M. E. Cannon

Elizabeth Cannon was appointed President of the University of Calgary on July 1, 2010. Previously, she was Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary and a professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering. She has been involved with GPS since 1984 in both industrial and academic environments, and her research has encompassed the development of new satellite navigation methods and integrated systems that have been applied to such areas as vehicular navigation, precision farming, and aircraft flight inspection. The results of her research have been patented and commercialized through the licensing of software to over 200 agencies world-wide. Dr. Cannon is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Canada, and was an NSERC Steacie Fellow during 2002–2004. She is a Past President of the US-based Institute of Navigation (ION) and received the Kepler Award from the ION Satellite Division in 2001.