Professor and former Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering
University of Calgary
Dr. Naser El-Sheimy is Professor and former Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering, the University of Calgary. He holds a Tier-I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Geomatics Multi-sensor Systems. His research expertise includes Geomatics multi-sensor systems, GPS/INS integration, and mobile mapping systems. Dr. Naser El-Sheimy is a Killam Professor, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), and Fellow of the US Institute of Navigation (ION). He is also the founder of Founder and Chairman of Micro Engineering Tech Inc (METI), a leading Canadian group in autonomous systems, HDmaps, and digital twins. Dr. El-Sheimy published two books, 6 book chapters and over 500 papers in academic journals, conference and workshop proceedings, in which he has received over 40 national and international paper awards. He supervised and graduated over 60 Masters and PhD students. He is the recipient of many national and international awards including the ASTech “Leadership in Alberta Technology” Award the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) Educational Excellence Award. He also received the Schulich School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, the Schulich School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, The UofC Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, and 4 times the departmental teaching award, 2 times departmental research excellence award, and the department of Geomatics Engineering Graduate Educator Award. Dr. El-Sheimy was the president of Commission I on “Sensors and Platforms” of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) from 2008 – 2012. He organized and participated in organizing many national and international conferences and chaired many conferences such as the USA Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Dr. El-Sheimy is currently Chief Editor of MDPI geomatics, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Satellite Navigation, Survey Review, MDPI Sensors, Journal of Applied Geodesy, and Coordinates.