Dr. Mingjian Zuo is an internationally renowned expert in reliability analysis and engineering asset management. His major contributions include realistic reliability models, effective algorithms for early fault detection and diagnosis, and optimal predictive maintenance tools. He has published 230 peer-reviewed papers in top journals and four research monographs and delivered dozens of keynote speeches worldwide. His research output has provided effective tools and methodology for reliability enhancement and reduction of the operating/maintenance costs of engineering assets used in all ...

Professor David Zingg is Director of the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), and holds the Canada Research Chair in Computational Aerodynamics and Environmentally Friendly Aircraft Design. He has made fundamental contributions in algorithms for computational fluid dynamics and aircraft design, as well as aerodynamic shape optimization. His research is highly cited and appears in the most prestigious journals in the field. In 2004 Professor Zingg was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue his current area of research, the aerodynamic design of novel aircraft ...

Dr. Zhu is a world-leading expert in urban drainage and sustainable hydropower. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of air/water and sand/water multiphase flows. His research accomplishments have been globally recognized and applied in real-world engineering designs. He is a leading international figure in the modernization of urban sewer design and operations to face the challenge of climate change and stringent environmental regulations. His research has also significantly enhanced Canada’s reputation in sustainable hydropower and fishway designs. Dr. Zhu is also ...

Dr. Zhang is an internationally renowned geomatics engineering professor, researcher, and inventor in the field of advanced geomatics image processing. In addition to his substantial list of research publications and international recognition, Dr. Zhang and his team have worked successfully to transform award-winning research into viable products that are helping transform satellite mapping and image surveillance processes and move them into mainstream use and onto smartphones. His work is widely cited in literature, and results of his collaborative research are now embedded in products ...

Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang is a world-class researcher and an influential entrepreneur. He has substantially impacted the development of multiple areas of research and industrial practices. His extensive research on signal and data processing theories, methods, and cross-disciplinary applications has significantly advanced the field. A widely recognized and respected leader in engineering communities, he provides exemplary service and has nurtured and inspired a generation of young engineers and researchers. His innovative technology-based business initiatives have fostered the development and ...

Dr. Chris Zhang has made outstanding contributions to systems design, control or operation management technology, and robotics. His work pays particular attention to integrated design and control of dynamic systems for high performance with resilience. This has led to the improvement of disaster management practice and development of highly-resilient robots used for rescue during natural disasters. He has trained a large number of highly qualified personnel and is widely recognized as an excellent educator, having received the University of Saskatchewan's Distinguished Graduate Supervisor ...

Zhang is nominated due to his conceptual contribution of single-atom catalysis and innovative catalysts for biomass conversion. As one of the most-prominent scientists in heterogeneous catalysis worldwide, Zhang devoted to synthesize low cost metal catalysts for chemical production. The new concept of single-atom catalysis stimulates to discover next-generation of industrial catalysts and promote the understanding to an atomic level. His contributions to the biomass conversion, especially the unique process for cellulose conversion to EG, have evoked intense interests from both academia and ...

Dr. Q.J. Zhang, Professor, Carleton University, advanced the theory and practice of active and passive computer-aided design with innovations in linear and nonlinear device modeling and circuit optimization for which he received the IEEE Fellowship. His contributions to sensitivity analysis, design optimization, and knowledge-, neural network- and electromagnetics-based modeling of microwave devices and circuits allowed radio-frequency and microwave designers to conquer prohibitive design tasks. His innovations have globally impacted commercial and military design technologies for satellite ...

Dr. Jiujun Zhang is a Principal Research Officer at National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Founder/Chairman of The International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES). In 2014 & 2015, Dr. Zhang was selected as the top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers in the world in the last 10 years, and also listed as one of the "3000 World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters. With more than 400 publications, including 230 referred journal papers (over 18000 citations and h-index 62), 11 edited and 4 authored books, 36 book chapters, 110 oral research ...

Dr. Hongbo Zeng is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada. As a world-leading expert in interfacial science and engineering, he has made significant contributions to understanding how intermolecular and surface forces in polymers, colloids, emulsions, and bubbles determine their physicochemical properties and performance in various engineering processes. He has applied this knowledge to develop new functional materials and surfaces through tunable intermolecular interactions. Dr. Zeng has published about 500 peer-reviewed papers in top journals, one book ...