Two CivMin professors, Professor Constantin Christopoulos and Professor Amer Shalaby, are among the 57 new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). They are among the seven U of T community members who have been elected.
The CAE’s President Catherine Karakatsanis announced the election of 50 new Fellows and seven new International Fellows into the Canadian Academy of Engineering on May 15, 2025. The announcement is made in conjunction with the Academy’s 2025 Annual General Meeting, which was held by video conference. The Induction Ceremony is scheduled for May 27, 2025, in Montréal, Que.
Ms. Karakatsanis commented, “I am delighted to welcome the new Fellows to the Academy whose impressive accomplishments and leadership in their respective fields have significantly advanced engineering in both Canada and around the world. Their outstanding contributions and dedication to excellence serve as an inspiration to us all.”
The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) is the national institution through which individuals, who have made outstanding contributions to engineering in Canada, provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada and to Canadians. Fellows are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service and are committed to ensuring that Canada’s engineering expertise and experience are applied to the benefit of all Canadians. The CAE works in close cooperation with other senior academies in Canada and internationally.
Citations for the new inductees read as follows:
Constantin Christopoulos, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Constantin Christopoulos’ research at the University of Toronto has earned him international recognition for pioneering work in earthquake engineering. He has led the development of several technologies to enhance the seismic resilience of structures and thus minimize the impact of natural disasters on our infrastructure. Professor Christopoulos has co-founded two successful start-up companies and is a named inventor on more than 40 international patents. He is the author of two textbooks that are used in undergraduate and graduate courses in universities worldwide and has consulted on the implementation of advanced seismic protection technologies on projects around the world.
Amer Shalaby, Professor, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Amer Shalaby is a Professor and Bahen/Tanenbaum Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is well known for his expertise in transit planning and operations, intelligent transit systems, and transportation planning for large-scale events. He made numerous significant contributions which enriched the state of transit knowledge and practice worldwide. He trained a large number of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and practitioners on advanced analytical methods for transit planning and operations. Professor Shalaby has led several research centres and institutes throughout his career. He received several awards and honours, and he served on various technical and editorial committees.
The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) is a founding member of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), and a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS), which includes 31 national engineering academies around the world. The CAE is also a member of the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), an association of more than 20 Canadian organizations in science and engineering, whose mandate is to educate and inform federal Parliamentarians, decision makers and other leaders of the importance and significance of Canadian research and innovation to economic development, and society as a whole. The CAE is an independent, self-governing, and non-profit organization established in 1987.