Cuiying Jian, Ph.D., P.Eng.
York Massey Fellow
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lassonde School of Engineering, York University
Room 445B, Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Email: Cuiying.Jian@lassonde.yorku.ca
Phone: 416-736-2100 ext. 44185
Biography
07/2026- Undergraduate Program Director, York Unviersity
07/2023- Associate Professor, York University
2019-2023 Assistant Professor, York University
2017-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow & Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta & MacEwan University
2011-2015 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
2009-2011 M.S., Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
2005-2009 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
Awards/Honors (selected)
Delegate, Science Meets Parliament – Ontario Program 2026
Lassonde Outstanding Service Award (2025)
Researcher of the Month, One WATER Institute (2025)
York University Massey Fellow (2025)
Lassonde Innovation Award – Early-Career Researcher (2025)
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering I.W. Smith Award (2025)
Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award (2024)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017-2019)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2015)
Alberta Innovates Doctoral Graduate Student Scholarship (2013-2015)
