Research Chairs
Our faculty members engage in projects following six strategic research and training priorities. This includes:
- Eleven Canada Research Chairs.
- Four Industrial Research Chairs.
- One Endowed and Honorific Research Chair.
- Ontario Tech University Research Chairs.
- A strong cross-pollination of undergraduate and graduate students involved in research and collaborations with business, community and government partners.
Canada Research Chair program
The Government of Canada created the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program in 2000 to establish 2,000 research professorships at universities across the country by 2008. We have attracted the best and brightest minds from all over the world. These individuals help enrich our research capabilities; chairholders are recognized for their commitment to advancing the frontiers of knowledge in their fields, not only through their own work but through the teaching and supervising of students and the
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Canada Research Chairs
- Christopher Collins, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Linguistic Information Visualization (Faculty of Science)
- Pierre Côté, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (Faculty of Health Sciences)
- Adam Dubrowski, PhD - Tier 1 CRC in Healthcare Simulation (Faculty of Health Sciences)
- Khalid Elgazzar, PhD -Tier 2 CRC in Internet of Things (IoT) (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Janette Hughes, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Technology and Pedagogy (Faculty of Education)
- Isabel Pedersen, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Digital Life, Media and Culture (Faculty of Social Science and Humanities)
- Markus Piro, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Nuclear Fuels and Materials (Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science)
- Denina Simmons, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Aquatic Toxicology (Faculty of Science)
- Sheldon S. Williamson, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Two Chairs are currently in development.
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Former Canada Research Chairs
- Douglas Holdway, PhD - Tier 1 CRC in Aquatic Toxicology (Faculty of Science)
- Shari Forbes, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Decomposition Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
- Carolyn McGregor, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Health Informatics (Faculty of Business and Information Technology)
- Greg Naterer, PhD - Tier 1 CRC in Advanced Energy Systems (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Dan Zhang, PhD - Tier 2 CRC in Advanced Robotics and Automation (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Endowed, Sponsored and Honorific Research Chairs
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Industrial Research Chairs
Our university focuses on fundamental and applied research that directly benefits end users, including the following Industrial Research Chairs:
- Anthony
Waker ,PhD - Ed Waller,
PhD , NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair, Associate Chairholder in Health Physics and Environmental Safety (Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science)
- Anthony
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Former Industrial Research Chairs
- Christopher Collins,
PhD , Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network Research Chair in Information Visualization (Faculty of Science) - Brian Ikeda,
PhD , Cameco Research Chair in Nuclear Fuel (Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science) - Scott Nokleby,
PhD , Associate Cameco Research Chair in Nuclear Fuel (Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science) - Remon Pop-Iliev,
PhD , Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)-OPG Chair in Innovative Design Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science) - Vijay Sood,
PhD , NSERC-OPG Associate Chair in Innovative Design Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Christopher Collins,
- Ontario Tech University - Research Excellence Chairs
