Sophie D'Amours

Sophie D'Amours OC (born 1966) is a Canadian engineer and a professor at Université Laval.

On April 26, 2017, she was elected the 26th rector of Université Laval, the first woman to hold the position.

[1] Sophie D’Amours has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Université Laval since 1995 and served as the University's vice rector of research and innovation from 2012 to 2015.

She holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (1990) and a master's degree in business administration (1992) from Université Laval and a PhD in engineering mathematics from École Polytechnique de Montréal (1995).

Her research focuses on business engineering, value chain logistics, and decision processes.