Shiping Zhu is Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Department Chair of McMaster Chemical Engineering. He pioneered the reaction engineering research of controlled/living radical polymerization. He is a world leading expert and has made major contributions to understanding and development of advanced polymerization technologies and to establishing polymer structure-property relationships. His work emphasizes engineering fundamentals and problem solving, and is of high impact. He has trained over fifty highly qualified personnel and published over two hundred refereed journal papers. He is ...

Dr. Zhu is a world-leading expert in urban drainage and sustainable hydropower. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of air/water and sand/water multiphase flows. His research accomplishments have been globally recognized and applied in real-world engineering designs. He is a leading international figure in the modernization of urban sewer design and operations to face the challenge of climate change and stringent environmental regulations. His research has also significantly enhanced Canada’s reputation in sustainable hydropower and fishway designs. Dr. Zhu is also ...

For ten years, Owen Tobert, P.Eng., MBA, has been the City Manager for The City of Calgary, with an annual operating budget of almost $3 billion, a yearly capital budget of $2 billion and 15,000 employees. He reached this highest non-elected position in the City through many years of excellence in increasingly senior engineering positions within the City. Owen has made significant impacts on the City of Calgary through the introduction of a corporate project management framework, increased financial planning, fostering of a culture that puts citizens first, and the City's excellent response ...

Dr. Liang Song is a world-class engineer and entrepreneur in smart wireless systems, an emerging area of artificial intelligence (AI) and next-generation wireless systems. Due to his contributions in both L2 cognitive multi-hop wireless networks and distributed AI, large-scale and ubiquitous smart infrastructure can be possible, by interconnecting smart terminals with data sensing, wireless communications, and processing. His work represented Canada in 5G telecommunications, impacting all cellular subscribers; and is leading the development of global smart infrastructure. Dr. Song has ...

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. ...

Award-winning professional engineer and leader, Jeanette Southwood is Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Engineers Canada,the national organization of the 12 engineering regulators that license Canada's more than 300,000 members of the engineering profession. Before joining Engineers Canada, she led the Canadian Urban Development & Infrastructure Sector and the Global Sustainable Cities teams at an international consulting firm where she was the first Black woman to be appointed to the senior leadership position of Principal globally. Jeanette is also a ...

Le Dr. Soucy s'est distingué pas ses contributions à l'étude de la pollution du Fleuve St-Laurent, à la solution des problèmes environnementaux associés aux projets hydro-électriques de la Baie James et à la formation des ingénieurs. Il est actuelllement un professeur honoraire à l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique.

Dr. Sadiq is a leading researcher in the field of environmental risk analysis and lifecycle assessment of built environment. His pioneering work on asset management of water distribution networks is a basis for policy-making in countries around the world. Dr. Sadiq has been instrumental in building the School of Engineering at The University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus as a leading incubator for high quality engineering education and research. He is a member of many engineering societies, and sits on the editorial board of leading journals in his field. He is one of the top cited ...

Dennis Paddock is an exemplary practising engineer. He provided 24 years of significant pioneering engineering leadership in infrastructure development, resource planning and regulation throughout rural Saskatchewan. For the past 16 years, his valuable executive leadership in the regulation of engineering (and geoscience) professions within Saskatchewan and nationally have contributed significantly to national and international credential recognition, and to greater respect for the professions by legislators and the public.

Professor Moselhi is an engineer and scholar who made significant contributions to practice and research, in engineering and construction in Canada, the United States, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He contributed to training of leaders in industry and in academic institutions of higher learning in Canada, the United States, and in other countries in the middle-east and the far-east. He authored and coauthored over 350 scientific publications and received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Walter Shanly Award of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in recognition of Outstanding ...