As a practicing professional engineer, educator, researcher and administrator, Feridun Hamdullahpur has educated and advised many engineers, professional civil servants, senior political office holders and United Nations officials. His decades of academic and professional contributions to the field of engineering have resulted in training of highly qualified personnel and to establishing more effective public policy to enhance the quality of life and health of many in Canada and around the world. As president of the University of Waterloo, Dr. Hamdullahpur has enabled the University of Waterloo to be ranked among the Top 50 in the world for Engineering and Technology for the last two years, helping to position Canada as a global leader in the field of engineering.