Alexandra Komrakova
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean Graduate Students, Mechanical Engineering
Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2014 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- M.Sc. and B.Sc. equiv., Mechanical Engineering, 2010 Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia
Appointments
Academic- Professor, July 2026 - present Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Associate Professor, July 2021 - June 2026 Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Assistant Professor, July 2015 - June 2021 Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Postdoctoral Fellow, May 2014 – June 2015 Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Laboratory Assistant, January 2006 – June 2008 Physics of Heat, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia
- Student Intern, Schlumberger Moscow Research Centre, June 2008 – June 2010 Moscow, Russia
CV
Available upon request
Books I recommend
Writing and Research
- Where research begins by T.S. Mullaney and C. Era
- The craft of research by W.C. Booth, G.G. Colomb, J.M. Williams, J. Bizup, W.T. Fitzgerald
- Writing for busy readers by T. Rogers and J. Lasky-Fink
- Style. Ten lessons in clarity and grace by J.M. Williams and I.B. Nadel
- Thinking in Systems by H. Meadows
- Permission to screw up by K. Hadeed
- Dare to lead by B. Brown
- Rising strong by B. Brown
- Daring greatly by B. Brown
- Teaching and learning STEM by R.M. Felder and R. Brent
- How learning works by S.A. Ambrose, M.W. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M.C. Lovett, M.K. Norman
- Teaching naked by J.A. Bowen
- Atomic habits by J. Clear
- Think again by A. Grant
- The ONE thing by G. Keller and J. Papasans
- The confidence code by K. Kay and C. Shipman
- The Nix by N. Hill
- Wellness by N. Hill
- The midhight library by M. Haig
- The life impossible by M. Haig
- The humans by M. Haig
- Year of Yes by S. Rhimes