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Catherine Mavriplis, Chairholder

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Empowering women and girls to thrive in science and engineering from the classroom to the boardroom .

Chair for Women in Science and Engineering Ontario

Empowering women and girls to thrive in science and engineering from the classroom to the boardroom
Through outreach and professional development activities, research, partnerships, thought leadership and online initiatives, we work with industry and academia to educate on the value of diversity for innovation, to inspire women to thrive and to celebrate the contributions of women in science and engineering.
About Us
 

Catherine Mavriplis, Chairholder

Dr. Mavriplis holds a PhD and Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Aeronautics and Astronautics and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University in the Program for Applied and Computational Mathematics and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Mavriplis started her tenure-track career at the George Washington University in Mechanical Engineering where she worked for 12 years. She has also worked as Program Manager in Applied Mathematics and in Computational Mathematics at the US National Science Foundation. She has been a research scientist and adjunct professor at the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma prior to joining the University of Ottawa in 2008. Dr. Mavriplis’ field of specialization is Computational Fluid Dynamics, method development, namely in high order and adaptive methods, with applications in classical fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and interdisciplinary work in combustion, MEMS, meteorology and biofluids.

Through outreach and professional development activities, research, partnerships, thought leadership and online initiatives, we work with industry and academia to educate on the value of diversity for innovation, to inspire women to thrive and to celebrate the contributions of women in science and engineering.
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