Amir Khajepour is a professor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He holds Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems and Senior NSERC/General Motors Industrial Research Chair in Holistic Vehicle Control. His work in the past 25 years has resulted in training over 150 PhD and MASc students, 30 patents, 600 publications, many technology transfers, and several start-up companies. He is a recipient of the Engineering Medal from the Professional Engineering Ontario, a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering.