Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
Mary Wells P.Eng, Ph.D. is the Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada's largest engineering school. Professor Wells is a professor of materials engineering in Waterloo's Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and she is currently the Chair of Engineering Deans Canada. Professor Wells has established her reputation as a leader who understands and promotes the need for a diversity of perspectives and approaches in the engineering profession and the University more broadly.
An accomplished and award-winning materials engineer, her research focuses on the relationship between processing, structure and properties of advanced metallic alloys used in the transportation sector. Wells began her academic career as a professor in materials engineering at the University of British Columbia and has worked in the steel industry in Canada and internationally.
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