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Canada Research Chairs – Tier I

Name Department Field of Research
Mark Daymond Mechanical and Materials Engineering Mechanics of Materials
Kerry Rowe Civil Engineering Civil & Geoenvironmental Engineering
Ying Zou Electrical and Computer Engineering Software Evolution

Canada Research Chairs – Tier II

Name Department Field of Research
Ning Lu Electrical and Computer Engineering Future Communication Networks
Andy Take Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering

Chairs and Professorships

Name Department Field of Research
Abbas Taheri Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Chair in Mine Design
Ali Etemad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mitchell Professor, AI for Human Sensing and Understanding
Amir Fam Civil Engineering Donald & Sarah Munro Chair in Engineering & Applied Science
Amy Wu Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Mitchell Professor, Bio-Inspired Robotics
Aristides Docoslis Chemical Engineering Hazell Research Professor in Chemical Design & Innovation
Brian Amsden Chemical Engineering Donald & Joan McGeachy Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Brian Frank Electrical and Computer Engineering DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education, Research & Development
Charlotte Gibson Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Walter F Light Queen's National Scholar
Heidi Ploeg Mechanical and Materials Engineering Chair for Women in Engineering
Joshua Woods Department of Civil Engineering Mitchell Professor, Intelligent Infrastructure Monitoring
Julian Ortiz Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Helen & Arthur Stollery Professor in Mining Engineering & Geological Engineering
Laeeque Daneshmend Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Noranda-Falconbridge Chair in Mine-Mechanical Engineering
Mark Daymond Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering UNENE Research Chair in Nuclear Materials
Matthew Robertson Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Mitchell Professor, Soft and Multi-Material Robotics
Rachel Baker Department of Chemical Engineering Robins Family Professorship of Engineering Chemistry
Suraj Persaud Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department UNENE Research Chair in Corrosion Control and Materials Performance
Xiaodan Zhu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mitchell Professor, Text Analytics and Machine Learning