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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]