13th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer

Professor Aimy Bazylak is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Clean Energy and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the U of T. In 2011, she was awarded the I.W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, and she received the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2012. From 2015-2018, she served as the Director of the U of T Institute for Sustainable Energy. In 2015 she was named an Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), and in 2019 she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 2020, she was named a Helmholtz International Fellow (Germany), was awarded the U of T McLean Award, and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. In 2021, she served as the Vice-Dean Undergraduate (Interim), and in 2022, she served as the Director (Interim) of the Division of Engineering Science for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. In 2022 she was elected as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for excellence in engineering and services to the profession and to society.

Prof Eric Cheng is a highly accomplished electrical engineer, having earned his BSc and PhD from the University of Bath in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Prior to joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1997, he held the position of Principal Engineer at Lucas Aerospace in the United Kingdom, where he led several power electronics projects. Prof Cheng is widely recognized for his significant contributions to the development of electric vehicles in Hong Kong. He is affectionately known as the "father of Electric Vehicle" in Hong Kong, having served as the electrical designer for the city's first commercial electric vehicle and led his team in designing the first charging network. His expertise in electrical engineering, energy, and automotive has earned him numerous awards, including the Seoul International Invention Fair 2015 Gold prize for his contributions to super-capacitors for electric vehicles, the 2016 iCAN Gold Medal for his work on active suspension, and the Gold Award of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology in 2017. Additionally, he received the Geneva's Invention Expo Silver Award for his work on the antilock braking system, the top 20 Tera Award in 2021, and the Innovation Award of the TechConnect 2023 and Geneva's Invention Expo Silver Award 2024 for his contributions to the development of an Ammonia Powered Fuel Cell-based Electric Vehicle. Prof Cheng is an accomplished writer and has published over 500 papers and 7 books, as well as given over 200 interviews with the media on his research and development. He currently is professor of University of California, Merced, where his research interests encompass all aspects of Power Electronics, Power Quality, Renewable Energy, Motor Drives, Energy Storage, Energy Saving, Power Distribution, EMI, High-Speed Rail, Electric Vessel, Electric vehicles, and advanced Automotive components. Prof Cheng is a chartered engineer and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is also the Vice President Education of IEEE Transportation Electrification Council of IEEE. His outstanding contributions to the field of electrical engineering have earned him a well-deserved reputation as one of the leading experts in the field.

Jim P. Zheng joined the faculty of the UB Department of Electrical Engineering in Spring 2020 as SUNY Empire Innovation Professor. He had been the faculty of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Florida A&M University and Florida State University from 1997 to 2020, as Associate Professor, Professor, and Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair Professor. Prior to this, he had been worked at Army Research Laboratory from 1992 to 1997. He is the recipient of National Academy of Inventors Fellow, IEEE Fellow, National Research Council Fellow, Army Research & Development Achievement Award, NASA Faculty Research Award, and Progress Energy Professional Development Award. He has published more than 200 articles in scholarly journals, and 150 papers in conference proceedings in the fields of energy storage, fuel cells, nano-sensors, photonics, and thin film growth, and been awarded 26 patents, and 5 patents have been licensed by private companies