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Canada Excellence Research Chairs 

Name Department Field of Research
Yanwen Zhang Mechanical and Materials Engineering Impact of Radiation in Energy and Advanced Technologies

Canada Research Chairs – Tier I

Name Department Field of Research
Mark Daymond Mechanical and Materials Engineering Mechanics of Materials
Amir Fam Civil Engineering Climate Change Resilient Infrastructure
Lidan You Mechanical and Materials Engineering Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology
Ying Zou Electrical and Computer Engineering Software Evolution

Canada Research Chairs – Tier II

Name Department Field of Research
Cao Thang Dinh Chemical Engineering Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals
Ning Lu Electrical and Computer Engineering Future Communication Networks
Jianbing Ni Electrical and Computer Engineering Intelligent System Security and Privacy
Farzaneh Sadri Robert M Buchan Department of Mining Chemical Extraction of Critical Metals

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
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
Vladislav Kecojevic Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Noranda-Falconbridge Chair
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
Michael Cunningham Chemical Engineering Donald & Sarah Munro Chair in Engineering & Applied Science
Rachel Baker 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