Our research chairs
Celebrating over 20 research chairs across our five departments
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Steven Bryant
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Materials Engineering for Unconventional Oil Reservoirs



Dr. Nader Mahinpey
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Novel CO2 Capture Technologies for Oil Sands Operations

Dr. Brij Maini
CNOOC North America Industrial Research Chair in Advanced In-Situ Recovery Processes for Oil Sands

Dr. Harvey Yarranton
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Heavy Oil Properties and Processing
Civil Engineering




Dr. Kerry Black
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Integrated Knowledge, Engineering & Sustainable Communities
Electrical and Software Engineering

Dr. Fahdel Ghannouchi
Tier I Canada Research Chair/iCORE Professor in Intelligent RF Radio Technology

Dr. Leonid Belostotski
Tier II Canada Research Chair in High Sensitivity Radiometers and Receivers



Geomatics Engineering



Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering



Dr. Robert Brennan and Dr. Simon Li
NSERC Co-Chairs in Design Engineering

Dr. Janet Ronsky
AITF Tier I Strategic Chair in Advanced Diagnostics and Devices for Assessing and Monitoring Joint Health and Dynamic Function

Dr. Amir Sanati Nezhad
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Bio-Microelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS)

