He received the MASc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Between 2002 and 2004, he was an AI Division Manager with Alpha Global IT, Inc., Toronto. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo in 2004. His current research interests include remote sensing, mechatronics applications, robotics, industrial automation and the application of fuzzy-logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms for modeling and control of dynamic systems. Dr. Melek is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.