Research Chairs

Canada Excellence Research Chair

Emadi, Ali - Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain

Canada Research Chairs

Botton, Gianluigi - Materials Science and Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Nanostructured Materials

Davidson, Tim - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Communication Systems

Deen, Jamal - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Information Technology

Deza, Antoine - Computing and Software, Canada Research Chair in Combinatorial Optimization

Fang, Qiyin - Engineering Physics, Canada Research Chair in Biophotonics

Ghosh, Raja - Chemical Engineering, Canada Reseach Chair in Bioseparations Engineering

Kirubarajan, Thia - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Information Fusion

Maibaum, Thomas - Computing and Software, Canada Research Chair in Foundations of Software Engineering

Nikolova, Natalia - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Chair in High Frequency Electromagnetics

Pelton, Robert - Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Interfacial Technologies

Wong, Max - Electrical Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Signal Processing

Zhu, Shiping - Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Polymer Science Engineering


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Endowed Chairs

Barber-Gennum Chair in Information Technology
Jun Chen, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Sumanth Shankar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chair in Effective Design of Structures
Samir Chidiac, Professor, Civil Engineering and Director, Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice
Chair in Heavy Construction
Saiedeh Razavi, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Class of 1962, Mechanical Engineering Endowed Chair in Eco-entrepreneurship
Lotfi Belkhir, Associate Professor, Walter G. Booth School for 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
Joe Ng/JNE Consulting Chair in Design, Construction, and Management of Infrastructure Renewal
Michael Tait, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
L.R. Wilson/BCE Chair in Data Communications
Shahram Shirani,, Professor, Electrical and 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


The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial Chairs

NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety Analysis and Thermal Hydraulics
John Luxat, Professor, Engineering Physics
NSERC/RIM/CITO/ McMaster Industrial Research Chair in Pico-Cellular Wireless Internet Access Networks
Terry Todd, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
NSERC/Dalsa McMaster Industrial Research Chair in Digital Cinema
Xiaolin Wu, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
NSERC/Stelco Associate Industrial Research Chair in Steel Product Application
Joseph McDermid, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Precision Machining
Mo Elbestawi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
NSERC-Mitel Professor of Signal Processing
K. Max Wong, Professor, Electrical Engineering
NSERC Fuel Cell Technologies Chair in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System
Tony Petric, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering