Nabil Esmail

Background

Esmail was born and raised in Portuguese Said, Egypt.

Education

After earning his Doctor of Philosophy, he taught for some time in the University of Ein Shams and in the Military Technical College in Egypt.

Career

He has been the Dean of Engineering at Concordia University, the chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Saskatchewan, and the Professor of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering at Saskatchewan and Concordia Universities respectively. After finishing his secondary education in Egypt, he received his Bachelor"s, Master"s and Doctorate degrees from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1972. His advisor was Victor Shkadov.

He then immigrated to Canada.

After his post doctorate work in the University of Toronto, he was awarded a faculty position at Saskatchewan University in 1977, where he was the head of the Chemical Engineering Department until 1994, as well as a professor of Chemical Engineering until 1997. In 1997 he was appointed as the Dean of Engineering at Concordia University, where he remained the dean until 2008.

He has been The Chairman of the Canadian Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science 2004-2005 The Chairman of the Grants Committee in the Research Council of Canada 1997-1998 The Chairman of Board of Directors of the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 1990-1996.

Achievements

• Esmail is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the Canadian Institute of Engineering, a fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry and a fellow of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering. April 13, 2010 he was given the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Award for Teaching Excellence at Concordia University. February 17, 2011 the Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering published a special edition to honor Doctor Nabil Esmail.