Mo Elbestawi, Vice-President,
Research and International Affairs.

Mo Elbestawi was appointed McMaster University’s Vice-President, Research & International Affairs, on July 1, 2007.

Dr. Elbestawi was Dean of Engineering at McMaster since 2001and was one year into his second term as Dean, when, after an international search, he was chosen for his current position.

Previous to being Dean, Dr. Elbestawi served in the Faculty of Engineering for 15 years. After completing his B.Sc. at Alexandria University, and his M.Eng and Ph.D degrees in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster, he worked for several years in industrial research and development, where he was head of the structural dynamics unit at Ontario Hydro Research Division.

He joined McMaster University in 1986 as an Associate Professor. He was the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for two terms (until 2000) and the Director and founder of the intelligent Machines and Manufacturing Research Centre.

Dr. Elbestawi has contributed significantly to manufacturing engineering research at McMaster. He is known worldwide for his research in the area of manufacturing engineering, specifically machine tools, metal cutting, and computer aided manufacturing. He has published more than 200 papers in his research field. He was the driving force behind the establishment of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) and was appointed as its first Director in 2000.

He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME), Senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and an active member of the International College of Production Engineering Research (CIRP).