Dr. Said Easa, FEAS Director of Quality Assurance at Ryerson University, has been widely recognized for his pioneering research on road safety. His research on 3D highway design has resulted in new and improved guidelines for the geometric design of intersections, roundabouts, highway curves, and railway crossings. He has published nearly 200 papers in refereed journals, led several national and international conferences, was editor of a best-selling book on GIS, and served as Associate Editor of several journals. He is the recipient of numerous best-paper and lifetime achievement awards from ...

Since graduating from the University of Toronto, Hank Edamura has spent his professional career with world-renowned engineering firm MMM Group Limited, where he established himself as an expert in project and design management of airports. His engineering, managerial, leadership, and team-building skills helped MMM become a world leader in all aspects of airport development, from conceptual design to implementation, working on some of the largest airports around the globe. Mr. Edamura has served on the Executive of the Engineering Institute of Canada and on the Professional Engineers Ontario ...

University of Toronto Professor Elizabeth Edwards is an outstanding educator, engineer and researcher, whose research has been instrumental in finding feasible and effective ways to remove industrial pollutants from our soil and water. Professor Edwards has developed a microbial culture called KB-1, which destroys some of the world's most widespread groundwater contaminants at less than half the cost of traditional methods. Her research has garnered a NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation and a Killam Fellowship from the Canada Council, among other prestigious awards.

Dr. El Damatty, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Research Director of the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Research Institute at Western University, is an international leader in structural and wind engineering. His work, incorporated into the American Society of Civil Engineers guidelines, represents the first specifications for designing tornado- and downburst-resistant transmission lines. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and recipient of numerous awards, including the 2018 Ontario Professional Engineers Medal for Research. He is an honorary ...

Dr. Hesham El Naggar is a Distinguished University Professor at Western University. He is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the fields of foundation dynamics, deep foundations, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. He advanced the state-of-the-art in analysis and design of foundations for dynamic loads. His innovative wok on foundation dynamics led to the development of DYNA6, the industry standard in machine foundation design. His work on foundation design and geotechnical earthquake engineering has been incorporated into design guidelines recommended by regulatory bodies and ...

Mohamed Elbestawi, Director of McMaster's W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology, cited widely for his contributions to manufacturing engineering research, is known as a champion for university/industry partnerships. He worked for several years in industrial research and development, before joining McMaster. He was the driving force in the establishment of the newly created $19 million McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) and was appointed as its first Director in 2000. Dr. Elbestawi also held the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Precision Machining and held the ...

Professor George Eleftheriades, of the University of Toronto, is a pioneer in the field of metamaterials and metasurfaces, which are engineered electromagnetic materials and surfaces with unprecedented capabilities. Most notably, he demonstrated how to realize metamaterials using networks of loaded transmission lines. These new materials have found applications in several areas, including wireless communications, radar, super-resolution imaging, security, and defence. Professor Eleftheriades is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Royal Society of ...

Menachem Elimelech is the Sterling Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and international fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Clarke Water Prize and Eni Award. He is recognized for his seminal contributions to the development of membrane processes for desalination and wastewater reuse and for educating the next generation of university professors and industry leaders in the fields of environmental and ...

Dr. Janet A. W. Elliott is a University of Alberta Distinguished Professor recognized as being among the world’s leading engineering scientists, known for her profound insight into fundamental and applied thermodynamics. Her creative and elegant integration of mathematics and experimental data has addressed many long-standing problems across a wide array of disciplines in science, engineering, and medicine, particularly in surface science and cryobiology. Her work has expanded thermodynamics to new complexity, new length scales, and new disciplines, has provided some of the most cited works ...

Hoda ElMaraghy is a distinguished scholar, accomplished researcher and inspiring mentor. Professor ElMaraghy is an international expert in "Products design and Manufacturing Systems Paradigms, Productivity and Competitiveness. Her pioneering innovative research in flexible manufacturing was a game changer enabling companies to be adaptive and agile. ElMaraghy's impact in engineering, research and education is recognized with many honors and awards. She is Tier I Canada Research Chair in Manufacturing Systems. She has over 450 publications and trained more than 100 Master and PhDs. Professor ...