Leadership

Interim Dean – Dr. Ron Miller

Dr. Ron Miller began his role as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) on August 1, 2025, for a one-year term. Ron Miller grew up in Winnipeg, eventually completing a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba (1993). He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University (1997) and was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University (1997-1998). After a brief time as an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, he joined Carleton’s department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2001, eventually serving as Chair of the Department from 2016-2024.

His research focusses on how structures, processes and behaviours at very small scales control the large-scale behaviour of engineering materials. He attempts to bridge the gap between physics, chemistry, and materials science, bringing together often disparate scientific communities and theories to create new insights into the engineering performance of materials. Working with his students and international collaborators, he has co-authored more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and published two graduate level textbooks with Cambridge University Press. He was recently promoted to the rank of Chancellor’s Professor in 2024.

He has been an Invited Professor at EPFL in Switzerland (2013-2014), a Visiting Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble, France (2006), a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France (2007), and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Technion (IIT), Haifa, Israel, (2004).

Associate and Assistant Deans

Audrey Girouard

Associate Dean – Research, Professor, School of Information Technology
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Cynthia Cruickshank

Associate Dean – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI), Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Jeffrey Erochko

Associate Dean – Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Jennifer Drake

Assistant Dean, Special Projects – Graduate Student Governance, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Stormwater and Low Impact Development (Tier II), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Prashant Waghmare

Associate Dean (MEng), Director Engineering Practice – Faculty of Engineering and Design, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Samuel Ajila

Associate Dean – Policy and Planning, Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
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Shawn Kenny

Associate Dean – Student Success, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Department Chairs

Edgar Matida

Chair and Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Jerome Talim

Interim Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
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Leonard MacEachern

Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Electronics
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Yasser Hassan

Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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School Directors

Ali Arya

Director and Associate Professor, School of Information Technology
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Anne Bordeleau

Director and Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism
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Chantal Trudel

Director and Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design
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