Simon Park, PhD
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Professor - Mechanical Engineering
Biography
Dr. Simon S. Park received his B.Sc. (Honours) and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Prof. Yusuf Altintas. He was a Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary (2004–2025), where he also held research chairs and multiple innovation fellowships. In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP).
Dr. Park has led numerous international research programs in advanced manufacturing, machining, advanced materials, digital twins, sensors, hydrogen technologies, batteries, and biomedical systems, supported by over $37M in competitive funding. He has co-founded multiple startups translating his research into practice, spanning energy, AI, healthcare, and clean technologies.
· Advanced Manufacturing & Machining (micro/nano/macro machining, chatter suppression, hybrid processes)
· Sensors, IoT, Monitoring & Signal Processing (multimodal sensing, fusion, predictive analytics)
· Materials & Fabrication (carbon fiber, composites, battery materials, nanomaterials)
· Printed Electronics (intense pulsed light)
· Robotics & Intelligent Systems (soft robotics, sensorized systems)
· AI & Digital Twin Technologies (prognostics, diagnostics, immersive simulation, knowledge graphs, RAG)
· Energy Systems (hydrogen pipelines, battery systems, methane pyrolysis)
· Oil and Gas & Environment (pipeline monitoring, NDT, soil/water remediation, structural dynamics, hydrogen, directional drilling)
· Biomedical & Health Technologies (bioprinting, portable biosensors)
· Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship (startup incubation)
· Advanced Manufacturing and Machining Processes
· Vibrations and Machine Dynamics
· AI in Engineering
· Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Capstone Design
He has published over 150 journal papers.
· Park, S.S. et al., Machine learning based substructure coupling of machine tool dynamics and chatter stability, CIRP Annals, 2024.
· Cristello, J., Dang, Z., Hugo, R., Park, S.S., AI-based leak detection in blended hydrogen and natural gas pipelines, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2024.
· Rezaei, N.T., Kumar, H., Liu, H., Park, S.S., Kim, K., Bioprinting of hepatic tissue model using photocrosslinkable hydrogels, Materials Today Bio, 2025.
· Alawy, A., Sudak, L.J., Park, S.S., Multifunctional 3D-Printed Auxetic Nanocomposites, Sensors & Actuators A, 2025.
· Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering – University of British Columbia, Canada (2004)
· M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering – University of Toronto, Canada (1999)
· B.Sc. (Honours), Mechanical Engineering – University of Toronto, Canada (1997)
· Fellow, International Academy of Production Engineers (CIRP), 2024
· Schulich School of Engineering Industrial Research Chair, UofCalgary (2022–2025)
· KIAT Best Achievement Award, Korea (2022)
· Schulich School of Engineering Research Excellence Award (2017)
· KOFST Engineer of the Year (2015)
