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Endowed Chairs
The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University has a total of 13 Endowed Chairs. These are made possible through generous donations of our supporters.
| Barber-Gennum Chair in Information Technology Jun Chen, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Braley-Gennum Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Sumanth Shankar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
| Chair in Effective Design of Structures Samir Chidiac, Professor, Civil Engineering |
| Chair in Heavy Construction Saiedeh N. Razavi, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering |
| Class of 1962 Mechanical Engineering Chair in Eco-Entrepreneurship Lotfi Belkhir, Associate Professor, Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice |
| Dofasco Chair in Process Automation and Information
Technology Chris Swartz, Professor, Chemical Engineering |
| Dofasco Chair in Ferrous Metallurgy Gordon Irons, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering |
| Don Pether Chair in Engineering and Management David Potter, Associate Professor, Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice and Director, Engineering & Management Program |
| Joe Ng/NE Consulting Chair in Design, Construction,
and Management of Infrastructure Renewal Michael J. Tait, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering |
| L.R. Wilson/BCE Chair in Data Communications Shahram Shirani, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Martini, Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry Design Wael El-Dakhakhni, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering |
| W. Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics Peter Mascher, Professor, Engineering Physics |
| Walter Booth Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship Rafik Loutfy, McMaster School of Engineering Practice |
| US Steel Chair in Sustainable Steel Processes TBA |
