Lieutenant-general Paul Wynnyk serves as Vice Chief of Defence Staff. In doing so, he has shown exemplary leadership and commitment representing Canada by leading or overseeing military missions in the Balkans, Africa, South East Asia, Afghanistan and Eastern Europe, while earning the respect and accolades of Canadian allies and the troops under his command. He is an impressive role model for all engineers, not only those serving in the military, and is a wonderful public example of the value of engineers and engineering within the Canadian military.

Dr. Yiyan Wu is a principal research scientist at Communications Research Centre Canada. He is highly respected world-wide in broadcasting industry for his research and standards development activities in digital TV/HDTV and broadband multimedia communications. His research works on OFDM, OFDMA, and SFN have been adopted in digital TV transmission, equalization and transmitter identification systems. Dr. Wu has been awarded numerous prestigious awards and honours for his outstanding achievements, including Fellow of the IEEE (2001), Emmy Award 2009, The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee ...

Dr. Ke Wu of Polytechnique Montréal is renowned and praised internationally for his highly regarded original research and seminal contributions in applied electromagnetics, in particular his many pioneering contributions to the advancement of radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimetre-wave sciences and engineering, which are critical to the research and development of advanced ICT, aerospace, biomedical, security and health-care sectors. He has authored more than 1200 world-class refereed publications, over 20 books and book chapters, and filed over 50 patents resulting from his research ...

Dr. Q. M. Jonathan Wu is a University of Windsor Engineering Professor and a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair, first awarded in 2005 and renewed in 2012. He is a world-leading expert in the field of computer vision and machine learning with one book and 350 publications in prestigious journals and conference proceedings. His works have been cited more than 7,300 times. He has developed many novel methodologies and systems for a wide variety of real-world applications, ranging from machine vision systems for manufacturing automation, machine learning and sensor fusion for autonomous driving to big ...

Bin Wu is an NSERC Industrial Research Chair and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University. He is well recognized for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of power converter technologies and variable speed drives. He was one of the pioneers in developing large commercial electric drives in the megawatt range using current source converter technology. His research results have been used by Canadian companies, which has assisted them in achieving technical and commercial success in the global marketplace.

Dr. Michael Worswick is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering of the University of Waterloo and holds a University Research Chair in Light Weight Materials Under Extreme Deformation. His research activities encompass forming, joining and machining for automotive manufacturing. He was the founding Director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research and is Executive Director of the Waterloo Node of the Ontario Advanced Manufacturing Consortium. These successful collaborative efforts have brought together diverse groups of researchers to provide essential ...

For contributions to the development of new electronic technologies and processes enhancing the export of Canadian products, the training of many successful graduate students, and especially for key-role in the growth of a new Canadian high tech company, Vecima Networks; Vecima has grown from a 3-person basement startup to a $150 Million publicly listed company in exporting Canadian designed and manufactured electronic and software products to the international telecommunications marketplace. Successful products include new technologies to deliver broadband data over wireless networks, and ...

Professor Max Wong, McMaster University, is a leader in the research of signal processing. His research ranges from development of fundamental theory and algorithms in signal processing to applications and designs of signal processors in communication, radar, and sonar systems. His research in sensor array processing brought high resolution processing methods into practical use in non-ideal noise environments. His more recent work pioneered the application of convex optimization techniques to signal processor designs and made great impacts in line and wireless communications. Author of over ...

Helen Wojcinski has made contributions that surpass, in depth and breadth, what would normally be considered a successful career. Her contributions have had a substantial impact and have been recognized by many independent indicators of exemplary achievements, including Province of Ontario Women's Directorate Leading Women, Building Communities Award; University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering 2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award; Ontario Volunteer Service Awards; Fellow of Engineers Canada; University of Toronto Arbor Award; and the Ontario Professional Engineers ...

Chan Wirasinghe has undertaken ground breaking research andformer editor for 25 years ofa leading international journal in transportation engineering. His 12.5 year deanship at the University of Calgary led to an updated engineering program with nine BSc degrees (e.g. software, geomatics, oil & gas), joint degrees with arts faculties, a minor in Entrepreneurship, and multidisciplinary graduate degrees in Environmental and Bio-Medical Engineering. He instituted industry-based Advisory Councils for most programs and over twenty research chairs. Through his efforts and direction, the Faculty ...