OFI researcher Faisal Khan was among 20 engineers inducted in 2018 as fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for their exceptional contributions to the profession. Dr. Khan is head of the Department of Process Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Offshore Safety and Risk Engineering.
Since joining Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science in 2002 as an associate professor, Dr. Khan has conducted research on safety and risk engineering and applied these risk-engineering concepts to safety, asset integrity management, pollution prevention and renewable energy. His research contributions have received more than 15,000 citations in the technical literature.
Dr. Khan has developed new advanced risk-based safety and integrity management methodologies and models, which are widely used by industry and academia.