Dr. Lynch has championed public awareness of science and technology in
Alberta through faculty initiatives such as the Discover E program,
which exposes elementary and high school students to engineering
through science camps and class presentations, and the SciberMentor
program, which matches girls and young women with online mentors in the
engineering profession.
As a member of the boards of key leadership bodies such as the Alberta
Science and Research Authority, Climate Change Central, and the Alberta
Energy Research Institute, Dr. Lynch has significantly influenced
science and technology policy in Alberta. He promotes technology
transfer in the province by serving on the boards of several university
spin-off companies such as Micralyne Inc. and TRLabs.
In addition to securing increased government and corporate funding for
engineering infrastructure and research at the University of Alberta,
Dr. Lynch was instrumental in establishing the National Institute for
Nanotechnology (NINT) on campus, a development that will play a major
role in building Alberta’s future knowledge-based economy.