Elizabeth Croft
Elizabeth A. Croft is a Canadian roboticist known for her work on human–robot interaction. She is the vice president and provost of the University of Victoria.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Croft graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1988, she earned a master's degree at the University of Waterloo in 1992, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1995.[2]
She became a faculty member at the University of British Columbia, where she was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marshall Bauder Professor in Engineering Economics, and associate dean of the Faculty of Applied Science.[3] She was the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (BC&Yukon) from 2010 to 2015 and chaired the national network of CWSEs.[2] She moved to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 2017 as dean of engineering[3] and professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering.[2]
Since July 1, 2022, Croft has served as the vice president academic and provost of the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada where she is a professor in Mechanical Engineering and in Electrical and Computer Engineering.[1]
Recognition
[edit]Croft was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010,[4] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2021. She is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Appointment of next Vice-President Academic & Provost", UVic News, University of Victoria, 15 December 2021
- ^ a b c "Elizabeth Croft", Profiles, Monash University, retrieved 2022-02-09
- ^ a b "Monash University appoints Professor Elizabeth Croft as new Dean, Faculty of Engineering", News, Monash University, 23 June 2017, retrieved 2022-02-09
- ^ ASME Fellows List (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014, retrieved 2022-02-09
- ^ Professor Elizabeth Croft FTSE, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, retrieved 2022-02-09
External links
[edit]- Elizabeth Croft publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- Living people
- Canadian mechanical engineers
- Canadian roboticists
- Canadian women engineers
- University of British Columbia alumni
- University of Waterloo alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
- Academic staff of Monash University
- Academic staff of the University of Victoria
- Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Women roboticists
- 20th-century Canadian engineers
- 20th-century Canadian women engineers
- 20th-century Canadian women scientists
- 21st-century Canadian engineers
- 21st-century Canadian women engineers
- 21st-century Canadian women scientists