Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo, Canada

Professor Feridun Hamdullahpur is the President and Vice-Chancellor and professor of mechanical and mechatronic engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has more than 34 years of university teaching, research and leadership experience.  Dr. Hamdullahpur has spearheaded several initiatives and has pursued projects already underway that focus on student experience and success, and teaching and research excellence, and is committed to placing Waterloo on a trajectory to meet its sixth decade goals. His research areas include energy conversion, thermo-fluids, bio-mass gasification and combustion and fuel cells. He has published over 150 scientific and technical articles and supervised more than 40 graduate students.