Team

Mattia Bacca

Associate Professor

mbacca@mech.ubc.ca

Phone: (604) 827-5076

ICICS 165

PhD: UBC

Puncture; Indentation; Adhesion; Fracture; AI-driven design

PhD: Cambridge

Cutting; Fracture; Puncture

Cell membranes; Endocytosis; Nanomedicine

Biophysics; Soft Materials

Mohammad Shojaeifard (PhD 2022-26) – now: Postdoc @ UBC

Bharath Goda (PhD 2020-24) – now: Postdoc @ University of Texas, Austin

Stefano Fregonese (PhD & Postdoc 2018-23) – now: CEO @ DISC Alloys

Daniele Agostinelli (Postdoc 2020-22) – now: Postdoc @ Marche Polytechnic University

Jinqiao (Noelia) Sheng (MEng 2024–25) – now: Junior Mechanical Engineer @ United Imaging Healthcare

Yiting Wu (MASc 2023-26)- now: Co-Founder @ STITCH Surgical Models Inc.

Alessia Pallaoro (Research Associate 2018-19) – now: Research Scientist @ AB Cellera

Ryan (Zhiyuan) Tong (MASc 2020-22) – now: PhD student @ UBC

Albert Kong (MASc 2019-22; URA 2018-19) – now: Science Tech @ Triumf

Farid Hoseynian Benvidi (MASc 2018-21) – now: Simulation Consultant @ TriMech

Harman Khungura (MASc 2018-21) – now: Robotics R&D @ MDA Space

Jeffrey Hou (URA 2020-21) – next: MASc @ University of Toronto

Cindi Feng (URA 2018-19) – now: Software Engineer @ MathWorks