About the Chair

Hani Naguib | BSc, MEng, PhD (Toronto), CEng, PEng, FASME, FCSME, FIOM3, FSPE, FSPIE
Professor & Chair


Prof. Hani Naguib is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and director of the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. His major expertise is in the area of manufacturing of programmable materials including stimuli responsive materials, meta materials, and nanostructured materials. His research group focus on the development of new synthesis, micro and nanofabrication, and additive manufacturing techniques for developing these material systems. Naguib is the recipient of many honours and awards such as the Canada Research Chair, the Premier’s Early Research Award of Ontario, and the faculty Early Teaching Award. He is a Professional Engineer in Canada, a Chartered Engineer in U.K.

Naguib is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining IOM3, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers SPE, and Fellow of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers CSME. He is the associate editor of Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures and associate editor for the journal of Smart Materials and Structures, and he is on the editorial board of several other journals. Naguib has been serving on the technical divisions’ board of directors for the SPE, ASME and CSME, ASM and has been organizing and chairing various conferences, symposia and seminars in national and international conferences in the field.The main goal of his research program is to develop sustainable and transformational materials and manufacturing for the energy, environment and health care sectors.

In addition to his research, Naguib is active in teaching topics in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, he has developed both undergraduate and graduate curricula covering series of courses and labs including: Materials Science, Mechanics of Materials, Smart Materials and Structures, Macromolecular Materials, Composite Materials Soft Materials, and Advanced Manufacturing. He has also served as the associate chair undergraduate studies and associate chair research for the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.


To schedule an appointment with the Chair:

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Past Chairs / Heads

 

Professor Glenn Hibbard, 2019-2024
Professor Jun Nogami, 2009-2019
Professor Doug D. Perovic, 1997-2008
Professor Alexander McLean, 1992-1997
Professor W. Alfred Miller, 1981-1992
Professor James M. Toguri, 1976-1981
Professor C. Benjamin Alcock, 1969-1976
Professor Lloyd M. Pidgeon, 1943-1969
Professor George A. Guess, 1913-1943

 

 

 


Contact Us / Appointment with the Chair

T: 416.978.3012 | F: 416.978.4155
E: materials.engineering@utoronto.ca