Amir Khajepour is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems and senior NSERC/General Motors Industrial Research program in Holistic Vehicle Control. He has applied his expertise in several key multidisciplinary areas including system modeling and control of dynamic systems. His research has resulted in many patents and technology transfers. He is the author of more than 400 journal and conference publications as well as several books. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering.