Dr. Joe R. Zhao is an exceptionally creative engineer with outstanding contributions in innovation, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing. His inventions have addressed some key issues in wastewater treatment and energy conservation. As an entrepreneur, he founded and for over 20 years has led a private-sector laboratory which has provided high-end employment for Canadian engineers and established Canada's leadership in several technologies in fields of critical importance to society. As an engineering leader, he created and guided several successful manufacturing enterprises in Canada and ...

Dr. Siyu Ye is a Principal Scientist at Ballard Power Systems, a leading global fuel cell company, where he leads Ballard's Advanced Catalyst Development project. He is recognized as a world-leading expert in electrocatalysis and catalyst layer/MEA design for fuel cells, and has made significant contributions to the advancement of the modern PEM fuel cell. His outstanding leadership and technical expertise were instrumental in the development of cell reversal tolerant catalysts and carbon corrosion resistant cathode catalyst layers, which have both been key technologies in securing Ballard's ...

Dr. Dharma Wijewickreme, Civil Engineering Professor at the University of British Columbia, is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of geotechnical engineering. He gained 11 years of experience in consulting engineering practice prior to joining academia in 2001. His research activities, which are related to the infrastructure, mining and energy sectors, have been of global significance and have been used extensively. Specifically, his research on earthquake liquefaction of soils and on buried pipelines subject to ground movements has effectively and extensively contributed ...

David Wilkinson of UBC has made major sustained contributions to the commercialization of fuel cells and other electrochemical devices (electrolysis,batteries, capacitors, electrodialysis, etc), while at the same time advancing the basic understanding of electrochemical transfer reactions. His incisive research and talented leadership have resulted in closing the gaps in performance, reliability, durability and cost of fuel cells and batteries, particularly polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. He is internationally recognized as a leader in electrochemical engineering and fuel cell ...

Ms. Rabab Ward, Professor and former President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and Director of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems at UBC, is a leader in the application of digital signal processing theory to cable and high-definition television, medical images, restoration of astronomical images, and extraction of an infant's distress level from his/her cry signal. Being a highly accomplished researcher and a prolific inventor, she has an impressive list of publications and patents, and her work is used in various companies and laboratories worldwide. ...

Prof. Ward Wilson, Chair of Mining and the Environment at UBC, has achieved international recognition for his analysis, design, and construction of soil cover systems for mine waste, rock dumps and tailings facilities. His work provides the basis for solutions to environmental problems facing the mining industry; professionals around the world use his computer model SoilCover to design effective geotechnical controls on acid rock drainage. After eight years of professional engineering practice, Dr. Wilson turned to academia in 1990, where he has proven to be a remarkably effective teacher and ...

Zhen (Jane) Wang is an internationally renowned researcher in statistical signal processing theory and its applications. Her work covers a broad research spectrum that is multidisciplinary in nature. She has invented powerful methodologies for a wide range of real-life problems, especially for anti-collusion digital media fingerprinting, brain connectivity network inference, and deep learning-based medical image analytics. A key component of Dr. Wang's success has been her ability to forge important multidisciplinary collaborations, particularly with medical researchers, through which she ...

Thomas Tiedje is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria. He served as Dean of Engineering at the University of Victoria from September 2008-June 2018. Prior to moving to Victoria he was a faculty member and Department Head in the faculties of Science and Applied Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; before that he worked at Exxon Research and Engineering Company on photovoltaics. His research expertise is in the area of semiconductor thin films and optical devices. He is a Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the American ...

Dr. Suleman is a Canada Research Chair who has conducted high impact and fundamental work in the area of Computational and Experimental Mechanics, with application to Aerospace Engineering such as: Aircraft Design, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, UAS, Experimental Flight Testing and most importantly Systems Integration of Complex Engineering Systems. He has made contributions to the engineering profession through the development of technologies, transfer of technology to industry and leadership in policy-making bodies such as NATO and UN-COPUOS. He has also demonstrated a commitment to ...

Dr. Staub-French is an innovative, multidisciplinary researcher enabling the digital delivery of sustainable building projects through collaborative use of building information modeling (BIM). She has made significant contributions in developing guidelines and best practices for technology adoption; collaborating with industry and government to advance technology transfer; and developing tools to support virtual design and digital delivery. She is the first Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Faculty of Applied Science at UBC and was the Goldcorp Professor for Women in ...