Dr. Malcolm Xing is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba. He has made outstanding contributions to high-performance hydrogels for wound healing, hemostasis, myocardial infarction, and bone defect. Dr. Xing is a leading expert in developing nano-gel self-assembly on cells and drugs for hair regeneration, controlled release, and cancer therapy. He has also contributed to the sustainable environment by developing plant-wearable sensors for green agriculture and portable clean-water devices. Dr. Xing has played active roles and services in promoting biomedical ...

An expert on Materials and Plasma Sciences, Michael R. Wertheimer has shown strong leadership both in academia - through teaching, research and scientific publishing- and in industry as a founder or co-founder of four Canadian companies. A Professor at École Polytechnique in Montreal since 1973, he has published extensively and has been granted 26 patents. His work has resulted in the development and commercialization of new plasma technologies and new protective coatings for, among others, space applications.

Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone is a pioneer in the field of upconverting rare earth doped nanoparticles and published the first paper that launched this new field of research. His highly cited work is internationally regarded and has led to breakthroughs in unravelling the photophysics of upconversion at the nanoscale as well as opening doors to new diagnostic and therapeutic tools for cancer and other diseases. He has been bestowed numerous awards including the Rutherford Memorial Medal (Chemistry) from the Royal Society of Canada and the Keith Laidler Award for excellence in physical chemistry ...

Mohamad Sawan, Professeur titulaire à l'École Polytechnique, est un ingénieur microélectronicien biomedical reconnu mondialement pour son rôle de pionnier en dispositifs médicaux intelligents (DMI). Il a su équilibrer sa carrière avec rigueur, étant tour à tour enseignant, formateur de spécialistes de l'électronique et du biomédical, chercheur, inventeur, innovateur, entrepreneur, rassembleur et agent de transfert de ses nouvelles technologies vers l'industrie canadienne. Il a reçu un budget de recheche plus que 40 M$ pour opérer son Laboratoire de neurotechnologies (Polystim) incluant deux ...

Dr. Nicholas A. Peppas is Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Molecular Pharmaceutics at the University of Texas at Austin. Peppas is internationally known for his work on the preparation, characterization and evaluation of biopolymers and hydrogels, used as biomaterials in artificial organs, and in devices for delivery of drugs, peptides and proteins, He has also made significant advances to biomedical transport phenomena, bioadhesion and in rational design of recognitive, responsive and intelligent ...

Emil Petriu is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. He has invented an absolute position measurement method using pseudo-random encoding, which is used for 3D model-based object recognition using computer vision, tactile robot-sensing, or structured light. He is a dedicated teacher and a prolific author.

Dr. Alison McGuigan, a professor at the University of Toronto, is a leader in the field of tissue engineering and disease modelling. Her group applies methods from materials and chemical engineering to assemble artificial tissues in a dish to accelerate drug discovery and the development of next-generation regenerative therapies. She has also trained more than 80 researchers and developed several innovative graduate research training tools. The impact of her work has been recognized with prestigious national and international awards, including the CSChE Hatch Innovation Award and the Tissue ...

Dr. Asad M. Madni was President, COO& CTO of BEI Technologies from 1992-2006. He led the development & commercialization of intelligent sensors, systems & instrumentation including, the control system for Hubble Space Telescope’s Star Selector which provided the Hubble with unprecedented pointing accuracy & stability, resulting in truly remarkable images that have enhanced our understanding of the universe; and the revolutionary MEMS GyroChip® technology which is used worldwide for Electronic Stability Control & Rollover Protection in passenger vehicles, thereby saving ...

Dr. Luan proudly serves his engineering profession as an accomplished innovator, a passionate educator, and a visionary entrepreneur with original designs and scientific discoveries contributing to energy, environment, and health. His accomplishments and influence are recognized through leaderships in international initiatives, national green manufacturing demonstrations, industry consortiums, training of Highly Qualified Personnel, and commercialization of innovative technologies in advanced manufacturing, energy and environmental materials, and materials surface engineering. As a ...

Professor Lian is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of biomedical circuits and systems. His profound contributions to low power circuits include multi-stage frequency-response techniques for FIR filter, event-driven system architecture for ultra-low power biomedical sensors. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed research articles and 6 patents. His research has received many awards and distinctions including the 1996 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society's Guillemin-Cauer Award, and inductions as an IEEE Fellow. He has provided an exemplary leadership and service as the ...