President Mamdouh Shoukri
Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri became York University’s seventh President and Vice-Chancellor on July 1st, 2007.
Dr. Shoukri comes to York from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he most recently served as Vice-President Research & International Affairs. There, he was also a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He joined McMaster’s faculty in 1984 and was appointed Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1990 and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 1994. Prior to joining McMaster University, Dr. Shoukri worked at Research Division of Ontario Hydro (1977-1984), where he had a successful industrial research career. As McMaster’s Vice-President, Research & International Affairs, Dr. Shoukri was responsible for all research activities within the University and for the aggressive pursuit of new partnerships – including technology transfer and economic development opportunities – designed to capitalize on McMaster’s research strengths. The McMaster Innovation Park exemplifies the success he and the University had in developing their research enterprise. As Dean of Engineering, Dr. Shoukri developed a strategic plan that led to a major expansion of the Faculty. He actively encouraged and facilitated the creation of research thrust areas in partnership with industry and government. Under his leadership, the Faculty nearly doubled its enrolment and faculty complement and substantially increased its research funding. He also led a very successful fundraising campaign.
Dr. Shoukri is a member of the Ontario Research and Innovation Council (ORIC) – a council appointed by Premier of Ontario in July 2006, to advise the government on its innovation strategy in order to keep the province’s economy strong. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. He has served on the Ontario Government Advisory Committee for the Centres of Excellence and on the Board of Directors for two Ontario Centres – Materials and Manufacturing Ontario and Communications and Information Technology Ontario. Dr. Shoukri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering. His professional memberships include the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Canadian Nuclear Society, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Shoukri’s 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 over a hundred papers that appeared in refereed journals and symposia. His education credentials include a BSc (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, 1970; MEng, McMaster University, 1974; and PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, 1977.