Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Dr. Smith has distinguished himself as an outstanding teacher, researcher and practitioner in the field of Environmental Engineering, recognized internationally for his work on ozonation of water and waste water and his contributions to northern community development. A professional leader, through his publications, organization of timely symposia and as senior officer of important professional societies. He currently works as a Professor at the University of Alberta.

Professor, University of Ottawa

Emil Petriu is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. He has invented an absolute position measurement method using pseudo-random encoding, which is used for 3D model-based object recognition using computer vision, tactile robot-sensing, or structured light. He is a dedicated teacher and a prolific author.

President and Chief Technology Officer

Gina Succi's career in engineering spans over three decades in roles from design engineer to Executive Vice President of her own company. For the past 20 years, her focus has been on product development and commercialization in four vastly different market sectors including steelmaking, logistics, mining and construction. She is recognized for integrating technological innovation, operational excellence and customer pull as the basis of a successful corporate strategy. Gina is an inventor with three current patents-pending and more in the making. She mentors aspiring engineers and is a role ...

Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering, Virginia Tech

Professor Hesham Rakha conducts leading-edge research at Virginia Tech aimed at reducing traffic congestion, reducing transportation system energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing the safety of the transportation system. His achievements include the establishment and leadership of the Centre for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the continuous development of the INTEGRATION agent-based multi-modal transportation software, and the invention of numerous energy and emission modeling tools. Rakha’s record includes service to IEEE, SAE, TRB, ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Amer Shalaby is a Professor and Bahen/Tanenbaum Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is well known for his expertise in transit planning and operations, intelligent transit systems, and transportation planning for large-scale events. He made numerous significant contributions which enriched the state of transit knowledge and practice worldwide. He trained a large number of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and practitioners on advanced analytical methods for transit planning and operations. Professor Shalaby has led several research centres and institutes ...

Professor, Transportation Engineering, UBC

A professor at the University of British Columbia and Senior Editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Tarek Sayed is world-renowned for his research on road safety analysis and evaluation. His work on automated road safety analysis using video sensors is being applied in projects in six countries and is considered by many as the future of road safety analysis. He has a number of prestigious awards including the appointment as a UBC Distinguished Scholar, the Award of Academic Merit from the Transportation Association of Canada, and the ITE Wilbur Smith Distinguished Transportation ...

Chairman Emeritus, Stantec

Mr. Triffo pioneered the use of computers to simulate urban transportation systems and has led professionals in the design of several large projects including highway and light rail transit systems, pulp mills, world scale bridges (PEI-NB), etc. He is currently Chairman of the Board at Stantec Inc and has previously worked as President and Vice President of other companies, demonstrating his expertise in his field.

Professor, University of Toronto

Professor Heather MacLean is an internationally recognized leader in sustainable systems analysis, including life cycle assessment and its application to energy systems and transportation vehicles. Her research has informed the decisions of industry, government and other organizations and has guided regulations such as California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Because she is able to bring together disparate groups such as oil-sands producers and NGO's to collaborate on research studies, her work is often instrumental in securing support from regulators, local communities and other stakeholders. ...

Director Tunnels Australia, Hatch

Chris Tattersall is an internationally recognized tunneling expert. For 31 years Chris and his teams have applied innovative design, state-of-the-art tunneling technology, and highly developed construction-management skills, to help in the delivery of prominent global infrastructure projects such as the English Channel Tunnel, Alaska's Whittier Tunnel, and the St. Clair River CN Rail Tunnel. The Whittier and St. Clair River tunnels were both winners of the Schreyer Award, the most prestigious of Canadian engineering project awards. Chris and his teams have resolved several tunneling ...

Jeannette Montufar has demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in the areas of road and pedestrian safety, commercial vehicle operations, traffic engineering and education. She is past President of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, past Chair of the US Transportation Research Board's Truck Size and Weight Committee, founder of the Team Canada Alliance for Transportation Teaching, and recipient of TAC's Educational Achievement Award in 2013. Her contributions have been recognized with various honours and awards, including a YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and ...

President and CEO, Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Lloyd McCoomb has had an outstanding career in transportation and engineering management spanning more than four decades. In his roles as Vice-President, Planning and Development, and later President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Dr. McCoomb successfully managed the $4.4 billion airport modernization and expansion program of Toronto Pearson International Airport. His previous senior positions have involved airport planning, operations and marketing, traffic and transit research, and environmental engineering. Dr. McCoomb received the Ontario ...

M. Lamarre a dirigĂ© le plus grand bureau d'ingĂ©nieurs-conseils du Canada. Il a eu une prestigieuse carrière au sein de Lavalin et Ă©tait responsable des activitĂ©s de construction du Groupe Lavalin. Après la fusion de SNC-Lavalin, il a Ă©tĂ© responsable de la mise en place de la division Transport et a rĂ©alisĂ© de très grands projets d'infrastructures, tels que le mĂ©tro d'Ankara. Depuis 2009, il est prĂ©sident de Jacques Lamarre Management inc., une sociĂ©tĂ© privĂ©e d'investissement.

Principal Research Officer, National Research Council Canada

Dr. Zoubir Lounis has made outstanding and lasting contributions in the fields of structural engineering and infrastructure management and revolutionized risk-based climate-resilient infrastructure by bridging sustainability, resilience, and civil engineering. He is the recipient of ASCE T.Y. Lin Award and ASCE Ernest Howard Award. His research has shifted the paradigm of life cycle performance modeling from statistical approaches to mechanistic models, ensuring safe and durable infrastructure. He made significant contributions to Canadian standards and codes. Dr. Lounis' innovation and ...

Professor, UBC

Prof. Yang is a preeminent leader in structural and earthquake engineering, acclaimed for his ground-breaking innovation in performance-based design, structural simulation and testing, robotic inspection and construction, and high performance, carbon-neutral and resilient infrastructure. He has led many large research projects, collaborated with many leading engineering firms worldwide and made significant impacts to the national and international codes. His exceptional leadership and mentorship have inspired and trained numerous highly qualified personnel. His outstanding achievements earned ...

Full Professor Department of Civil, Geological and Mining En, Polytechnique Montreal

Michèle Prevost is a recognized world expert in drinking water from source to tap. As an Industrial Drinking Water Chair, Professor Prevost has contributed exceptionally to this discipline finding innovative solutions to treat and distribute drinking water and providing evidence for the development of effective water quality standards. Her research work is conducted in close partnership with drinking water producers, technology providers, governmental agencies and municipalities to deliver sustainable solutions. Recognized as a world leader, her work has had measurable impacts in Canada and ...

Etienne Mansard, Executive Director, Canadian Hydraulics Centre (NRC), is an internationally recognized expert on the modelling of wave dynamics. His career at NRC started in 1976 as a researcher, mainly in the field of wave dynamics; his research work led to entirely new methods of the simulation of waves in a laboratory environment. His recent election to the presidency of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), testifies to his outstanding reputation as a researcher, engineer and manager.

University Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta

Dr. Morgenstern's research interests include the strength and deformation of soils, rocks, dam design, permafrost engineering, oil-sands and offshore engineering, mine waste management, progressive ground failure, numerical modeling of geotechnical structures, landslides and risk analysis. He has contributed to Geotechnical Engineering both as a researcher and practitioner for governments and industries worldwide. He is particularly known for his work on dams and slope stability. He is also known for a commitment to safety and protection of the environment. He has assisted in technology ...

Founding Partner and Principal, Quinn Dressel Associates

Mr. Quinn is a founding partner and principal of Quinn Dressel Associates, a firm which has designed over 100 major buildings - 10 over 40 storeys high in North America and Europe. He served previously as President of Professional Engineers Ontario and as a Director of Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc. and has received numerous awards for structural design.

Barrington Batchelor Distinguished University Professor, Queen's University

Kerry Rowe, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (former Vice Principal Research 2000-2010) at Queen's University, is an educator, researcher and practitioner who is an internationally recognized authority on contaminant migration in soils, landfill design and geosynthetics. His fundamental and applied contributions to mathematical modeling, forensics and design technologies are used by consultants, universities and governments worldwide. As an educator and engineer, he has received awards for excellence in teaching, for excellence in research ...

Professor Emeritus, Quantitative Hydrogeology, University of Waterloo

Edward Sudicky, of Waterloo University, has gained national and international eminence for his unique and fundamental contributions to the understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater systems. He is particularly known for the development of advanced mathematical models to predict, manage and protect the quantity and quality of groundwater resources. He is an outstanding engineer who has made extensive technical, educational, administrative and professional contributions worldwide.

Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek's innovative use of fuzzy logic to model subjective variables and uncertainty allowed the creation of construction management solutions previously thought inaccessible to researchers and practitioners. Credited with developing fuzzy hybrid decision support systems as a new area of study within construction, Dr. Fayek's tools and approaches have helped improve the productivity and competitiveness of the Canadian construction industry. As Vice-President (Research and Innovation), she substantially increased the university's annual research revenue. Dr. Fayek was ...

Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, & Caroline & Wil, Texas A&M University

Professor Singh is an eminent researcher in water engineering and has positively impacted the water engineering field in Canada. His contributions include: (1) collaboration with researchers and academics; (2) service on panels; (3) organization of conferences; (4) examination of Ph.D. theses; (5) lectures at universities, and (6) advising Ph.D. students. These activities have greatly contributed to enriching water engineering in Canada. For his impactful contributions to water engineering in Canada, he has received honorary doctorates from three Canadian universities: Dr. Eng. (HC) from ...

Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

Dr. Voula Pantazopoulou is a Professor of Civil Engineering at York University. She specializes in reinforced concrete structures, performance-based earthquake engineering, structural retrofit, and novel structural materials. She has served as faculty in several universities and has held numerous leadership positions. She has supervised 20 PhD and over 50 Master of Science students, with more than 50% being women. Her research has yielded more than 150 journal papers with over 6000 citations, in the top 1.2% of highly-cited researchers globally (Stanford–Elsevier). She is a member of several ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Dr. David C. Sego is a world-renowned expert in permafrost and cold regions engineering and oil sands tailings research. His extensive research has bolstered Canada's international reputation for innovation in technology and research related to the arctic and natural resources development. An influential researcher and dedicated educator, Dr. Sego has contributed to the training of numerous students and practitioners globally.

Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary

Dr. Shrive is one of the World's leading engineering academics and a pioneer in bio-engineering. His work has been recognized through numerous awards for teaching, research and service from universities and professional associations. He has published extensively in engineering and medical journals. His work has changed clinical practices and the knee joint he invented as a graduate student at Oxford has helped thousands of people around the world, and improved their quality of life. His and his students' work has been incorporated in codes of practice and in the work of his spin-off company.