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Architecture and Urbanism

Anne Bordeleau
- Director and Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Benjamin Gianni
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Catherine Bonier
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Federica Goffi
- Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Inderbir Singh Riar
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Janine Debanné
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Jerry Hacker
- Assistant Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Johan Voordouw
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Kenneth ‘Jake’ Chakasim
- Assistant Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Lisa Moffit
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Manuel Baez
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Mariana Esponda
- Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Menna Agha
- Assistant Professor in Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Natalia Escobar Castrillón
- Assistant Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Omeasoo Wahpasiw
- Assistant Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Ozayr Saloojee
- Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Paul Kariouk
- Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Piper Bernbaum
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Scott Bucking
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering / Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Sheryl Boyle
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Stephen Fai
- Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Suzanne Harris-Brandts
- Assistant Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Zachary Colbert
- Associate Professor, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abhijit Sarkar
- Former Canada Research Chair in Analysis and Management of Risk / Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abid Hussain
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adam Weiss
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Amir Hakami
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Banu Örmeci
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Global Health, Former Canada Research Chair in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering

Bora Pulatsu
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Burak Gunay
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cara Lozinsky
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Christian Viau
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cole Van De Ven
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

David Lau
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Edward Sherwood
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ehab Zalok
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Elena Zabolotnii
- Assistant Professor in Civil & Geotechnical Engineering

Elie Azar
- Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Buildings and Communities (Tier II) / Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Elisabeth Gilmore
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hamzeh Hajiloo
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Heng-Aik Khoo
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jeffrey Erochko
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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

Kamal Hossain
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Karim Ismail
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Liam O’Brien
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mario Santana Quintero
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mehdi Pouragha
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mohamed Beshir
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mohammad Rayhani
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Onita Basu
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Paul H. Simms
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Paul J. Van Geel
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Scott Bucking
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering / Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism

Shawn Kenny
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shoeleh Shams
- Instructor II, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Siva Sivathayalan
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Thomas Walker
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Vahid Sadeghian
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yasser Hassan
- Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electronics

Alan Steele
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Arash Ahmadi
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics

Barry Syrett
- Professor, Department of Electronics

Christopher Smelser
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Connor Kupchak
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics

Hicham Chaoui
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Himavarsha Dhulipati
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics

Hubert Jean-Ruel
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics

Jim Wight
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Electronics

John Rogers
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Leonard MacEachern
- Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Maitham Shams
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Masum Hossain
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Michel Nakhla
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Electronics

Niall Tait
- Professor, Department of Electronics

Pavan Gunupudi
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Qi-Jun Zhang
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Electronics

Ralph Mason
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Ram Achar
- Professor, Department of Electronics

Ravi Prakash
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Robert Gauthier
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Rony E. Amaya
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Shichao Liu
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Shulabh Gupta
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Steve McGarry
- Associate Professor, Department of Electronics

Tom Smy
- Professor, Department of Electronics

Winnie Ye
- Former Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors (Tier II) / Professor, Department of Electronics

Xiaoyu Wang
- Professor, Department of Electronics
Industrial Design

Bjarki Hallgrimsson
- Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design

Chantal Trudel
- Director and Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design

Chiara Del Gaudio
- Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design

Juan Jimenez Garcia
- Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Design

Steven Pong
- Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Design

Thomas Garvey
- Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design

Tim Haats
- Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Design

WonJoon Chung
- Associate Professor, School of Industrial Design
Information Technology

Ali Arya
- Associate Professor, School of Information Technology

Ashraf Matrawy
- Professor, School of Information Technology

Audrey Girouard
- Associate Dean – Research, Professor, School of Information Technology

Chris Joslin
- Professor, School of Information Technology

David Thue
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology

Hamza Bashandy
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology

Jie Gao
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology

KC Collins
- Associate Professor, School of Information Technology

Lesley Istead
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology

Marc St-Hilaire
- Professor, School of Information Technology

Marzieh Amini
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology / Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Masoud Barati
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology

Omair Shafiq
- Associate Professor, School of Information Technology

Richard Yu
- Professor, School of Information Technology

Robert Teather
- Director and Associate Professor, School of Information Technology

Wei Shi
- Professor, School of Information Technology
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Abu Syed Kabir
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ahmed Abdulla
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Alex Ellery
- Former Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology / Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrei Artemev
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrew Speirs
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrew Harris
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Cynthia Cruickshank
- Associate Dean – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI), Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

David MacPhee
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Donald Russell
- Associate Dean – Governance, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Edgar Matida
- Chair and Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Eng Kuan Moo
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Fidel Khouli
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Fred Afagh
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Glenn McRae
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hamza abo el Ella
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hanspeter Frei
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hashim Mohamed
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Henry M.J. Saari
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
- Former Canada Research Chair in Modelling and Simulation of Innovative Energy Systems for Residential Buildings / Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Irina T. Garces
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jason Etele
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jean Duquette
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jeremy Laliberté
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jie (Peter) Liu
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Joana Rocha
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

John Gaydos
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Junjie Gu
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jurek Sasiadek
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kristen Schell
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Larry Kostiuk
- Dean, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

M. John D. Hayes
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

M. Reza Kholghy
- Canada Research Chair in Particle Technology and Combustion Engineering (Tier II) / Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Matthew Johnson
- Former Canada Research Chair in Energy and Combustion Generated Air Emissions / Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Metin I. Yaras
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mohammad Biglarbegian
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mojtaba Ahmadi
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mostafa El Sayed
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Oren Petel
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Prashant Waghmare
- Associate Dean – MEng Program, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Rishad Irani
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Langlois
- Associate Dean – Student Success, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robin Chhabra
- Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Soft Space Robotics (Tier II) / Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ron Miller
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Rong Liu
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Steve Ulrich
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tarik Kaya
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Xiao Huang
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Xin Wang
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Systems and Computer Engineering

Adrian Chan
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Amir Banihashemi
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Andy Adler
- Former Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering / Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Babak Esfandiari
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Carlos Rossa
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Changcheng Huang
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Chao Shen
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Chung-Horng Lung
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Fateme Rajabiyazdi
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Gabriel Wainer
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Gregory Franks
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Hala Assal
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Halim Yanikomeroglu
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Howard Schwartz
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Ian Marsland
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Ioannis Lambadaris
- Ericsson Chair in 5G Wireless Research / Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

James Green
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Jason Jaskolka
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Jerome Talim
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Leila Mostaço-Guidolin
- Canada Research Chair in Imaging Biomaterials and Characterization (Tier II) / Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Marzieh Amini
- Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology / Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Michael Weiss
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Atia
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Ibnkahla
- NSERC/Cisco Industrial Research Chair in Sensor Networks for the Internet of Things / Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Mostafa Taha
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Nafiseh Kahani
- Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Peter Xiaoping Liu
- Former Canada Research Chair in Interactive Network Computer and Tele-Operation / Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Rafik Goubran
- Vice-President (Research and International) / Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Ramy H. Gohary
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Richard Dansereau
- Associate Dean – Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Roshdy Hafez
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Samuel Ajila
- Associate Dean – Policy and Planning, Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Shikharesh Majumdar
- Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Sreeraman Rajan
- Canada Research Chair in Sensor Systems (Tier II) / Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Thomas Kunz
- Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Yuu Ono
- Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Yvan Labiche
- Chair and Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
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