Elizabeth A. Croft is a Canadian roboticist known for her work on human–robot interaction. She is the vice president and provost of the University of Victoria.[1]

Education and career

Croft graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1988, she earned a master's degree at the University of Waterloo in 1992, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1995.[2]

She became a faculty member at the University of British Columbia, where she was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marshall Bauder Professor in Engineering Economics, and associate dean of the Faculty of Applied Science.[3] She was the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (BC&Yukon) from 2010 to 2015 and chaired the national network of CWSEs.[2] She moved to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 2017 as dean of engineering[3] and professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering.[2]

Since July 1, 2022, Croft has served as the vice president academic and provost of the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada where she is a professor in Mechanical Engineering and in Electrical and Computer Engineering.[1]

Recognition

Croft was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010,[4] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2021. She is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Appointment of next Vice-President Academic & Provost", UVic News, University of Victoria, 15 December 2021
  2. 1 2 3 "Elizabeth Croft", Profiles, Monash University, retrieved 2022-02-09
  3. 1 2 "Monash University appoints Professor Elizabeth Croft as new Dean, Faculty of Engineering", News, Monash University, 23 June 2017, retrieved 2022-02-09
  4. ↑ ASME Fellows List (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014, retrieved 2022-02-09
  5. ↑ Professor Elizabeth Croft FTSE, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, retrieved 2022-02-09
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