Dr. Sean Kalaycioglu, a luminary in engineering, law, business, and space programs, currently serves as President at AIMechatronix and a Research Fellow in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University.
He presides over the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) Canada and also the Director of Space and Robotics Technologies at Dr Robot Inc. He is also a recognized Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), a licenced attorney with the Law Society of Ontario, an Associate Editor for the Frontier Robotics and AI, (Space Technologies and Space Robotics) Journal, and an editor for the Advances in Science, Technology, and Engineering (ASTEJ) Journal.
Dr. Kalaycioglu’s academic background is robust, with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, and additional degrees including an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, and LLB and LLM degrees from the University of London, Queen Mary Law School. He also- holds an LLM Common Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
His career includes pivotal roles such as the Program Manager – Space Technologies at the Canadian Space Agency and part of the Long Term Space Plan Task Force reporting to the Vice-President and Manager of Space and Robotics Programs at Thales Canada. His contributions to the aerospace industry are marked by awards from the Canadian Space Agency and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME). He has published extensively and served on numerous international committees and organizations, reinforcing his leadership in global space and robotics initiatives. Dr. Kalaycioglu has represented Canada as a member of various committees and organizations, including the American Astronautics Society (AAS) Space Flight Mechanics Committee, the Center of Excellence Scientific Advisory Committee for Broadband Satellite Communication, the International Federation of Automatic Control, and the Standards for Space Automation and Robotics (SARCOS) Program Committee. He has also served as an organizer and chair of several prestigious conferences and sessions, such as the ASME European Robotics Systems Conference, the AIAA and AAS Astrodynamics Conference, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering International Conference on Intelligent Teleoperation.
