Leonard Lye
Professor
Associate Dean, Graduate
B.Sc. (Hons) (Bolton Inst.), PhD (Manitoba), P.Eng.
Winner of the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching,
2003
I have been with Memorial University since graduating from
the University of Manitoba with my PhD in civil engineering in
1988. My research interests are in statistical and stochastic
hydrology, environmental statistics, design of experiments, and
hydraulics and hydrology. I am also a consultant to various
companies in the areas of water resources engineering, design and
analysis of experiments, and the statistical analysis of
environmental effects monitoring data. My teaching interests are in
the fields of hydrology and hydraulics, environmental statistics,
design of experiments, stochastic hydrology, probabilistic methods
in engineering, engineering economics, and engineering design. I
have also taught professional development courses in Design Flood
Estimation, and in Environmental Statistics in Malaysia, Saudi
Arabia, Indonesia, and Canada.
Besides academic interests, I was the founder of the local chapter of two national charities. The first is the Tetra Society of North America, an innovative charity dedicated to helping people with disability achieve fuller and more independent lives by building and designing assistive devices that are not available in the market place. I have been the chapter coordinator since 1996 and have personally designed and built several innovative devices. The second charity is the Taoist Tai Chi Society which I founded together with my wife, Brenda. It is a charity dedicated to the health improvement aspect of Tai Chi Chuan.
I am also president of Com-Adv Devices Inc., a company I formed with former student Chris Butt. We are the inventors of the FootworkerTM line of products for improving footwork and fitness for squash and badminton players. Our first product, the FootworkerTM-S, an innovative training device for squash has been endorsed by a former world champion, top players, and conditioning experts. I am also the inventor of the DOE-GolferTM, an innovative and fun toy for teaching design of experiment principles.
