Dr. Remon Pop-Iliev.
Dr. Remon Pop-Iliev, PEng
Associate Professor and NSERC-GMCL Chair in Innovative Design Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Office: ENG 2022
E-mail:
remon.pop-iliev@uoit.ca
Tel.: 905.721.8668 ext. 2553
Fax: 905.721.3370
Additional Responsibilities
- UOIT’s PACE Integrator, Partnership for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE)
- UOIT’s CDEN Design Champion, Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN)
- UOIT’s OEC Academic Advisor, Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC)
- UOIT’s Solar Car Team Academic Advisor
- UOIT’s SAE Formula Team Academic Advisor
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
- Member of the Board of Directors, Rotational Molding Division (RMD), Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
- Member of the Academic Requirements Committee (ARC), Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- Member of the Mechanical Engineering Examination Syllabus Committee, Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board (CEQB), Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE)
Education
- PhD (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto, 2003
- MASc (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto, 1999
- BASc (Mechanical Engineering), University of Skopje, 1982
Courses Taught
- Engineering Graphics and Design
- Concurrent Engineering and Design
- Computer Aided Design
- Integrated Manufacturing Systems
- Manufacturing System Design
- Design Thesis
Research Profile
Dr. Pop-Iliev’s key research areas include: Engineering Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Materials, and Technologies for the Manufacture of Cellular Materials and Composites. Dr. Pop-Iliev attracted significant research funding (over $2.5M) from industrial and government sources. His research program has been funded by NSERC, GMCL, CFI, AUTO21, CDEN, ORF and MMO through individual and collaborative research projects.
Dr. Pop-Iliev is an endowed NSERC-GMCL Chair in Innovative Design Engineering since October 2005. His mission is to provide meaningful contributions towards substantially improving Canada’s capacity in design engineering through establishing a Centre for Innovative Design Engineering and Research (CIDER) and managing a competent team that will facilitate the introduction and propagation of distinctive educational approaches aimed at training competent engineers who will be instrumental in meeting effectively emerging needs for innovative products, processes, technologies and services.
Dr. Pop-Iliev’s research efforts also focus on the design, development, and optimization of polymer processing technologies for the manufacture of polyolefin foams and foamed composites blown by environmentally safe chemical blowing agents. He is an expert in processing polymeric foams and composites using chemical blowing agents, especially in the areas of foaming in rotational molding, compression molding, and polymer extrusion. He has pioneered the use of polypropylene in single-charge integral-skin rotational foam molding for both foamed core and solid skin applications.
Selected Publications
Journal Publications
- (Invited) R. Pop-Iliev, and C.B. Park, "Melt Compounding Based Rotational Foam Molding Technology for Processing Polypropylene Foams", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp.101-120, (2002)
- G.M. Rizvi, R. Pop-Iliev, and C.B. Park, "A Novel System Design for Continuous Processing of Plastic/Wood-Fiber Composite Foams with Improved Cell Morphology", Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp.367-379 (2002)
- R. Pop-Iliev, G.M. Rizvi, and C.B. Park, "The Importance of Timely Polymer Sintering While Processing Polypropylene Foams in Rotational Molding", Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp.40-54 (2003)
- R. Pop-Iliev and C.B. Park, "Single-step Rotational Foam Molding of Skin-surrounded Polyethylene Foams", Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp.49-58 (2003)
- G.M. Rizvi, C.B. Park, W.S. Lin, G. Guo, and R. Pop-Iliev, "Expansion Mechanisms of Plastic/Wood-Fiber Composite Foams with Moisture, Dissolved Gaseous Volatiles, and Undissolved Gas Bubbles" Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1347-1360 (2003)
- X. Xu, C.B. Park, D. Xu, and R. Pop-Iliev, "Effect of the Die Geometry on Cell Nucleation of PS Foams Blown with CO2," Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1378-1390 (2003)
- R. Pop-Iliev, F. Liu, G. Liu, and C.B. Park, "Rotational Foam Molding of Polypropylene with Control of Melt Strength," Advances in Polymer Technology, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 280-296 (2003)
- (Invited) R. Pop-Iliev, D. Xu, and C.B. Park, "Manufacturability of Fine-Celled Cellular Structures in Rotational Foam Molding," Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 13-25 (2004)
- D. Xu, R. Pop-Iliev, C.B. Park, and R.G. Fenton, "Fundamental Study of CBA-blown Bubble Growth and Collapse Under Atmospheric Pressure," Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 519-538 (2005)
- (Invited) R. Pop-Iliev, K-H Lee, and C. B. Park, "Manufacture of Integral Skin PP Foam Composites in Rotational Molding," Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 139-152 (2006)
Patents
- C.B. Park, G. Liu, F. Liu, R. Pop-Iliev, S. D'Uva, and B. Zhang, "Production of Foamed Low-Density Polypropylene by Rotational Molding", U.S. Patent 6,103,153, Aug. 15, 2000
- C.B. Park, K.-H. Lee, R. Pop-Iliev, "Compression Molding Technology for Fine-celled Foaming of Recyclable Thermoplastics", University of Toronto Confidential Invention Disclosure Ref. #10001028 (2003)
Honours and Awards
- 2006 G.H. Duggan Medal for best paper in 2006 - CSME Award
- 2005 - 2006 UOIT Teaching Innovation Award
- 2001 - 2002 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
- 1999 - 2001 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (PGSB)
- 1999 - 2000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (reversion list)
- 1998 - 1999 University of Toronto Open Doctoral Fellowship
- 1998 - 1999 University of Toronto Open Master's Fellowship