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Dr. Barbara da Silva (she, her)

Assistant Professor
barbara.dasilva@queensu.ca
Queen’s University
Mechanical and Materials Engineering

I have been a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Smith Engineering, Queen’s University since 2024.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) in 2023, my M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Blumenau (Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil) in 2016, and my Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering also at the University of Blumenau, in 2015. My research interests are centred around the fundamentals of bluff body flows, inspired by applications in wind engineering and energy systems. I make complementary use of computational techniques such as large-eddy simulation, and experimental methods with intrusive and non-intrusive techniques to study the fundamentals of the flow around wall-mounted obstacles.

Outside of the laboratory and the classroom, I enjoy baking, strength training, and playing video games with friends.

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Graduate Students

Katie Cooper-Gray (she, her)

Accelerated MASc Student
Co-supervised with Prof. John Kurelek
katie.coopergray@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, 2025

Alexia Economou (she, her)

MASc Student
alexia.economou@queensu.ca
BASc, Aerospace Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2025

Undergraduate and Summer Students

Caelan Shimizu (he, him)

BASc Student
22qdq5@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, Expected 2027

Alumni

Aslan Lauzon (he, him)

BASc Student
22dn25@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, Expected 2027

Amna Hasnain (she, her)

BASc Student
21ah84@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, Expected 2026

Justin Sandrasagra (he, him)

Research Assistant
justin.sandrasagra@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, 2025

Muhammad Fateh Mehmood (he, him)

Mitacs Summer Student
25bwp2@queensu.ca
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, 2025

Emily Sacchi (she, her)

Mitacs Summer Student
25ty8@queensu.ca
MEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Expected 2027