 2018
 International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites (ITHEC 2018) in Bremen, Germany.
Sept. 10, 2018
Laboratory of Engineering Materials moves into newly renovated MEB building.
Aug. 20, 2018
Mr. Elias El Dik joins Laboratory of Engineering Materials as a Masters Student.
July 16, 2018
Prof. Joanna Wong visits ETH Zurich
June 14, 2018
Article on Continuous Lattice Fabrication published in Composites Science and Technology
March 17, 2018
Article on Filament Winding published in the Journal of Thermoplastic Composites Materials
Oct. 30, 2017
Communication on Hybrid Bicomponent Fibres published in Composites: Part A
Sept. 18, 2017
Article on Continuous Lattice Fabrication (CLF) published in Additive Manufacturing
Aug. 25, 2017
 21st International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM21) in Xi'an, China
Prof. Wong and her co-authors present three papers.