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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 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 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’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 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 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]