Robert Walsh is a technological entrepreneur, who built Walsh Automation; a leader in industrial automation. He has also developed Forensic Technology Inc, whose Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) products have revolutionized the way in which ballistics examinations are conducted around the world today. IBIS is the first fully automated and integrated system able to capture, store, retrieve and perform searches on bullets, bullet fragments and cartridge cases. providing law enforcement agencies in 80 countries, with an extremely valuable tool for criminal investigations.

Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo

As an NSERC Industrial Research Chair since 2003, Professor Zhang is a world leading expert in applying image processing to process monitoring and performance evaluation in oil sands mining, an industry of vital importance to Alberta and Canada's economy. In the international robotics community, Professor Zhang is well known for his seminal work in collective robotics mapping behaviors of social insects to control algorithms of robots, and an exceptional record of service . His outstanding contributions have been recognized through prestigious awards including IEEE Fellow and Millennium Medal ...

Lore E. Feiler Dean, Schaefer School of Engineering and Scie, Stevens Institute of Technology

Jean Zu became Dean of Stevens Institute of Technologyon May 1, 2017after serving as the department chair for Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto since 2009.Her research focuses on vibrations and dynamics, particularly in relation to automotive belts and serpentine belt drive systems, and has resulted in a number of extremely successful partnerships with automotive firms. Professor Zu has served as President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) and as a member of the National Council of the Engineering Institute of Canada ...

Professor, Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo

Ehsan Toyserkani, Canada Research Chair in Additive Manufacturing (AM), is world renowned for his pioneering contributions to the modeling, simulation, in-situ monitoring, and quality assurance of metal AM. He is founding director of the NSERC Holistic Innovation in AM Network, a pan-Canadian initiative connecting seven universities and >24 private companies. He has published >175 scholarly articles, authored the seminal textbook "Metal Additive Manufacturing" (Wiley, 2021), filed/received 18 patents, and has disclosed or transferred >35 technologies and recipes to industry. His ...

Head of the Metal Forming and Modeling Group in the Departme, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Dr. Lihui Wang, a registered Professional Engineer and active on the world stage, is an internationally renowned scholar in manufacturing research and education. With rich multi-national experience in Canada, China, Japan and now Sweden, he has been promoting Canada beyond the borders. His contributions to manufacturing science include a novel algorithm that enables adaptive mesh generation for dynamic finite element analysis, and methods for improving the responsiveness and dynamism of manufacturing operations under uncertainty conditions. He has been recognized with honors and awards, ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Tian Tang is a Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Dr. Tang is a leading expert in the study of soft materials and interfaces, with an outstanding record of research and training that has made her an internationally recognized scholar. She is an exceptional engineering educator and has led the advancement of equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Martha Cook Piper Research Prize, Killam Annual ...

Drew Wilson has made national and international contributions for Canada and its engineering community in S & T policy, building research, technology transfer, human resource studies, professional engineering and engineering history. He has provided leadership to the profession through his presidencies of EIC, CSME, and the CCPE's Engineering Manpower Council and, during the 1980s, played a leading role in the founding of the Academy of Engineering. He is a Kennedy and Stirling Medalist of EIC and has received senior awards from CSME. He holds seven Fellowships and has authored over 300 ...

Adjunct Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Weiming Shen, NRC Principal Research Officer, IEEE & EIC Fellow, is an internationally renowned leader in collaborative intelligent systems. He has been a major source of leadership, influence and impact through key new ideas, concepts and techniques in collaborative engineering design, intelligent manufacturing, and intelligent building. His recent significant impacts are demonstrated through the development and implementation of intelligent building technologies at 30+ federal government buildings. He has received many prestigious awards at the national and international levels. He ...

Senior Vice President of Research & Innovation and Professor, University of Southern California

Dr. Ishwar K. Puri is senior vice president of research & innovation and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering and chemical engineering and materials science at University of Southern California.He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Dr. Puri is the author of over 200 archival publications and books that have been cited over 8,500 times per Google Scholar with an H-Index of 53. He has founded and mentored startups. He is ranked among the top 2% ...

Chairman and CEO, Price Industries Limited

Gerry Price is a role modelfor what engineers can contribute to industry.Gerry entered the business in 1977, becoming President in 1986. During his tenure he has launched many new product lines, factory expansions and new business units in Canada and the US,and has grown the company to 20 times the size, scope and reach it was when he became President. In 2017, the Price Group of companies had sales of $588 million, occupies 1,407,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space located at thirteen manufacturing sites (six in the USA,seven in Canada). The outstanding success of this company can be traced ...

Former President and Vice-Chancellor, York University

Mamdouh Shoukri, C.M., O.Ont., PhD, FCAE, P.Eng, was appointed the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of York University on July 1, 2007. Dr. Shoukri is a member of the Board of Directors of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) and the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation (CMSF). He is also Chair of the Government and Community Relations Committee for the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), and a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). Dr. Shoukri has been active as an advocate of post-secondary education ...

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Canada Research Chair Acad, University of Toronto

Dr. David Sinton, Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and Energy at the University of Toronto, was the first to propose widely applying microfluidics technologies (which were developed largely for medical applications) to energy. He is a co-founder and the CTO of Interface Fluidics Ltd, a start-up focused on improving the environmental and economic performance of energy operations. Dr. Sinton has contributed in several leadership roles, including Interim Vice-Dean Research for U of T Engineering and Editor-in-Chief of the CSME Bulletin. He is a Fellow of ASME, CSME, the Engineering ...

Chair Professor, South University of Science and Technology

Dr. Haijiang Wang has over 30 years of practice in electrochemical engineering in prominent positions as a Senior Research Scientist at Ballard Power Systems, a Principal Research Officer at the NRC, and now, as Chair Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology. He has made substantive contributions to the advancement and commercialization of modern fuel cell technology through his industrial, government, and academic work, and has been recognized by his peers as a world-renowned fuel cell expert. Through his efforts, Dr. Wang has helped to keep Canada a world-leader in ...

Professor and Tier 1 York Research Chair, York University

Dr. Zhang is a well-accomplished educator and an internationally renowned expert in the areas of parallel robotic machines and their applications in manufacturing systems. His influential scientific contributions have led to novel robotic system designs and development of new comprehensive models for better understanding of globe stiffness and robotic calibrations. His research applications have tackled some of the world's most challenging problems in high dynamic performance manufacturing robotic systems. Additionally, Dr. Zhang has an outstanding track record in the successful training of ...

Professor and a Head of the Mechanical Engineering program, UBC

For pioneering neutron diffraction studies of solidification kinetics and evolution of solid phases of lightweight alloys, enabling both development of new aluminum alloys for automotive industry and technological solutions for achieving reduced residual stress, and improved microstructure. Results of this research were used in improvement of manufacturing technologies in engine block casting and heat treatment. His innovations in magnesium casting led to stable casting operations in manufacturing of new advanced alloys and assisted in the continued employment of Canadians in this industry. ...

Professor and Chair, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University

Dr. Straatman is recognized for his innovative research, his outstanding contributions to engineering education, his development of unique programs, and his dedication to leadership in engineering. He has conducted fundamental and collaborative research that has led to patenting of novel technologies that save water and energy. He has created unique programs to enrich engineering education and has been recognized at the highest level for his excellence in university instruction. He is past president of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Society of Canada, Fellow, Canadian Society for Mechanical ...

Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, UBC

Dr. James Olson is a visionary leader, pioneering researcher, and inspiring educator who has made transformative contributions to the forest products sector of engineering. As a direct result of Dr. Olson's innovative research and patented inventions, the pulp and paper industry can produce premium pulp using half the energy, has access to more effective fibre separation and refining processes, and is able to measure key properties of fibres more accurately and efficiently. Dr. Olson's honours include two NSERC Synergy Awards, two NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements, an APEGBC Meritorious ...

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hatch Ltd.

Kurt Strobele has been responsible at Hatch for leading professional teams in the development and implementation of major capital projects, for many Canadian and several global metallurgical companies. The projects have included the development and installation of novel technologies and processes, for projects with capital costs of more than $1 billion. As a member of the executive management team of Hatch, and more recently as President and CEO, Kurt Strobele has contributed substantially to the development of the company, as it has grown from a Canadian-based operation to a company with ...

Professor, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Microfluidic Tech, University of Waterloo

Carolyn Ren is renowned for her pioneering contributions to droplet and air microfluidics innovation. Her physical and theoretical models, as well as her design and optimization tools, have enabled new, integrated Lab-on-a-Chip devices for life sciences, environmental monitoring, and material synthesis applications. She is forging a new frontier in soft, wearable assistive robotics technologies development, enabled by air microfluidics techniques. These lightweight, tetherless innovations are transforming prosthesis design, and treatment of lymphedema, edema, and arthritis. She has co-founded ...

Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology, University of Toronto

Dr. Craig Simmons is the Distinguished Professor in Mechanobiology at the University of Toronto and Scientific Director of the Translational Biology and Engineering Program in the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. A world leader in the field of mechanobiology, Dr. Simmons has made pioneering contributions in understanding how biomechanical forces contribute to heart valve disease and regeneration and has developed lab-on-a-chip microtechnologies to model tissues and organs for drug discovery. He is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute for Medical & ...

Full professor, McGill University

Maryam Tabrizian has pioneered many engineering concepts in the field of biomaterials and biointerfaces to promote the interactions and crosstalk between living and artificial systems. Of great significance are her approaches to layer-by-layer self-assembly of biopolymers on living cells and tissues and multifunctional nanosystems along with inventive microfluidic platforms to investigate this phenomenon at the single cell level. Her research has resulted in paradigm shifts in many aspects of regenerative and nanomedicine, acclaimed publications and research translation. Her impactful ...

Professor, School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University

Nimal Rajapakse is internationally recognized as a leading researcher in the fields of computational mechanics, mechanics of advanced materials, elasticity, fracture mechanics and geomechanics.  The quality of his work is apparent by his publication and citation records and by the use of his work in engineering applications.  Dr. Rajapakse also has a truly admirable record with regard to service to the engineering profession and the technical community, and has served in a wide range of administrative and leadership roles. He is currently a Professor at Simon Fraser University.

President, DCL Supply Ltd.

James Politeski is recognized for his technical designs, business leadership and strategic vision in leading the growth and transformation of the North American consumer electronics industry over the past 20 years. He is known for building high performing teams and high growth based cultures. Throughout his career, James Politeski has showcased Canadian engineering and design to the world. Leveraging upon his success in leading global corporations, he now promotes Canadian innovation by growing small businesses so that they are able to reach global markets. He is a philanthropist and ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. Janet Ronsky has made significant contributions to research and education in biomedical engineering. Her early research accomplishments were recognized with a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering awarded in 2001 and renewed in 2006. Currently, she holds the Alberta Innovates iCORE Strategic Chair in Advanced Diagnostics and Devices.Dr Ronsky has driven many biomedical engineering research and technology development initiatives, including establishing the Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education (CBRE). She isa member of numerous professional organizations,and served as ...

President, MHJ Consulting Inc.

Brent Smith has for almost twenty years carried significant responsibilities in the technically exacting nuclear power industry, at the Point Lepreau Generating Station. In addition to his day job, he has made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession through his extensive volunteer service, both provincially and nationally. In addition to leading numerous committees and high profile task forces, he was elected as President of Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick in 2005, and elected as President of Engineers Canada in 2011. He is respected by peers across Canada as a ...