The Lorne Trottier Chair in Aerospace Engineering was established by Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. founder and technology innovator Lorne Trottier, BEng’70, MEng’73, DSc’06. A generous alumnus and donor, Mr. Trottier funded the Chair to promote and develop aerospace engineering worldwide. Supported by a cluster of graduate fellowships, the Chair brings together the wide-ranging expertise in aerospace engineering that already exists at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Engineering, consolidates current research and provides fertile ground for collaborations across many disciplines of aerospace research. It is also designed to help ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Engineering expand into new areas of research and further strengthen ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s relationships with the local and international aerospace sector.

About the Chair Holder

Professor Stephen Yue is the inaugural holder of the Lorne Trottier Chair in Aerospace Engineering (2009); he obtained a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Metallurgy at Leeds University in England in the mid-seventies. His aerospace research interests revolve around the use of high temperature deformation processing to control the final microstructure and mechanical properties of titanium alloys, superalloys, steels, metal-matrix composites, biomaterials and magnesium alloys. With the recent award of a CFI in aerospace materials and manufacturing processes, he will also be developing research in the areas of cold spray, thermal barrier and erosion resistant coatings.