Six researchers at Waterloo Engineering were recently awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs worth a total of $4.8 million.
They were among 14 researchers campus-wide to receive $9.7 million through the federal government program, which is designed to promote research excellence and train the next generation of highly skilled people in the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences.
Awarded renewed Tier 1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada chairs worth $1.4 million each over seven years were:
- En-hui Yang (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Information Theory and Applications.
- Weihua Zhuang (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Wireless Communications Networks.
Awarded new Tier 2 NSERC research chairs worth $500,000 each over five years were:
- Luis Ricardez Sandoval (Chemical Engineering): Multiscale Modelling and Process Systems.
- Stephen Smith (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Autonomous Systems.
- Lin Tan (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Software Dependability.
Awarded a renewed Tier 2 NSERC research chair worth $500,000 over five years was:
- Frank Gu (Chemical Engineering): Nanotechnology Engineering.
Richardez Sandoval and Tan received an additional $50,000 each for research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation.