Four Engineering alumni and nine professors inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Professor Tom Chau with students in a lab
Professor Tom Chau (IBBME), at left, has been inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The international leader in rehabilitation research joins eight U of T Engineering professors and alumni in the CAE’s Class of 2017. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Nine members of the U of T Engineering community have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Alumni Perry Adebar (CivE MASc 8T7, PhD 9T0), Mark Hundert (IndE 7T1), Christopher Pickles (MMS 7T4, MASc 7T5, PhD 7T7) and John Young (MMS 7T1, MIE MASc 7T4) along with professors Robert Andrews (CivE), Sanjeev Chandra(MIE), Tom Chau (IBBME), Heather MacLean (CivE) and Wei Yu (ECE) are among the CAE’s 50 new fellows. The CAE is a national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada. The new CAE fellows were inducted on June 26 in Ottawa, as part of the Academy’s Annual General Meeting and Symposium.

“The Academy’s recognition of so many faculty and alumni attests to the tremendous contributions U of T Engineers are making in Canada and around the world,” said Dean Cristina Amon. “It also demonstrates their impact in all aspects of the engineering profession — from engineering education to fundamental research to technology transfer, commercialization and consulting.”

Read more about our CAE fellows on U of T Engineering News.