Tyseer Aboulnasr is an Electrical Engineering professor retired from University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Dr Aboulnasr received the Bachelor of Engineering degree from Cairo University, Egypt, M.Sc.and Ph.D. degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; all in Electrical Engineering. She was Dean of the Faculty of Applied University of British Columbia from 2008-2011 and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa from 1998-2004. Dr. Aboulnasr received the Ottawa-Carleton YWCA Women of Distinction Award (Education) in 1999 and was elected Fellow of the ...

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 Marco Amabili of McGill University is an international leader in education and research in mechanical engineering. His specialty is mechanical vibrations and fluid-structure interactions and his research has made tremendous progress in nonlinear vibrations of structural components. He is the author of a large number of highly-cited scientific contributions in prestigious journals and he is the sole author of two monographs published by Cambridge University Press. He serves in editorial positions in several top ranked scientific journals. Dr. Amabili was recognized by valued awards ...

Professor Robert Andrews holds an NSERC Industrial Research Chair at the University of Toronto, where he founded the Drinking Water Research Group. His collaborations with municipalities as research partners have allowed him to solve real-world problems that have a direct impact on the safety of Canada's drinking water supply. An expert in drinking water treatment, Professor Andrews is a member of several decision-making committees and advisory councils in Canada and the United States. His work has been recognized with prestigious awards from the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian ...

Jorge Angeles is best known for his contributions to the design and control of mechanical systems, with special focus in robotics. He is recognized as an international authority in the kinematics and dynamics of parallel robots. His design paradigm for cam mechanics at large broke ground in the area of mechanical transmissions, as it allows for force and motion transmission with minimum friction losses. Jorge Angeles is the holder of three international patents in the areas of mechanisms and robotics plus six books on mechanical systems.

Using novel experimental techniques coupled with mathematical modeling, Professor Argyropoulos has established a comprehensive knowledge base pertaining to the thermo-chemical principles that govern in-situ and interfacial reactions during alloying of molten metals. From his studies of fluid flow phenomena, he has also pioneered the development of an innovative sensor to measure for the first time, the magnitude and direction of velocities in high temperature liquid metals. Recognized by international honours and awards, this distinguished researcher has made substantial and sustained ...

Dr. Majid Bahrami is a visionary leader and researcher who has made significant impacts on society by advancing fundamental aspects of thermofluidic transport phenomena and advanced materials and by applications of novel sustainable energy-water systems. His research and engineering innovations have opened new avenues for translational research and received global attention, with exceptional contributions to the fields of waste-heat driven air-conditioning systems, sorption composites, heat exchangers, thermal storage, passive cooling, fuel cells, batteries, and atmospheric water harvesting. ...

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 ...

Professor Kamran Behdinan, of the University of Toronto, is a highly respected leader and innovator in engineering design and design education. He was the founding Chair of the Ryerson Department of Aerospace Engineering, and the founding Director of both the Ryerson Institute for Aerospace Design and Innovation and the University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation. He has consecutively held the NSERC Engineering Design Chair at Ryerson University and the NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design at U of T. Professor Behdinan is a Fellow of the Canadian ...

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 ...