Alf Zeuner is a leader in innovation, entrepreneurship and manufacturing with a career developing advanced CNC control systems. As President and owner of AXYZ International, he developed systems based on microprocessor-based CNC controllers that disrupted the entire manufacturing industry, enabling a level playing field for smaller enterprises. Mr. Zeuner's made-in-Canada technology scaled domestically and internationally to an installed base of over 10,000 machines. He is a philanthropist whose work provides food security and basic jobs in priority urban areas in Hamilton, local "at risk" ...

When an emergency happens at sea you have to be prepared, act fast, and get it right. You don't get a second chance. The innovative simulator technology that Dr. Brian Veitch has developed has greatly improved marine safety worldwide by providing those working at sea with the tools they need to respond to emergencies in the toughest conditions on Earth. His research provides a wealth of experience that is otherwise unavailable due to dangerous and unpredictable offshore conditions and has played a leading role in the creation of a standard for emergency escape, evacuation and rescue for the ...

Gina Succi's career in engineering spans over three decades in roles from design engineer to Executive Vice President of her own company. For the past 20 years, her focus has been on product development and commercialization in four vastly different market sectors including steelmaking, logistics, mining and construction. She is recognized for integrating technological innovation, operational excellence and customer pull as the basis of a successful corporate strategy. Gina is an inventor with three current patents-pending and more in the making. She mentors aspiring engineers and is a role ...

Pol Spanos has made outstanding contributions to analyses of dynamical systems/phenomena with emphasis on nonlinear behavior/risk assessment and in diverse engineering projects. Representative themes are: system health-monitoring; aseismic design of constructed facilities; fatigue life of materials; nano mechanics; Monte Carlo simulation of engineering / societal/ economic systems; signal processing for encephalograms; dynamic certification of aerospace payloads; and risk estimation in a plethora of environmental, societal, and technical problems. His leadership has proven fruitful through ...

With a passion for Redefining Possible, Michael Soligo is an Environmental Engineer specializing in the field of Climate/Microclimate impacts. He has worked on notable projects around the world, including the Burj Khalifa, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Shanghai Tower, and many others including those related to sports, entertainment, healthcare, and transportation. The President and CEO of RWDI since 2008, Michael has grown the company from a small Canadian niche wind engineering firm to an internationally recognized global specialty engineering consulting firm of approximately 700 employees. ...

As Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, IEEE, ASME, P.Eng., Dr. Shi is an international authority on networked and distributed control, model predictive control, and cyberphysical systems. His pioneering work, with a seminal impact from the advancement of scientific knowledge to industrial innovation, has been acknowledged with numerous awards, including Clarivate-Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2014-2022) and the 2023 CSME Mechatronics Medal. His research has been patented and applied by industry and has led to commercialization. He serves as IEEE IES Vice-President and ...

Dr. Wei Qiu is a Professor of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Department at Memorial University. He is one of the world’s leading specialists in marine hydrodynamics. He has developed several novel ship motion programs and led many collaborative research initiatives involving national and international partners. As an expert in his field and representing Canada, he has been involved in many international technical committees, including the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) Ocean Engineering Committee, the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) ...

Dr. Potter has helped shape the engineering community's forward-looking contributions to Canadian society. At NRC, he led the transformation of engineering to strategic, industrially-focused programs to support economic development in Canada. At Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and its predecessors, he led the launch of sustainable-energy-technology programs, and their interconnections with other sectors across Canada. He has substantial R&D leadership and executive management experience, spanning the government, not-for-profit, university, military and industrial sectors - including ...

Dr. N.A. Poirier has distinguished herself as an exceptionally creative and eclectic innovator, an entrepreneur and a respected R&D manager. She developed and commercialized new paper drying technologies. She co-founded an environmental technologies company which commercialized a small-scale gasification unit, and developed an innovative electrochemical approach for treatment of wastewater, which is particularly useful for applications with situational constraints, such as military installations, ships, or isolated northern communities. As Scientific Director of a Business-led research ...

Dr. Ross Peters has made exceptional contributions and outstanding service to the engineering profession, particularly in Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as the dean of engineering at Memorial University for two terms (1982-1993) and led its engineering programs to be fully accredited and highly regarded across Canada and internationally. He served as the Director of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (1983-84) and Chair of the National Committee of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science (1990-91). He also served with distinction as the President of the Association of ...