Dr. Sonia Aïssa, Professor at INRS, Univ. du Québec, is highly esteemed as a leading researcher who contributed extensively in expanding Canadian impact in the field of wireless communications worldwide. Her pioneering work on cognitive radio, multi-antenna systems, cross-layer design and resource management has been highly influential and enabled advances in engineering design. She is widely published and is known as an extraordinary mentor of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Her contributions influence professional practice, also through important governance and organizational ...

Professor Chunli Bai has made innovative and sustained contributions to nanomaterials over three decades. He pioneered China's nanotechnology effort, both as leading scientist and as policy-maker. He has published more than 350 journal papers, and 12 monographs and book chapters. He has been elected as a member of 15 major academies of science or engineering worldwide, and has received over 20 prestigious awards and prizes, including the first UNESCO medal for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He was instrumental in facilitating and consolidating long-lasting ...

Nemkumar Banthia, Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, and Sr. Canada Research Chair is a world-famous materials scientist and an authority on sustainable concrete infrastructure. His work includes, on the one hand, development of ultra-high performance, low carbon concrete materials and on the other hand, development of low-cost sensors that can create cyber-physical interfaces for monitoring the health of concrete infrastructure thereby enhancing their safety and sustainability. Dr. Banthia holds eight patents and has published over 400 refereed papers. He serves as the ...

Leader of the International Ground Engineering Group in Golder Associates and widely recognized as one of the foremost Geoengineers in Canada, Dr. Dennis Becker has made distinguished contributions to geotechnical engineering practice, the profession, and scholarship. Major projects include the foundation design for the Confederation Bridge, the St. Clair Rail Tunnel, Offshore sand fill islands in the Beaufort Sea, and projects involving oil sands, pipelines, resource development, waste management, and dam safety assessment. Professional contributions include Presidency of the Canadian ...

Professor Pierre Berini has made pioneering contributions to photonics, particularly to the area of surface plasmons and their application to integrated optical circuits, telecommunication devices and (bio)chemical sensors. He has made significant contributions to the Engineering profession via the organization of major international conferences, through teaching and mentoring in the Faculty of Engineering, by leading many industry-funded research and development projects, by initiating several transfers of technology to Canadian industry including the creation of a spin-off company, and by ...

Vijay Bhargava has made fundamental research contributions in the field of cellular wireless communications. This research represents an evolution of his earlier pioneering research in error control coding and spread spectrum; error control coding devices designed by him are used by several industries and government agencies. He was President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and has served on numerous committees for NSERC, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Program and the Science Council of British Columbia. Vijay Bhargava was also Editor of the Canadian Journal ...

Catherine Booth has made superior contributions as an engineer, consultant, Chief Information Officer and Board member. She has managed large-scale, complex, technology-based transformation projects that have enabled organizations in need of broad changes to their processes, strategies, technologies and human resources to stay competitive and successful. She is a tireless mentor of women in engineering and other fields, and has pioneered the teaching of change and project management to engineers as an industry professor. She received a Top 40 Under 40 Award (2003) and was named one of ...

Richard Boudreault is a recognized aerospace and energyauthority who has served on key international committees, and an accomplished teacher. His work in medical imaging led to a new optical platform for breast cancer imaging and for drug development. He is spearheading, scientifically and strategically, development of a new process for the production of alumina which will potentially displace billions of dollars of Canadian imports and impact the aluminum industry worldwide. He is also a recognized expert in venture capital and in the development of technology-based companies, having served ...

Azzedine Boukerche is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa. He earned an international reputation in the field of wireless networking, distributed and mobile computing areas, and for fundamental research contributions to performance evaluation of dynamic load balancing and data distribution management for large scale distributed simulation systems & design of novel localization and coverage protocols for wireless and mobile ad hoc and sensor networks. His research is widely recognized by his peers, and the results have been published in highly regarded IEE and ACM ...

Gilles Bourque is a world-renowned gas turbine expert bringing together the industrial research as senior key expert in combustion at Siemens Energy Canada and academic research as adjunct Professor in the mechanical engineering department of McGill University. He has made significant contribution to the advancement of the development of aeroderivative gas turbine combustion system enabling enhanced operation and fuel flexibility, at the same time as reducing pollutant emissions.