Prof. Wagdi Habashi
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ph.D. Cornell
M.Sc. McGill
B.Eng. McGill
Known internationally in the field of CFD, Prof. Habashi has continuously developed novel simulation techniques and applied them in industrial and academic settings, initially within the jet engine community in Canada and now in aerospace companies worldwide. Professor Habashi is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada, of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
HONORS
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian Science, September 2012.
Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec Knighted by the Québec Government, June 2012.
One of the 5 most Innovative Personalities in Aerospace in the Greater Montreal Jury of Innovation-Inspiration, 2012.
Elected Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009.
Elected Fellow, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada, 2008.
Featured in Special Issue, McGill, 50 years of Engineering, 2004.
Elected Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2002.
Essays by Leading Canadian Researchers Canadian Foundation for Innovation special book, distributed worldwide, 2002.
First External Research Fellow of Pratt & Whitney Canada, 2000 – present.
One the 10 top scientists in Montreal (only engineer) Vote by The Gazette journalists, in its series “Montreal, The Year 2000”.
12 Great Canadian Success Stories NSERC special volume, English and French, distributed worldwide, 1998.
Work featured as “The 10 discoveries of 1998”, by “Quebec Science Magazine”, 1998.
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1996.
AWARDS
The inaugural Christophe Pierre Research Excellence Award McGill Faculty of Engineering, 2012.
The McCurdy Award from the Canadian Aerospace & Space Institute for outstanding achievement in the science and creative aspects of engineering relating to aeronautics and space research, 2011.
The inaugural James C. Floyd Award from the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada for Recent Canadian Aerospace Achievement, 2010.
The Pratt & Whitney Canada Honorary Pioneer Award, 2009.
The Killam Prize for Engineering from the Canada Council for the Arts, May 2009.
Lifetime Achievement Award from the CFD Society of Canada, 2006.
Concordia University Senior Research Fellow Award, 1999.
The Pratt & Whitney Canada Technology Partnership Award for Advancing Numerical Technologies for Gas Turbine Applications, 1998.
Corporate-Higher Education Forum Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Achievement in Furthering University-Industry Research Co-Operation”, 1992.
The Computerworld Smithsonian Award for the fastest scientific code, worldwide, 1991.
The Cray Gigaflop Award for the fastest scientific code on a Cray supercomputer, worldwide, presented at Rockefeller Center, 1990.
The NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for Outstanding Research in the Field of Computational Aerodynamics”, 1988.
The British Association Medal for Great Distinction in Mechanical Engineering upon graduation from McGill, 1967.
McGill CFD Laboratory 