Yu Sun

Yu Sun is a Member of all the three national academies of Canada: Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE – 2014 class); The Academy of Science of Royal Society of Canada (RSC – 2019 class), and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS – 2023 class). He is also an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering  (CAE – 2021 class). He is a Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and is jointly appointed in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (UofT). He is a McLean Senior Faculty Fellow and a member of the President’s Impact Academy at UofT, and a Tier I Canada Research Chair.

Sun was the founding Director of UofT Robotics Institute that has over 20 faculty members from mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, computer science, and affiliated hospitals. The Robotics Institute is located on the fifth floor of the Myhal Centre. As the Faculty Director, Sun directed the University Nanofabrication Centre during 01/2012-12/2013. The Center hosts 50 million dollar equipment and has a group of technical and administrative staff, providing open access to UofT users from across faculties and to external users from both academia and industry.

Sun joined UofT in July 2004 and was promoted through the ranks of associate professor and full professor in 2009 and 2012. In 2014, he was elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE); in 2019, he was elected into the Royal Society of Canada (RSC); in 2021, he was elected into the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE); and in 2023, he was elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

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