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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Research Report
Message from the Interim Dean OCTAVIA A. DOBRE
We are proud to showcase the excellent research outcomes
in their respective fields of research, compiled by Stanford
from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
University. Numerous faculty members are recipients of
(FEAS) in the 2021-2022 issue of the Research Report.
research, teaching and service awards. Several colleagues
FEAS is the home of talented and enthusiastic faculty and
serve on evaluation committees of the NSERC Discovery
students dedicated to advancing engineering technologies
and NSERC Research Tools and Instrument (RTI) grants,
for the benefit of humanity.
as well as NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships.
The world is quickly evolving and new technologies are
In 2021-2022, we secured over $10 million in research
emerging to solve problems associated with everyday life on a
funding from federal and provincial agencies, and industry.
global scale. Engineering solutions lead to economic growth
Furthermore, 150 new grant applications have been
and societal welfare, transforming businesses and society. At
submitted. Our researchers have been successful in the
FEAS, we are contributing to multiple areas of engineering,
NSERC Discovery grant competition, as well as in the
such as Arctic shipping, biomedical, biofuels, marine and
NSERC RTI and CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund. The
coastal environment, fluid dynamics, hardware and software,
latter has enabled the development of new laboratories like
optical, wireless and underwater communications, remote
the inter-disciplinary micro-precision mechatronics lab that
sensing, renewable energy, and robotics. Our achievements
encompasses mechanical, electrical and control engineering.
in some of these areas are highlighted in the report. Our students have the opportunity to learn from renowned This year, our research excellence has been acknowledged
faculty members and research in world-class facilities and
through several awards and distinctions, such as Fellow of
state-of-the-art laboratories. The new Core Science Facility
the Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of the
offers modern student learning amenities and research
Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Canadian
laboratories. Spaces are being renovated to develop a modern
Society of Civil Engineering, and Fellow of the American
environmental engineering laboratory in the S.J. Carew
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Eight of our
Building and to enable a laboratory on bioprocessing of
colleagues have been recognized as World’s Top 2% Scientists
marine/terrestrial biomass in the Bruneau Centre for
