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Greg F. Naterer is a Canadian mechanical engineer and former Vice-President, Academic and Research, at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). Naterer previously served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and was a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Advanced Energy Systems at Ontario Tech University.

Life and Career

Naterer was born in Toronto and spent his early life in Oshawa, Ontario. He earned a Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) in Applied Mathematics in 1989, Master of Applied Science (MASc) in 1991, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering in 1995, all from the University of Waterloo.

From 2015 to 2017, Naterer served as Chair of Engineering Deans Canada (formerly National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science). As of 2014, Naterer has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (JTHT). In 2022, Naterer was appointed as Vice-President Academic and Research at the University of Prince Edward Island, where he now is a Professor at the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering.

In 2024, Naterer helped in the creation of the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship at UPEI to expand experiential learning opportunities for students. He co-founded the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) at Memorial University in 2015. As of 2025, the MCE supports around 300 students on a yearly basis . In 2019 and 2020, the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers ranked the MCE among the top five emerging entrepreneurship centers in the world.

Research

Naterer's contributions to energy systems, heat transfer, hydrogen production, and thermodynamics include over 340 archival technical publications and six patents. Naterer has authored three technical books:

• Naterer, G. F. (2021). Advanced Heat Transfer. ISBN 9781003206125, 3rd Edition, CRC Press.
• Naterer, G. F., Dincer, I., Zamfirescu, C. (2013). Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy. ISBN 9781447149378, Springer-Verlag.
• Naterer, G. F., Camberos, J. (2008). Entropy Based Design and Analysis of Fluids Engineering Systems. ISBN 9780429127564, CRC Press.

He has been named in the Stanford University list of Top 2% of Scientists in the World. As of 2026, Naterer holds an h-index of over 66 and more than 18,000 citations.

Naterer led an international consortium of eight institutions, and six industrial partners, collaborating across five countries, developing what Ontario Tech University described as the world's first large-scale unit operations of a copper-chlorine cycle for clean hydrogen production.

Awards and Honors

Naterer has received several awards for his contributions to engineering and education, including:

• The K. Y. Lo Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada;
• The Jules Stachiewicz Medal of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME);
• The Julian Cleveland Smith Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada;
• The Thermophysics Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
• And Best Professor Teaching Award from the Ontario Tech University Engineering Student Society.

He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Engineering Institute of Canada; Canadian Academy of Engineering; and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Literary Contributions

Naterer is the author of Called by Mother Earth by Breakwater Books, a memoir recounting his ten-month search through rugged terrain and remote wilderness in British Columbia, for his missing son, Jordan Naterer, who disappeared during a hike at the E. C. Manning Provincial Park. The book's title references "Tmxulax", a term for 'Mother Earth' used by the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, on whose traditional territory the search took place. The book was awarded the Gold Medal, Canada-West Best Regional Non-Fiction Book, from the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2025.

External links

• [1] (Greg Naterer at the University of Prince Edward Island)