Industrial Automation

Laboratory

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of British Columbia

People

Prof. Clarence W. de Silva, P.Eng., Fellow ASME, Fellow IEEE, and Fellow

Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow Royal Society of Canada

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC)

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation

 

Education:

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours and University Prize for

Engineering), University of Ceylon, 1971.

M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (Control Systems), University of Toronto, 1975.

Ph.D., Mech Eng, Dynamic Syst Control, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978.

Ph.D., Information Engineering, University of Cambridge, England, 1998.

D.Eng. (Hon), University of Waterloo, 2008

 

Other Appointmets:

NSERC-BC Packers Professor of Industrial Automation, The University of British

Columbia (1989-1999)

Mobil Endowed Chair Professor, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

National University of Singapore (2000)

Honorary Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and

Technology (2007-present)

 

 

Awards:

Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award, ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division

Killam Research Prize

Takahashi Education Award, ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division

Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, IEEE Canada

Lifetime Achievement Award, World Automation Congress

IEEE Third Millennium Medal

Meritorious Achievement Award, Association of Professional Engineers of BC

Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

Outstanding Chapter Chair Award, IEEE Vancouver Section

Outstanding Chapter Award, IEEE Control Systems Society

Outstanding Large Chapter Award, IEEE Industry Applications Society

 

Offices in Professional Societies:

Chair, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division

Chair, ASME BC Section

Chair, IEEE Control Systems Society, Vancouver Chapter

Chair, IEEE Industrial Applications Society, Vancouver Chapter

Member, Career Awareness Committee, Assoc. Professional Engineers of BC

Chair, Engineering and Applied Science Committee, Science Council of BC

 

Engineering Consulting:

Westinghouse, IBM, American Robot Corp., Tippins Machinery Co., ZONIC Corp.,

 Measurements and Data Corp., Enterprise Developments, Inc., PhoenixCloud Explorations, Ltd.,

U.S. Department of Energy, International High-Tech Industries, Inc., Expert Witness in

 Robotics and Automation at the Supreme Court of BC

 

Publications:

Authored 17 technical books, 14 edited volumes, 43 book chapters, over 180 journal

 publications, over 200 conference proceedings.

 

Editorial Duties:

Served on 14 journals including IEEE Trans. Control System Technology and

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement & Control, Trans. ASME

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems

Editor-in-Chief, International J of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems

Senior Technical Editor, Measurements and Control

Regional Editor, North America, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence—IFAC International Journal of Intelligent Real-Time Automation

Management Committee, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

 

Fellowships:

Lilly Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University; NASA-ASEE Fellow; Senior Fulbright Fellow at

University of Cambridge; Fellow of the Advanced Systems Institute of BC; Killam Fellow;

Erskine Fellow at University of Canterbury.

 

Research and Development Areas:

Process automation, robotics, mechatronics, intelligent control, and sensors and actuators.

Funding of approx $7 million, as principal investigator, during the past 15 years.