Dr. James Smith

Biography

James Andrew Smith is an Associate Professor in the Teaching Stream at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta and completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University. Dr. Smith has conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Sports Science in Jena, Germany. At Ryerson University, he directed the undergraduate biomedical engineering program and played a key role in the successful accreditation of this program by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. His research interests lie in STEM pedagogy, and he applies his expertise in robotics, biomechanics, and 3D printing to the development of dynamic models for human birth. Dr. Smith has been recognized with several teaching awards from both Ryerson University and the University of Alberta. He is also a co-recipient of four IEEE Real World Engineering Projects awards between 2007 and 2010 and achieved second place in a design competition at the 2012 Healthcare Innovation Conference in Houston, Texas.

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