Dr. Philip K. Chan
Areas of Academic Interest
Computer simulation of phase separation in polymer systems
Computer simulation of liquid crystalline materials
Computer simulation of complex fluids
Spotlight
It is possible to land your dream job. Case in point, Philip Chan. Early in his life, Chan knew what he liked: chemistry and engineering. He was also intrigued by teaching. 鈥淚 was lucky to have some really great teachers and professors,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 was amazed by the way they taught and I wanted to do the same.鈥�
Having excellent teachers set a high bar, one Chan aims to reach every day. 鈥淲ith my grad students I try to give them what my supervisor gave to me: mentorship.鈥� Chan watches over his MEng, MASc and PhD students to make sure they鈥檙e on the right track, introduces them to journals and resources, searches for bugs in their computer programs, and acts as a sounding board for their ideas.
For his undergraduates, Chan is always making adjustments to his methods. To impart complex engineering principles to his students, he鈥檚 a big fan of showing video clips and including examples from real life, such as why the shower curtain blows in when the hot water comes on. 鈥淚f you want the answer,鈥� he says, smiling, 鈥測ou鈥檒l have to take my class.鈥�
鈥淢y career is the perfect combination of my three passions: engineering, chemistry and teaching.鈥�
- R. Shadkami and P.K. Chan, 鈥淐omputational Analysis to Optimize the Performance of Thin Film Liquid Crystal Biosensors鈥�, Crystals, 12, 1463 (2022).
- S. Ranjbarrad & P.K. Chan, 鈥淭he Effect of Conductive Heat Transfer on the Morphology Formation in Polymer Solutions Undergoing Thermally Induced Phase Separation鈥�, Polymers, 14, 4345 (2022).
- Ghaffari, P.K. Chan and M. Mehrvar, 鈥淟ong-Range Surface-Directed Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation: A Computational Study鈥�, Polymers, 13, 256 (2021).
- S. Ghaffari, P.K. Chan and M. Mehrvar, 鈥淐omputational Analysis of Short-Range Surface-Directed Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation鈥�, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2021;1鈥�13, DOI: 10.1002/cjce.23954 (2021).
- V.-N. Tran Duc and P.K. Chan, 鈥淯sing the Cahn-Hilliard Theory in Metastable Binary Solutions鈥�, ChemEngineering, 3, 75 (2019).