Wei Yu has made influential contributions to the field of information theory and communication engineering. His theoretical research addressed fundamental limits of information transmission in communication networks. He proposed dynamic spectrum management methods that have been used in millions of digital subscriber lines worldwide and also contributed significantly to the capacity analysis and optimization techniques for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication channels. Dr. Yu has been named a highly cited researcher. He is a Fellow of the Institute of ...

Dr. Halim Yanikomeroglu is a world-renowned academic, inventor, and researcher in wireless communications. His collaboration with the Canadian and international industry on 4G and 5G wireless networks resulted in 27 granted patents in key technologies. He is best known for his visionary and pioneering work on relaying technology which resulted in several seminal publications with thousands of citations; this technology was adopted in various standards including 4G LTE and 5G. He received several awards for his research, teaching, and service. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of Engineering ...

Prof Ming Yu, former Chief Scientist and Director of R&D, COM DEV, has made major contributions to the advancement of computer-aided design and tuning of microwave filters and multiplexers. These are among his many contributions that have allowed Canada's COM DEV to remain as an international industry leader in aerospace electronic technologies. In 2016, COM DEV was acquired by Honeywell of USA. He has led the Advanced Technology Group, Cambridge, as the Chief Scientist and an Engineering Fellow. He published over 20 patents. He has authored or co-authored over 130 publications and ...

A Professor and University Research Chair in the University of Ottawa, Dr. Jianping Yao has earned a strong reputation as a leader and outstanding researcher in Microwave Photonics. With over 300 refereed journal publications, Professor Yao has pioneered various developments in microwave photonics including the groundbreaking work in UWB over fiber technologies, photonic generation of arbitrary microwave waveforms, and advanced fiber Bragg grating techniques. Through his distinguished career, Professor Yao has supervised over 70 research students and engineers, established close collaboration ...

Bin Wu is an NSERC Industrial Research Chair and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University. He is well recognized for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of power converter technologies and variable speed drives. He was one of the pioneers in developing large commercial electric drives in the megawatt range using current source converter technology. His research results have been used by Canadian companies, which has assisted them in achieving technical and commercial success in the global marketplace.

Dr. F. Richard Yu is an internationally recognized research leader in mobile systems. His pioneering contributions have significantly impacted research and development in this area through over 600 highly-cited publications and 28 granted patents. His mobility management algorithms have been adopted in mobile systems standards. He is among the top 1% of highly cited researchers on Web of Science, demonstrating his worldwide influence. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and EIC, an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and the recipient of numerous ...

Dr. Gu Xu is recognized for his innovative solutions, bridgingfundamental science and creative engineering, to a number of critical and long standing problems, including the revelation of organic memorymechanism, and the elucidation of degradation in organic lightemitting devices that enabled their commercialization. In addition,hydrogen storage saturation was uncovered to clarify the controversy,and lateral structure of multiwall nanotubes was resolved by his novelX-ray imaging methods. The discoveries were mostly published byleading science and engineering journals, which were ...

Drew Wilson has made national and international contributions for Canada and its engineering community in S & T policy, building research, technology transfer, human resource studies, professional engineering and engineering history. He has provided leadership to the profession through his presidencies of EIC, CSME, and the CCPE's Engineering Manpower Council and, during the 1980s, played a leading role in the founding of the Academy of Engineering. He is a Kennedy and Stirling Medalist of EIC and has received senior awards from CSME. He holds seven Fellowships and has authored over 300 ...

Dr. Michael Worswick is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering of the University of Waterloo and holds a University Research Chair in Light Weight Materials Under Extreme Deformation. His research activities encompass forming, joining and machining for automotive manufacturing. He was the founding Director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research and is Executive Director of the Waterloo Node of the Ontario Advanced Manufacturing Consortium. These successful collaborative efforts have brought together diverse groups of researchers to provide essential ...

Jack Young has been eminently successful in the generation and application of new knowledge associated with primary steelmaking operations. With over forty years' experience, he has provided exceptional engineering leadership in simulation modelling and commissioning of numerous steelmaking plants within Canada and abroad. He has coauthored a textbook entitled 'Metallurgical Plant Design' and made significant contributions to the training of engineers in industry as well as engineering students at both McGill and the University of Toronto. Throughout his distinguished career, Young has ...