Professor Naylor's underlying philosophy is to understand the fundamental mechanisms of heat transfer based on measurements and numerical modeling. His innovative work on the thermal performance of windows and optimization of solar radiation has been incorporated within several industrial software packages. His pioneering development of an anti-icing system for gas turbines has been installed in almost 100 power plants across North America. A Past President of the Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics and Fellow, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, he has authored over 150 publications and a textbook on convective heat transfer. A superb mentor of young engineers, he has supervised over 150 undergraduate and graduate student researchers.