Waterloo
Engineering
faculty
members
will
advance
their
work
through
inaugural
Tier
1
Canada
Research
Chairs.
Catherine
Burns,
a
systems
design
engineering
professor,
is
the
new
Canada
Research
Chair
(CRC)
in
Human
Factors
in
Healthcare
Systems.
Burns, who is the executive director of the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, will receive $1.4 million over seven years to develop human-centred approaches to the design and implementation of advanced health care technologies.
Monica Emelko, a civil and environmental engineering professor, is the first Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology and Policy.
She will be awarded $1.4 million over seven years for research into ensuring water security in Canada.
Burns and Emelko were among nine across the Waterloo campus named new or renewing chairs in a December 16 announcement by the federal government, which marked the 20th anniversary of the CRC program. [Full story]