Heather L. MacLean

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Heather L. MacLean is a Canadian civil engineer and systems engineer whose research involves systems analysis for sustainable engineering, especially involving energy and transportation, [1] and the use of bioenergy and alternative fuels. [2] [3] She is a professor in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto, the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment, and vice dean for strategy in the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. [4] She also holds joint appointments in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, School of Public Policy and Governance, and School of the Environment. [1]

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Education and career

MacLean majored in civil engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, now part of Dalhousie University, graduating in 1988. She went on to receive an MBA at the Saint Mary's University (Halifax) in 1990. Then, at Carnegie Mellon University, she received a master's degree in engineering and public policy in 1997, and completed a Ph.D. jointly in civil engineering and engineering and public policy in 1998. [1]

She was awarded a tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment in 2021. [5]

Recognition

MacLean is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, elected in 2016, [2] [4] and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, elected in 2017. [6]

She is the 2017 recipient of the Albert E. Berry Medal of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, [1] and the 2019 Julian C. Smith Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Médaille Albert E. Berry Medal: Heather L. MacLean" (PDF), Honours and Fellows, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, p. 11, 2018, retrieved 2025-08-30
  2. 1 2 EIC Fellow: Heather L. MacLean (PDF), Engineering Institute of Canada, retrieved 2025-08-30
  3. ↑ Rowe, Janet (21 October 2013), "Garbage into Gas: An idea developed at U of T would help turn polluting oilsands waste into clean-burning hydrogen gas", University of Toronto Magazine, retrieved 2025-08-30
  4. 1 2 "Heather MacLean", Directory: Professors, University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, retrieved 2025-08-30
  5. ↑ "Heather MacLean: Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment", Canada Research Chairs: chairholders, Government of Canada, retrieved 2025-08-30
  6. ↑ Fifty-two new Fellows inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (PDF), Canadian Academy of Engineering, 26 June 2017, archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-15, retrieved 2025-08-30
  7. ↑ The Engineering Institute of Canada 2019 Award Citation: Médaille Julian C. Smith, Heather L. MacLean (PDF), Engineering Institute of Canada, retrieved 2025-08-30
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