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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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