The Institute

Director:

• Adrian D. C. Chan (Carleton University)

Associate Director:

• Hilmi Dajani (University of Ottawa)

The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering was established in 2006. This multi-disciplinary institute combines resources from seven participating academic units:

Carleton University

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• School of Computer Science
• Department of Physics

University of Ottawa

• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Institute draws on the expertise of two participating medical research units: the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the University of Ottawa Eye Institute. It also draws on the expertise of a number of prominent researchers from other academic units in the two universities and medical professionals from hospitals and well established medical research institutions.