He is currently the Professor of Machinery Vibration & Condition Monitoring at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada , where he is teaching and supervising postgraduate researchers (Master's , PhDs , Postdocs).

During his long career life, Dr. Mechefske worked for many world-class companies from Australia in the far southeast to Canada in the far northwest of the world and throughout Europe and the United States . His list of companies includes Van-Rob Stamping Inc ., Mattamy Homes Ltd ., Syncrude Canada Ltd ., GM Defence , Ontario Power Generation , Philips Lighting , Boston Edison , Farmatic Research Inc. , Thames Valley , BTR Nylex Ltd ., Cargill Inc., Powertech Labs and B.C. Hydro .

Dr. Mechefske is a Visiting Professor at the University of Western Ontario (Canada), East China Jiaotong University (China), Gunma University (Japan) and Monash University (Australia). He is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management , a Member of the Canadian Advisory Council (ISO Technical Committee 108), the President of the Canadian Machinery Vibration Association (CMVA), an Executive Board Member of the USA Vibration Institute (VI), a Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Member of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME), a Member of British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing , a Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the Chairman of the Canadian Machinery Vibration Association (CMVA), the Chairman of the Mechanical Vibration and Noise Committee of ASME , a Member of the Steering Committee of Asia Pacific Conference on Systems Integrity and Maintenance (ACSIM), a Member of the Steering Committee of the World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), and a Member of the Steering Committee of Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC).

Dr. Mechefske received many awards from Canada , Australia , Japan , the UK and the USA for his excellent performance on Machinery Vibration and Condition Monitoring . He has 4 patents and numerous publications , proceedings, papers and presentations. His recent book " Machine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis, Vibration and Shock Handbook ", was just published by CRC Press (Florida , USA) last June 2005.