Ray Findlay
2002 IEEE President

Raymond D. Findlay ( F’94) received his B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc and Ph.D degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1963, 1965 and 1968, respectively.

Ray Findlay is a practicing engineer in Ontario, and Vice President of JDRF Electromag Engineering Research, Inc., a company specializing in research and development involving electromagnetics, power devices and equipment, energy systems, and development of new electromagnetic drives and separators.

Ray is a tenured professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario where he teaches electrical machines at both the graduate and undergraduate level. At McMaster he was Assistant Dean of Engineering (Professional Affairs) during 1984-87 and Director of Engineering and Management Program during 1991-94. He was also a full Professor and taught at the University of New Brunswick, Canada from 1967 to 1981 prior to joining McMaster University in 1981.

Ray spent 1972-73 with GE in Peterborough, Canada, 1979-80 at the University of Southampton, (UK) and during 1988 worked at CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, and the Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium. His research interest includes electromagnetic fields and losses in electrical power devices in which he has more than 50 technical papers and 4 patents. Ray is also a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC).

He won the IEEE Region –7 Student Prize Paper Award in 1963. He was awarded the IEEE Regional Activities Board Innovation Award in 1989. Dr. Findlay was also awarded the prestigious Canadian Pacific Railway Engineering Medal from EIC in 1998.

His detailed contact address is:

Dr. Raymond Findlay,
President IEEE and Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
Phone: (905) 525-9140 Ext. 24874
Fax: (905) 546-5492
Email:r.Findlay@ieee.org