P.Eng., Fellow ASME, Fellow IEEE, Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow Royal Society of Canada, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 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 18 technical books, 15 edited volumes, 43 book chapters, over 188 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 $8 million, as principal investigator, during the past 15 years.
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