Dr. Jesse Zhu has made major contributions to the application and understanding of particle technology and fluidized bed processes. Working closely with students, colleagues and industry, he has made significant advances in many areas of particle technology, including handling of cohesive particulate materials, powder coating, and fluidized bed reactors, and developing innovative technologies, as well as advancing fluidization theories. His work has contributed in particular to the chemical, biochemical, materials, pharmaceutical and environmental industries, with several technologies ...

Dr. Norman Zhou, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials Joining and Processing, is an internationally renowned leader in processing of materials such as fabrication of nanomaterials for water treatment and nanodevice assembly, microjoining for electronic and medical implant packaging, and welding of light-weight materials for automotive applications. He has published over 400 refereed journal papers and several books, with Google Scholar citations over 13,000 and an h-index over 60. He has trained over 100 MASc and PhD graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. He has co-founded a ...

Dr. Zhou has played a prominent role in developing and introducing new high-impact technologies to the pipeline industry through vision casting, collaboration, advocacy, and research. He has accomplished this through outstanding leadership of international collaborative organizations, including his service as Chair of the Technical Committee for the CSA Pipeline Standard. He has assembled and led large engineering teams that have achieved outstanding performance by applying new technology to mega infrastructure projects and systems. He has been recognized with numerous awards including the ...

Dr. Joe R. Zhao is an exceptionally creative engineer with outstanding contributions in innovation, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing. His inventions have addressed some key issues in wastewater treatment and energy conservation. As an entrepreneur, he founded and for over 20 years has led a private-sector laboratory which has provided high-end employment for Canadian engineers and established Canada's leadership in several technologies in fields of critical importance to society. As an engineering leader, he created and guided several successful manufacturing enterprises in Canada and ...

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. 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 ...

Professor Ludo Zanzotto has been making contributions to engineering research and knowledge, particularly in the material science of asphalt, for almost 40 years. Modified asphalt materials with improved engineering properties have led to the increased service life of asphalt pavement. He has contributed to new specifications, materials and methodologies that have led to the improved competitiveness of Canadian products. As chairholder of the NSERC / John Lau Husky Energy Industrial Research Chair in Bituminous Materials, he has also established an internationally renowned research centre, ...

Karim Zaghib has made a number of seminal contributions in materials for lithium ion and solid state batteries. His inventions are used in almost every lithium battery sold worldwide. His work has been recognized through multiple awards and distinctions internationally, including Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and several prizes for novel battery technologies. He was selected in 2015 and 2016 as a most influential mind by Thomson Reuters. He has also made distinct contributions to mentoring young engineers and scientists.

Jack Young has been eminently successful in the generation and application of new knowledge associated with primary steelmaking operations. With over forty years' experience, he has provided exceptional engineering leadership in simulation modelling and commissioning of numerous steelmaking plants within Canada and abroad. He has coauthored a textbook entitled 'Metallurgical Plant Design' and made significant contributions to the training of engineers in industry as well as engineering students at both McGill and the University of Toronto. Throughout his distinguished career, Young has ...

Dr. Siyu Ye is a Principal Scientist at Ballard Power Systems, a leading global fuel cell company, where he leads Ballard's Advanced Catalyst Development project. He is recognized as a world-leading expert in electrocatalysis and catalyst layer/MEA design for fuel cells, and has made significant contributions to the advancement of the modern PEM fuel cell. His outstanding leadership and technical expertise were instrumental in the development of cell reversal tolerant catalysts and carbon corrosion resistant cathode catalyst layers, which have both been key technologies in securing Ballard's ...