CONGRATULATIONS Fellows Appointed to the Order of Canada Congratulations are due to the following Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering who have recently been appointed to the Order of Canada:
- Gilles G. Patry (Member): “For his leadership in the post-secondary education sector and for his contributions as an engineer in the area of water treatment.”
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Tom Brzustowski named Chair of the Council of Canadian Academies’ Scientific Advisory Committee
Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Chair of the Board of Governors for the Council of Canadian Academies is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tom Brzustowski, O.C. as Chair of the Council’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). Dr. Brzustowski will serve a three-year term effective June 2010. He has served as Interim Chair of SAC since April 2010 and is replacing Elizabeth Dowdeswell who is the Council’s newly appointed President. Read the full News Release here __________________________________________  Axel Meisen appointed President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
At its 50th Annual General Meeting held in Québec from May 6 – 8, 2010, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO appointed Dr. Axel Meisen, C.M., FCAE, as President for an initial two-year term. For more details about this story, click here. __________________________________________  Dr. Norman C. Beaulieu, Professor and iCORE Research Chair in Broadband Wireless Communications at the University of Alberta has been awarded the 2010 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Silver Medal “for outstanding contributions in wireless communication theory” by IEEE Canada. The R.A. Fessenden silver medal is presented to outstanding Canadian engineers for their important contributions to the field of telecommunications. Dr. Beaulieu will accept this prestigious award at the 23rd Canadian Conference for Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2010) to be held in Calgary, Alberta, May 2-5, 2010.
For more details about this story, click here. Beaulieu has also won the 2010 Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research (CATR) that recognizes outstanding Canadian researchers as demonstrated by their impact on telecommunications research. Beaulieu won for fundamental contributions to the in-depth understanding, analysis, and design of wireless communications systems. The award is normally made every two years at the Biennial Symposium on Communications held at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario or at the Canadian Workshop on Information Theory. Dr. Beaulieu was presented with an engraved gold medal at the 25th Biennial Symposium on Communications in Kingston, Ontario on May 13, 2010. Since the inception of the award in 1990, this is the first time in the award’s 20 year history that the award has been given to a recipient west of Ontario. For more details about this story, click here. __________________________________________ Cristina Amon has won Engineers Canada’s Award for the Support of Women in the Engineering Profession. The 13th, and first female, dean at Canada’s largest engineering school, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto, Cristina Amon is one of Canada’s most successful and high profile engineers. A pioneer in the development of computational fluid dynamics for formulating and solving thermal design problems subject to multidisciplinary competing constraints, Ms. Amon continues her research in nanoscale thermal transport in semiconductors and in bio-engineered devices. Under her leadership, the faculty has created specialized mentorship programs such as Skule Sisters, which brings together female University of Toronto engineering students with female high school students interested in engineering. These and other efforts are increasing the faculty’s female undergraduate enrolment and important engagement among current and future female engineering students. __________________________________________ Ted Stathopoulos, Professor and Associate Dean at Concordia University received the 2009 Jack E. Cermak Medal of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE for his contributions to wind engineering, particularly his work that has been the key ingredient in the low rise wind provisions of the Canadian Building Code and the ASCE 7 Standard, affecting the design of millions of buildings; the medal was awarded during the ASCE/SEI Structures Congress in Austin, Texas in the spring of 2009. __________________________________________ Levente Diosady is being awarded the Order of Ontario. He is a leader in the field of food process engineering whose technique to combat iodine deficiency and anaemia has benefitted millions around the world. He received his medal at a ceremony at Queen's Park on Jan. 28. __________________________________________ Edmund Kuffel, a retired dean of engineering at the University of Manitoba, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Technology in Poznan, Poland. The honorary degree is the highest distinction granted for outstanding contributions in science and culture. Kuffel is a well-known member of the Winnipeg Polish community and is a prominent and recognized world authority in the field of high voltage engineering. For his outstanding contributions to the field of high voltage engineering he has also been awarded the IEEE Centennial Medal, elected IEE Fellow, and elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. __________________________________________ Richard J. Kerekes, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, will receive the 2010 TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award. It is TAPPI’s most prestigious annual award and carries a cash prize valued at over US $60,000. “Dr. Kerekes’ contributions to research, technology and education for our industry over a 38-year period are exemplary and make him a deserving recipient for TAPPI’s highest honor,” said Larry N. Montague, President of TAPPI. “He has made numerous significant contributions to papermaking technology during his career, including founding the Pulp and Paper Centre at the University of British Columbia where he established a research program between UBC and Paprican.” The Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award was established in 1985 to replace the TAPPI Gold Medal, which had been awarded from 1928 to 1984. It recognizes an individual who has created a preeminent scientific and engineering achievement that has proven commercial benefit to the world’s pulp, paper, board and forest products industries and other industries that TAPPI serves. TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360° and TAPPI JOURNAL. __________________________________________ Aftab Mufti has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (JCSHM), published by Springer-Verlag of Germany. __________________________________________ The Engineering Institute of Canada announced the 2010 recipients of its honours, awards and fellowships. The senior awards of EIC are the highest distinctions made by the Institute and are awarded to members of its technical societies. Six senior medals recipients will be presented at the 2010 Awards Gala in recognition of outstanding achievement or service to the engineering profession. In addition, 20 engineers will be inducted as Fellows of EIC for their exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada. EIC President Marc Rosen will present the recipients at the Institute’s Annual Awards Banquet at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa on Saturday evening, 27 February 2010, an event that helps mark Canada’s Engineering Week. Several CAE Fellows are among the honorees:   Chul Park - Julian C. Smith Medal Levente L. Diosady - K.Y. Lo Medal New EIC Fellows     
Digvir Jayas Javad Mostaghimi Douglas Ruth Abdulmotaleb El Saddik Larry Seeley
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