Professor Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering De, University of Alberta

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 ...

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, Concordia University

Radu Grigore Zmeureanu, an accomplished researcher and educator, has made significant contributions in the area of energy analysis of buildings by developing sophisticated computer modelling software applied successfully to several major buildings in Canada and internationally. He is considered an authority in the area of energy analysis of buildings. He has received several awards of distinction including Life Membership in ASHRAE and Fellowship in the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).

Professor Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Instit, University of Toronto

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 ...

University Professor and University Research Chair, University of Waterloo

Weihua Zhuang is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Wireless Communication Networks. She is an internationally recognized expert in radio resource allocation and service quality provisioning for broadband wireless communications. Her pioneering work on channel precoding, mobile user location, Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver modeling and analysis, and radio resource management has enabled advances in engineering design and industrial products. Her outstanding achievements have been recognized by ...

Director of the Space Engineering Design Laboratory, York University

Professor Zhu is inaugural Academic Director of Research Commons at Office of Vice-President Research and Innovation, York Research Chair in Space Technology at York University. He was the Chair for Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is internationally acknowledged as a leader in astronautics, spacecraft dynamics and control, space debris mitigation. He has published over 300 papers and supervised over 100 high qualified personnel. He is the College Member of Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Fellow ...

Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University

Shiping Zhu is Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Department Chair of McMaster Chemical Engineering. He pioneered the reaction engineering research of controlled/living radical polymerization. He is a world leading expert and has made major contributions to understanding and development of advanced polymerization technologies and to establishing polymer structure-property relationships. His work emphasizes engineering fundamentals and problem solving, and is of high impact. He has trained over fifty highly qualified personnel and published over two hundred refereed journal papers. He is ...

Fellow/Senior Director, Wireless Technology Lab, Huawei

Dr. Peiying Zhu is a visionary technical leader who has made fundamental contributions to the design and standardization of the current fourth-generation (4G) and the coming fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies at Nortel and Huawei Canada. She was the leading figure in driving the industry to adopt the MIMO-OFDM technology into the 4G standard. This achievement had created extraordinary impact not only in the direction of wireless industry but also on our daily lives. Dr. Zhu is a pioneer and a leading expert on 5G technologies. Her innovations have helped transform the wireless ...

Distinguished Professor, Canada Research Chair, Western University

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 ...

Professor Phased Post Retirement, Faculty of Engineering - C, University of Alberta

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 ...

Songnian Zhou, CEO & Chairman of Platform Computing Corp, is a software engineer of remarkable creativity and a successful entrepreneur. His pioneering research at Berkeley led the foundation of the Internet 'postal office'. He later broke ground in computing resource management in large distributed computing systems. His new system, Utopia, was adopted by Northern Telecom on over 1,000 computers with 30-40% productivity increase. In 1992 he co-founded Platform Computing with no venture capital funding and built it into a leading software company with 300 people and sales of $ 60M in more ...

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 ...

Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Western University

Ying Zheng, a professor of UNB, Canada Research Chair in Chemical Process and Catalysis. She is an expert in catalysis and catalytic processes for production of clean fuels and biofuels. She authored over 120 technical publications and holds five patents. A couple of technologies have been transferred to industrial practice. She also has an outstanding record of professional leadership and service, and received significant recognitions including being elected to the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship of the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Humboldt Research ...

Professor & Director of Clean Combustion Engine Laboratory, University of Windsor

Dr Ming Zheng is internationally renowned authority in cleaner combustion engines. He has made lasting significant impacts in automotive industry on fuel use including low-carbon engine development with biofuels through his reactivity-modulated low temperature combustion control, ignition innovations, and active-flow aftertreatment. His patented technologies showcase the design and development of sustainable and efficient products with ultra clean engine-out emissions. His breakthroughs in on-demand ignition energy management for adapting low-carbon fuels have effectively expanded current ...

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biologic, UBC

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 ...

Professor, Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick

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 ...

Dr. Yi Zhang is a world-renowned expert in real-time power-system simulation. He has provided exceptional leadership as VP R&D and CTO of RTDS Technologies Inc., the world’s largest real-time simulator manufacturer. He has personally developed and directed the development of many key features that make real-time simulation relevant in today’s environment. These include advanced models for new converter topologies, renewable resources and interfaces to the communication layers that control modern large power-systems. He has served in many IEEE/CIGRE working groups and journal ...

Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

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 ...

Professor Mechanical Engineering, Division of Biomedical Eng, University of Saskatchewan

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 ...

Director, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP)

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 ...

Professor, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Zhang is a world-renowned scientist and pioneer in fundamental research and industrial applications of ionic liquids (ILs). His discovery of the intrinsic nature of Z-bonds and thus formed ionic clusters in ILs, revealing essential differences from conventional molten salts, significantly enhanced IL-based separation and reaction processes (600+ papers) and thereby innovated 10+ green industrial applications (350+ patents) with significant economic and environmental benefits. He has played a leadership role in collaborations with Canada, the UK and other countries with global impact. He ...

Chancellor’s Professor, Carleton University

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 ...

Senior Research Officer, National Research Council Canada

Dr. Lei Zhang has made remarkable strides in advancing clean energy technologies focused on achieving zero/low emissions. By overseeing numerous high-profile collaborative projects, she has directly contributed to meeting both industry and societal needs in clean energy applications. She is consistently ranked among the Top 2% of Most-Cited World Scientists (career-long achievement in 2024) by the Stanford study. She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2017) and a Fellow of Industry Academy of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (2024). 

Adjunct Professor, UBC

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 ...