Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone is a pioneer in the field of upconverting rare earth doped nanoparticles and published the first paper that launched this new field of research. His highly cited work is internationally regarded and has led to breakthroughs in unravelling the photophysics of upconversion at the nanoscale as well as opening doors to new diagnostic and therapeutic tools for cancer and other diseases. He has been bestowed numerous awards including the Rutherford Memorial Medal (Chemistry) from the Royal Society of Canada and the Keith Laidler Award for excellence in physical chemistry ...

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.

Mohamad Sawan, Professeur titulaire à l'École Polytechnique, est un ingénieur microélectronicien biomedical reconnu mondialement pour son rôle de pionnier en dispositifs médicaux intelligents (DMI). Il a su équilibrer sa carrière avec rigueur, étant tour à tour enseignant, formateur de spécialistes de l'électronique et du biomédical, chercheur, inventeur, innovateur, entrepreneur, rassembleur et agent de transfert de ses nouvelles technologies vers l'industrie canadienne. Il a reçu un budget de recheche plus que 40 M$ pour opérer son Laboratoire de neurotechnologies (Polystim) incluant deux ...

Professor Emeritus, Polytechnique Montreal

An expert on Materials and Plasma Sciences, Michael R. Wertheimer has shown strong leadership both in academia - through teaching, research and scientific publishing- and in industry as a founder or co-founder of four Canadian companies. A Professor at École Polytechnique in Montreal since 1973, he has published extensively and has been granted 26 patents. His work has resulted in the development and commercialization of new plasma technologies and new protective coatings for, among others, space applications.

Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Nicholas A. Peppas is Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Molecular Pharmaceutics at the University of Texas at Austin. Peppas is internationally known for his work on the preparation, characterization and evaluation of biopolymers and hydrogels, used as biomaterials in artificial organs, and in devices for delivery of drugs, peptides and proteins, He has also made significant advances to biomedical transport phenomena, bioadhesion and in rational design of recognitive, responsive and intelligent ...

Professor & Director of BME, University of Toronto

Dr. Milos Popovic is the Director of Research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute at the University Health Network and a professor in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He was previously the Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research. In 2008, Dr. Popovic co-founded MyndTec Inc. to commercialize MyndMove, a neuromodulation system for restoration of voluntary upper limb function, which he developed. He also helped establish the Centre for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA) and the Canadian Spinal Cord ...

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba

Dr. Malcolm Xing is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba. He has made outstanding contributions to high-performance hydrogels for wound healing, hemostasis, myocardial infarction, and bone defect. Dr. Xing is a leading expert in developing nano-gel self-assembly on cells and drugs for hair regeneration, controlled release, and cancer therapy. He has also contributed to the sustainable environment by developing plant-wearable sensors for green agriculture and portable clean-water devices. Dr. Xing has played active roles and services in promoting biomedical ...

Professor and Assistant Vice-President (Research and Interna, University of Waterloo

Alfred Yu is internationally renowned as an outstanding innovator and leader in next-generation ultrasonics. He is a pioneer of high-frame-rate ultrasound imaging technology that has transformed clinical ultrasound scanners and cardiovascular diagnostics. His seminal discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound have established the mechanistic basis of ultrasound-mediated drug delivery. Dr. Yu’s achievements and impact have been recognized by many prestigious prizes, including NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship, IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, Frederic Lizzi Award, and Ontario Early ...

Dr. Ping Liang is an entrepreneur and researcher whose technologies improved mobile device connectivity for billions of users. He was elected a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors for the significant economic and societal impact of his inventions. He developed award-winning 5G wireless products, pioneered active controllable wireless channels for millimeter-wave that brings artificial intelligence to over-the-air channel, made key contributions to widely used industry standards on USB On-the-Go and wireless coexistence, and pioneered technologies that use filed-control ofmulti-mode ...

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.

Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto

Dr. Alison McGuigan, a professor at the University of Toronto, is a leader in the field of tissue engineering and disease modelling. Her group applies methods from materials and chemical engineering to assemble artificial tissues in a dish to accelerate drug discovery and the development of next-generation regenerative therapies. She has also trained more than 80 researchers and developed several innovative graduate research training tools. The impact of her work has been recognized with prestigious national and international awards, including the CSChE Hatch Innovation Award and the Tissue ...

Professor, University Health Network

Dr. Ren-Ke Li, Professor in Cardiac Surgery and Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, is a world-leading expert in tissue engineering and cell therapy. He innovatively used engineering principles to generate conductive biomaterial to rewire heart conduction to cure arrhythmia. His contributions in cell therapy for heart repair have been clinically translated, solidifying the field of cardiac regeneration and tissue engineering in Canada. These innovations have received international recognition, including a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Canadian ...

For his outstanding contributions to technology innovation in biomedical devices development for disease Point of Care Testings (POCTs) and treatment, and leadership of global efforts to promote international collaborations and diversity education. He has successfully expanded the basic research and translated scientific breakthroughs into new technology. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He has established leadership in research communities, serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal ...

Professors Emeriti, University of British Columbia

Peter Lawrence of UBC is internationally recognized as a leading researcher in the area of robotics and telecontrol. His achievements have led to numerous new and advanced technologies that have greatly impacted the field of rehabilitation engineering. He has contributed significantly to the literature; and his research has led to 16 patents and 7 technology transfers to industry. He is a dedicated and excellent teacher, having received a UBC Killam Teaching Prize in 1997, the APEGBC Teaching Award of Excellence in 2002, as well as being appointed the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering from ...

Adjunct Professor, Western University

Dr. Luan proudly serves his engineering profession as an accomplished innovator, a passionate educator, and a visionary entrepreneur with original designs and scientific discoveries contributing to energy, environment, and health. His accomplishments and influence are recognized through leaderships in international initiatives, national green manufacturing demonstrations, industry consortiums, training of Highly Qualified Personnel, and commercialization of innovative technologies in advanced manufacturing, energy and environmental materials, and materials surface engineering. As a ...

Director and Full Professor, Université Laval, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Diego Mantovani is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials and Bioengineering for the Innovation in Surgery. He is recognized for seminal contributions in using materials engineering to innovatively solve clinical problems linked with congenital diseases in children and adult patients, including cardiac, neurological, dental and musculoskeletal applications. His interdisciplinary, creative and project-oriented research lead to the commercialization of medical implants worldwide. He is very active in public outreach aimed at broadening the role of engineering in medicine, and a ...

DISTINGUISHED ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGI, UCLA

Dr. Asad M. Madni was President, COO& CTO of BEI Technologies from 1992-2006. He led the development & commercialization of intelligent sensors, systems & instrumentation including, the control system for Hubble Space Telescope’s Star Selector which provided the Hubble with unprecedented pointing accuracy & stability, resulting in truly remarkable images that have enhanced our understanding of the universe; and the revolutionary MEMS GyroChip® technology which is used worldwide for Electronic Stability Control & Rollover Protection in passenger vehicles, thereby saving ...

Professor, York University

Professor Lian is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of biomedical circuits and systems. His profound contributions to low power circuits include multi-stage frequency-response techniques for FIR filter, event-driven system architecture for ultra-low power biomedical sensors. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed research articles and 6 patents. His research has received many awards and distinctions including the 1996 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society's Guillemin-Cauer Award, and inductions as an IEEE Fellow. He has provided an exemplary leadership and service as the ...

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemi, Western University

Elizabeth Gillies is an international leader in the development of new designs to control the degradation of polymers. She developed a new class of polymers that unzip upon stimulation by light, heat, pH, or redox change. These unique polymers are currently being applied to release drugs at specific sites in the body, as traceless inks for 3D printing, and as replacements for conventional non-degradable plastics. She has mentored > 110 trainees, and published 142 papers with > 9600 citations. She received an NSERC EWR Steacie Fellowship, Canada Research Chair, membership in the RSC ...

Distinguished Research Professor, Professor Emeritus, Carleton University

Le docteur Frize s'est distinguée par sa contribution à l'implantation de la planification et de l'instrumentation technique médicale dans les hôpitaux. Elle est la première titulaire de la chaine Northern Telecom/CRSNG "Les Femmes en génie".

Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

Professor Diosady is an engineer, researcher and educator. He developed the first Canadian food engineering program in an engineering faculty. The author of 150 research publications, 18 patents, he guided 60 graduate students, 16 of whom have become professors. He developed widely used technologies for oilseed processing. His work on salt fortification enables the reduction of the incidence of iodine and iron deficiency disease affecting some 2 billion people in the developing world. His work has been recognized and honoured by both the engineering and food science communities, with the ...

Professor, Center for Precision Engineering

Professor Ruxu Du is an internationally-renowned scholar in mechanical engineering. His research and inventions have powered the development of several key technologies in this field, especially in metal forming and precision engineering. He has published over 400 papers as well as over 100 patents. He supervised more than 130 graduate students and research associates, many of whom are now leaders in their institutions and/or companies. He also helped to establish two mid-size companies contributing directly to the economic growth in the field. Professor Du is a Fellow of the Society of ...

TEC-Canada

Katherine Crewe is currently a group chair with TEC-Canada and serves on Boards of various profit and non-profit organizations. She is Lean certified and had a successful career in life science operations where she is the holder of a patent of a coronary stent. She is making contributions to society through the increased participation of women in STEM and diversity in the workplace by her involvement with Engineering Women's Advisory Committees, Women in Bio, University Engineering Advisory Committees and corporate diversity committees.

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick

Dr. Kevin Englehart, Professor at the University of New Brunswick, is recognized internationally in the field of Biomedical Engineering as a leader in developing effective and affordable prosthetic control systems and powered prostheses. His outstanding work has resulted in significant advances in real-time multifunction prosthesis control – offering new state of the art options to adults and children with limb displacements. His work is widely cited in the literature, and his collaborative approach has led to national and international research projects (both fundamental and clinical) with ...

Professor, Boston University

Professor Chou is a renowned educator, clinician and expert in biomedical engineering, translational medicine and oral-maxillofacial medicine. He pioneered the field of molecular biocompatibility of biomaterials, the first biomimetically engineered scaffold for bone tissue engineering, the first epitheliogenic materials for wound healing, the first 3D printer for tissue-engineering, and the first head and neck PET/CT scanners. His innovations have improved/saved tens of millions of lives. He chaired Clinical Research Committee of American Academy of Oral Medicine. He was the sole recipient of ...