Professor Cristina Amon is Dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. Her research has advanced the scientific foundation of heat transfer enhancement by flow destabilization, and she has made pioneering contributions to concurrent thermal designs, innovation in electronics cooling and transient thermal management of wearable computers. She has served numerous professional societies with distinction, and demonstrated exceptional dedication to outreach and to diversity in engineering. While at Carnegie Mellon she developed two engineering outreach programs ...

Dr. Barber has provided outstanding leadership in the development of the Canadian microelectronics industry and in fostering co-ooperation and collaboration between industry and Canadian universities. As co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gennum Corporation, he has provided the leadership that has enabled Gennum to compete successfully and internationally in the design, manufacturing and marketing of integrated circuit devices.

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 ...

Keith Brown has over 30 years of diverse military, research, technical, and business experience marked by providing strong leadership and service to the engineering profession. Dr. Brown is an innovative and collaborative practitioner known for his expertise in instrumentation and control systems as they pertain to power generation. He was President of IEEE Canada (2012-2013) and member of numerous other volunteer boards. Dr. Brown’s commitment to the Canadian power industry and the engineering profession is evidenced through the awards and honours received over the course of his career, ...

Dr. Douglas Buchanan is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba, and held a Canada Research Chair in Microelectronic Materials for 10 years. He is a Senior-Member of the IEEE, a member of the American Institute of Physics, and is recognized world-wide for his work on modern silicon chip technology. Among his many prestigious awards are a Research Division Award and an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award obtained during his tenure at IBM Research. His work has been published in over 95 journal articles and has resulted in 32 ...

Bill Buckley is President and Chief Executive Officer of ShawCor Ltd. His leadership has resulted in the growth of the company from a small, Canadian-focused pipe coating business into a global leader in the energy services industry. Since Mr. Buckely joined ShawCor the company has seen a compound annual growth rate of 9.3% in revenue and 12.6% in net income. Mr. Buckley has been the driving force behind many of the programs responsible for ShawCor's success, including a rigorous strategic and business planning process, the ShawCor Manufacturing System and other programs based on best ...

Highly cited author, winner of many awards and distinctions, IEEE Fellow Dr. Christophe Caloz has pioneered concepts, theories, techniques and applications in electromagnetics engineering and technology, notably in metamaterials, nano-electromagnetic structures, smart antennas and radio systems. He has published over 600 refereed journals, letter and conference papers (more than 40% invited), thirteen books or book chapters; he holds a dozen patents. He co-founded two start-ups and has acted as advisor to several companies. He is active in various technical society committees, journal boards ...

Dr. Allan Carswell is an internationally recognized engineer, academic and entrepreneur in the field of laser radar (lidar) applications. The author of over 250 scientific and technical publications, Dr. Carswell is the founder of Optech Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of commercial lidar systems. He has served as President of the Canadian Association of Physicists and Vice-President of the Canadian Academy of Science, and is a Board member of several research institutes and industrial corporations. He is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of ...

Dr. Chen is recognized for his exceptional contributions as a scholar and educator in computational electromagnetics and RF/microwave engineering. Dr. Chen has published extensively and is a Killam Chair in Wireless Technology. His work on time-domain modeling, simulation techniques and ultra-wide-band applications of electromagnetic fields has enabled seminal advances in the area; especially his unconditionally stable modelling schemes have been extensively referenced and commercialized. He is the recipient of an Engineering Award and several teaching awards recognizing 20 years of ...