Conference for International Engineers | Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri SfCarchive
Channel: SkillsforchangeArchive SfC
Date: 03/04/2012

The Conference for International Engineers and Employers was held March 30, 2012 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. The one-day conference was hosted by bridging program partners across Ontario, and funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. It was open to international engineers and employers throughout Ontario who are invested in Canada's engineering future and leveraging the potential of global talent.

Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri presented a keynote address on The Entrepreneurial Engineer in a Global Economy and host  the Ontario International Engineers Success Awards.

Dr. Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor, York University, was previously at McMaster University where he had been Vice-President Research & International Affairs since 2001, and prior to that, he was Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

Dr. Shoukri is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Centres of Excellence, and Cancer Care Ontario. He is also Chair of the Government and Community Relations Committee for the Council of Ontario Universities, and a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on the Act and By-Laws for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

Dr. Shoukri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. His professional memberships include the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Canadian Nuclear Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

His scholarly interests are in thermo-fluid sciences; particularly areas related to multi-phase heat transfer and nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics. He is the author and co-author of more than 120 papers that have appeared in refereed journals and symposia.