Dr. Qiao Sun

Professor

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Biography

Qiao Sun is a Professor and Department Head at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She specializes in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on dynamical systems modeling, machine condition monitoring, and fault diagnosis of mechanical systems. Dr. Sun's research emphasizes maximizing system efficiency, reliability, and robustness while ensuring intelligent design. Her major activities revolve around modeling dynamics and control, with specific interests in wind turbine vibration analysis, active vibration isolation, and the application of continuous and discrete wavelet transforms for machinery fault diagnosis. Over a distinguished career, she has garnered numerous accolades, including being named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and receiving the 2022 Mentoring Excellence Award at the Schulich School of Engineering. Acknowledged for her contributions to diversity and teaching excellence, Dr. Sun has been awarded several times, including the Teaching Excellence Awards from the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and being recognized as Professor of the Year multiple times. Her dedication to mentoring PhD students and postdoctoral scholars is evident in her commitment to advancing the field of engineering through education and research.

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Women Engineering & Geoscience Summit Award

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LERN International Award Excellence Innovative Programming - Expanding Access Bioengineering Summer Institute

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Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
Application Checklist
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  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Two Letters of Reference
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.