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DÎNER DE GALA, INTRONISATION DES NOUVEAUX MEMBRES, ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE ANNUELLE 2010 ET SYMPOSIUM SUR « LA PRODUCTION, LA DISTRIBUTION ET L’UTILISATION, DANS LE TRANSPORT, DE L’ÉLECTRICITÉ À FAIBLES MISSIONS »

L’Assemblée annuelle de 2010 de l’Académie aura lieu à Toronto, les 3 et 4 juin prochains. Le moment est venu d’inscrire ces dates à votre calendrier et de vous proposer d’assister à l’événement de l’année organisé par l’Académie. Cet événement rassemblera les Membres ainsi que leurs invités pour le dîner de gala, le soir du 3 juin et pour le symposium, le 4 juin.

L’assemblée générale annuelle aura lieu avant le symposium, le 4 juin. Le dîner de gala se déroulera au restaurant Stop 33, Hôtel Sutton Place, un lieu convivial situé sur la rue Bay qui offre un merveilleux coup d’oeil sur la ville. Le clou de la soirée sera la présentation et l’intronisation des nouveaux Membres.

Le symposium et l’Assemblée générale annuelle auront lieu au Centre de la découverte MaRS (MaRS Discovery District). Le centre MaRS est un important organisme de Toronto, qui s’occupe de faire la promotion et de faciliter la commercialisation de la recherche effectuée à l’université de Toronto et dans ses hôpitaux affiliés.  Il offre d’exceptionnelles installations pour la tenue de conférences.

Au cours des dernières années, l’Académie a concentré ses activités sur les questions énergétiques, en publiant, par exemple, son Projet des filières énergétiques, et plus récemment, les travaux du Groupe de travail sur le réseau d’électricité.  Poursuivant dans cette veine, le symposium aura pour thème « La production, la distribution et l’utilisation, dans les transports, de l’électricité à faibles émissions », reflétant   le point de vue selon lequel l’électricité produite au moyen de sources à faibles émissions, en particulier les émissions de dioxyde de carbone provenant de sources fossiles, deviendra de plus en plus la forme d’énergie préférée de nombre de secteurs, y compris celui des transports.  Comme il  est possible de produire de l’électricité de plusieurs façons et parce que son utilisation nous met en contact avec de formidables nouvelles technologies, le programme saura intéresser les ingénieurs de toutes les disciplines, de même que d’autres professionnels qui s’adonnent à des affaires de haut niveau et qui sont appelés à prendre des décisions de politique publique.

Le programme du symposium est mis au point par un comité formé de Michael A. Ball (directeur général de l’Académie), Robert Evans (professeur, Clean Energy Research Centre, département de génie mécanique, université de Colombie-Britannique), Peter Frise (directeur scientifique et chef de la direction, AUTO21), Richard Marceau (provost, University of Ontario Institute of Technology), Douglas Reeve (président, département de génie chimique et de chimie appliquée, université de Toronto), Bert Wasmund (directeur général, Hatch Associates Ltd.) et est sous la présidence de Michael Charles, président désigné de l’Académie.

Le programme du symposium mettra en vedette des orateurs de renom provenant de tous les coins du pays. Au chapitre de la production d’électricité, il comparera la méthode de l’Alberta, qui utilise le charbon et le captage et l’entreposage de dioxyde de carbone avec celle de l’Ontario, qui élimine progressivement les usines consommant du charbon. Les grands projets d’électricité ne dépendent pas seulement de la technologie et des coûts; il nécessitent aussi la collaboration intergouvernementale et la reconnaissance des problèmes environnementaux. Ces enjeux seront abordés ainsi que les constatations de l’étude effectuée par le groupe de travail sur le réseau d’électricité de l’Académie, intitulée « L’électricité : Interconnecter le Canada – un avantage stratégique. » L’utilisation de l’électricité pour  alimenter les véhicules et les trains à haute vitesse fera ressortir ses possibilités de croissance.  Le programme se terminera par un aperçu futuriste consistant à produire de l’électricité depuis la fusion nucléaire, compte tenu de récentes découvertes dans d’importants laboratoires à l’étranger. Proposez-vous donc d’assister : 

• Au dîner de gala, qui débutera à 18 h, le jeudi 3 juin, au restaurant Stop 33, Hôtel Sutton Place, 955, rue Bay, Toronto;
• À l’Assemblée générale annuelle qui débutera à 8 h, et au symposium, qui commencera à 9 h 30, le vendredi 4 juin, au MaRS Discovery District, 101, rue College, Toronto.

Des détails complets du programme seront mis à votre disposition sous peu et seront affichés sur notre site Internet.

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ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE ANNUELLE 2009 ET INTRONISATION DES NOUVEAUX MEMBRES

L’assemblée générale annuelle de 2009 de l’Académie a eu lieu à l’hôtel Westin Calgary, en Alberta, de 9 h 00 à 11 h 00, le lundi 13 juillet 2009.  L’AGA a été suivi par l’intronisation des nouveaux Membres et dîner. Vingt-sept des quarante-deux  membres récemment-élus pouvaient assister la cérémonie d'intronisation avec membre honoraire Arthur Carty.

Dr. Arthur Carty has devoted his career to scientific leadership in Canada. A world renowned researcher, professor and scientific executive, Dr. Carty has been a source of inspiration for Canada’s scientific community for nearly fifty years. During his 27 years at the University of Waterloo he served as the first Director of the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for graduate work in chemistry.  He was also Chair of the Chemistry Department and Dean of Research.  During his 10 year tenure as President of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) he led new strategies that established NRC scientific clusters across the country and set high priorities for the commercialisation of NRC developed ideas by the private sector.

As Canada’s National Science Advisor Dr. Carty brought new vision to Canadian Science which established a sound foundation for Canada’s science and technology endeavours. He was one of the leading proponents and advocates for the Council of Canadian Academies.

Dr Carty is now leading a new research initiative at the University of Waterloo as the first Executive Director of the new Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology.

Dr. Carty is recognized internationally for his many contributions to science. He is an officer of the Order of Canada and an honorary degree holder from many universities.

The Canadian Academy of Engineering has chosen to honour Dr. Arthur Carty in the most extraordinary and public way by bestowing the highest honour of the Academy.

CITATIONS DES NOUVEAUX MEMBRES 2009

Barry J. Adams

Professor Michael Collins, of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, has made outstanding contributions to the field of structural engineering as an educator, researcher, and engineer. His analytical and experimental research contributions on the shear behaviour of reinforced concrete (particularly his Modified Compression Field Theory) have received international recognition, and his theories have been incorporated into the design specifications of the Canadian Standards Association and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Professor Collins is also a gifted educator who has received numerous awards in recognition of his commitment to providing exceptional instruction to the next generation of Canadian engineers.

Dr. Robert Day has been a key player in the doubling of the size and improving the ranking of the Schulich School of Engineering (SSE).  He has been a leader of several major SSE and University of Calgary initiatives involving curriculum redesign, computer, software, biomedical, environmental and design engineering programs and specializations, and the advancement of female students and faculty in engineering.  His research and professional service in the improvement of building materials has also had a significant impact on engineering in Canada and on the quality of life of people around the globe.

John Eastman has over 40 years of engineering experience that encompasses management, planning, design and construction of major rail, transit, highway, marine, municipal and sports projects including, notably, automated rapid transit projects and detailed design of new underground subway facilities in several countries and of Canada's 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games venues. As a result of his engineering and project management leadership contributions, millions of transit riders and highway users are able to travel safely and efficiently to their destinations daily in Vancouver, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong and England.

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik is a Professor and University Research Chair at the University of Ottawa. He earned international reputation in the multimedia communications area, and, in particular, in the field of haptic, audio, and video multimedia collaborative protocols and their applications. El Saddik's pioneering work on haptics based identification led to the development of innovative technologies to enhance the authenticity of users and their performance in haptic surroundings in collaborative multimedia environments. He is a highly regarded member of the international scientific community, actively involved in the organization of many ACM and IEEE international events and Editorial Boards.

Dr. Peter Englezos of UBC is a very active researcher in several industrial and academic areas relevant to two important sectors of the Canadian economy: energy and paper. He is an international authority on gas hydrates, an important area in the development of innovative clean energy technologies. He has contributed significantly to the field – particularly his work on thermodynamics and kinetics of gas hydrates. He is also a well-recognized expert on several aspects of papermaking chemistry, contributing technology developments that enable high-value paper manufacturing. His honours include Keio University's Tokyo Electric Power Company Endowed Chair and UBC's Professorship in Advanced Papermaking. He served as an expert for the Council of the Canadian Academies in assessing gas hydrates as an energy resource and chaired the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates in 2008.

Carl Haas' national and international prominence in construction, infrastructure and transportation technologies and management have been gained through the development of a widely used modularization decision support tool, wireless sensor network applications in civil engineering, field deployed robotics technologies, automated 3D data fusion models, revolutionary materials tracking technologies, and critical lift planning for industrial and heavy construction projects. His professional and societal contributions and honours include key roles in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE), the US National Academies, and the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC).

Wolfgang J.R. Hoefer enjoys worldwide recognition as a scholar, author, educator and technical leader in Microwave Engineering and Computational Electromagnetics.  He laid the foundations for E-plane circuit design by translating electromagnetic field theory and mathematical formalism into novel computer-aided design tools.  He pioneered time domain modeling of analog and high-speed circuits, and made seminal contributions to the principal time domain numerical methods employed today: Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) and Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Modeling.  The hallmark of his research is his capacity to translate scientific insight into powerful techniques and vital design tools that have become industry standards.

André Ivanov, Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC, is an expert and innovator in the field of the design and testing of very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits. His achievements have led to numerous new and advanced technologies that have greatly impacted the shape of VLSI test technology processes worldwide affecting the entire semiconductor industry. He is Fellow of the IEEE and was recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Contribution Award of the IEEE Computer Society Technology Technical Council for achievement of major value and significance to the IEEE Computer Society.

Safa Kasap has made extraordinary contributions to the science and technology of amorphous semiconductors, in particular in pioneering engineering contributions to x-ray photoconductors used in modern digital flat panel direct conversion x-ray image detectors for medical imaging; and in advances in understanding excess noise in amorphous semiconductors. Professor Kasap is well-recognized for his distinct contributions to engineering education and training through two well-known textbooks, Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices (Third Edition) and Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices with translations to other languages. He is the principal founder of the prestigious conference series International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials (ICOOPMA).

Masahiro Kawaji has devoted many years to research on flow and thermal problems in chemical, nuclear, pulp and paper, aerospace and energy industries. Through numerous industry and government-funded projects and many publications, the results generated have had a significant impact on economic development and on sustaining the competitiveness of Canadian industry. For promoting international cooperation in engineering research by organizing and chairing international conferences, serving on scientific, organizing or advisory committees of numerous international conferences, working groups, and government committees.

Dr. Kodur has made significant contributions and earned recognition for his research and development activities in structural, material and fire areas. He has published over 250 technical papers, developed unique research program in structural fire safety at NRC Canada and at Michigan State University in US, trained graduate students, and developed fire design guidelines that have been incorporated in numerous codes and standards.  Dr. Kodur, Fellow of ASCE and ACI, has won many awards and was the only non-American invited to be part of the ASCE/FEMA expert’s team for WTC building investigation. He has transferred, through media interviews, key-note presentations and blue ribbon panels, research findings to public, has raised the awareness of engineering profession and has showcased the world-class research in Canadian and US institutions.

Dr. Kudsia is a distinguished scientist, electrical engineer, teacher and author whose sustained leadership in developing satellite communications subsystems has been internationally recognized. Among his most notable contributions to satellite communications was the development and introduction of contiguous multiplexing networks. This achievement yielded a leap in power and spectral efficiency, thus significantly lowering the cost per channel of satellite communications. This approach has become the conventional basis for payload architectures and the fundamental core of all satellite communications systems. Under his technical leadership, COM DEV became a world leader for satellite multiplexers, capturing two-thirds of the RF multiplexer market for communications satellites in the free world.

Hadi Mahabadi

Sylvain Martel, ancien commandant de vaisseau de guerre de la marine canadienne, est un expert en génie biomédical reconnu mondialement qui a réalisé nombre de premières mondiales en mécatronique, en électronique, en cardiologie et implants pour interfaces cerveau-machine, en chirurgie a distance, et en instrumentation médicale. Il a été un pionnier dans plusieurs domaines, plus récemment en navigant des microdispositifs dans le système vasculaire pour le traitement du cancer et dans le contrôle par ordinateur de bactéries pour plusieurs applications. Depuis plusieurs années, il occupe la vedette dans le domaine de la nanorobotique à des fins médicales, tant par ses nombreux brevets d'invention que par ses présentations spécialisées à un très grand nombre de congrès internationaux, sa forte participation à de nombreuses sociétés savantes, son rôle d'évaluateur spécialisé de plusieurs revues scientifiques prestigieuses, d'éditeur scientifique de grandes maisons d'édition, d'auteur de plusieurs chapitres de manuels techniques, de directeur des études auprès d'un très grand nombre de finissants en génie, ainsi que par sa Chaire de recherche du Canada, ses subventions d'infrastructure de recherche totalisant plusieurs millions de $ à ce jour, ainsi que par ses nombreuses innovations.

Michel Meunier est un spécialiste en micro/nano-ingénierie des matériaux par lasers pour des fins d'applications en nanotechnologie, en biomédical et en microélectronique. Titulaire d'une prestigieuse Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau I, il a mis au point de nouvelles techniques de fabrication de nanostructures plasmoniques pour l’imagerie biomédicale et le traitement du cancer et a crée de nouvelles méthodes de modification de dispositifs microélectroniques par laser. Il se distingue aussi par ses récentes découvertes dans le domaine des biocapteurs plasmoniques.

Javad Mostaghimi, Professor, University of Toronto, is internationally recognized for his research on thermal plasma technology and its industrial applications. His numerical models of plasma sources and thermal spray coating are widely cited and applied. He is the cofounder and director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Techniques of the University of Toronto and was the cofounder of Simulent Inc., a software and consulting company working in Asia, Europe and North America. He also cofounded Ablazeon Inc. to commercialize an innovative plasma torch which he and his co-workers developed.

Chul Park has identified the fundamental mechanisms of cell nucleation and growth in plastic foaming, and has designed systems that measure the critical thermophysical properties of polymer-gas mixtures. Based on his findings, a number of industrially viable foaming technologies have been developed. Park has generated technologies that have improved plastics' properties – impact strength, toughness, fatigue life, elasticity, and heat- and sound-insulation – and reduced processing costs significantly. Moreover, environmentally hazardous blowing agents have been replaced with inert gases. The transfer of knowledge and technology to industry has occurred both domestically and internationally; 200+ companies have licensed his microcellular foaming technology.

The leadership of Dr. Patnaik in Aerospace Materials Engineering has been recognized, both in private and public sector, at the national and international level. As Senior Engineering & R&D Manager at Magellan Aerospace and as Principal Research Officer and Director at the National Research Council Aerospace Research Institute he has made an outstanding contribution to Materials Science & Engineering. As the Director of the Structures & Materials Performance Laboratory his reach and influence have had a major impact on the Aeronautics both in Canada and abroad. His contributions to industry, to government led programs (HCAT), to academia and others in Materials Sciences & Engineering has placed Canadian industry at the forefront of technology in this area.

Dr. Plant is recognized for his exceptional contributions in designing and demonstrating optical interconnects for application in large switching and multiprocessor computing systems. In this area Dr. Plant’s work stands out as the most successful demonstration of the use of optics for interconnection purposes. Dr. Plant has attained Fellow status in the IEEE and OSA for this work, produced an exemplary publication record and has licensed his technology to several companies. He is the only Principal Investigator in Canada to found and lead three research networks in the Information and Communication Technology sector.

Dr. Rahman is internationally recognized for his outstanding contributions to the design, development, analysis, control and application of interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous motors and associated drive systems. Dr. Rahman has been repeatedly honoured by his peers for his technical contributions and leadership in promoting IPM technology worldwide, and he is the only person to receive the highest awards from four IEEE societies. His IPM design innovations have had significant economic and environmental benefits worldwide, including reducing costs to consumers and increasing energy efficiency of air conditioning systems, and he is the father of modern energy-efficient hybrid electric vehicles.

Dr. Rangayyan has developed several original techniques for biomedical signal and image processing, including methods for the analysis of mammograms for computer-aided diagnosis of breast cancer, analysis of collagen alignment and vascular architecture to study ligament injury and healing, lossless image data compression for digital teleradiology, and diagnosis of cartilage pathology via the analysis of knee-joint vibration signals. He is the author of two books on “Biomedical Signal Analysis” and “Biomedical Image Analysis”, which are being used as textbooks around the world. His works are referred to and cited extensively; he is considered to be a pioneer and a global leader in research and teaching in biomedical engineering.

Dr. Janet Ronsky has made significant contributions to research and education in biomedical engineering.  Her early research accomplishments were recognized with a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering awarded in 2001 and renewed in 2006; and, she continues to have noteworthy research accomplishments. She has also been the Director of the University of Calgary’s Centre for Biomedical Research and Education since 2003, influencing the education of many engineering students.  The university is internationally recognized for its biomedical research and education, due in no small part to Dr. Ronsky’s efforts. She is also an outstanding teacher with several teaching excellence awards.

Professor Jonathan Rose was Chair of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, from 2004 to 2009. He is a pioneer and world leader in the area of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). He has done seminal research in both their  architecture and the computer-aided design (CAD) tools needed to use and explore them and has participated in the architectural development of the two key commercial FPGAs in the market today. In 1998 he co-founded Right Track CAD Corporation, which delivered CAD tools and architectures to vendors of FPGAs.  Right Track was acquired by Altera Corporation in 2000, and the subsequent Altera Toronto Technology Centre now serves as a key technical hub for Altera, employing over 100 people, mostly engineers.

UBC Professor Resve Saleh, NSERC/PMC-Sierra Chair in High Speed Microelectronic Circuits and Fellow of the IEEE, was one of the pioneers of mixed-mode simulation, described in his seminal book “Mixed-Mode Simulation and Analog Multilevel Simulation.” He has also contributed pioneering work toward the development of voltage drop analysis in power distribution networks now used throughout the industry to improve the quality of integrated circuit designs. This technology was brought to the market place in 1995 as part of his company Simplex Solutions, and garnered him the 2008 Industrial Quality Award at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design Conference.

Dr. Shrive is one of the World's leading engineering academics and a pioneer in bio-engineering. His work has been recognized through numerous awards for teaching, research and service from universities and professional associations. He has published extensively in engineering and medical journals. His pioneering work in Biomed has changed clinical practices and the knee joint he invented as a graduate student at Oxford has helped thousands of people around the world improve their quality of life. His and his structural engineering students’ work has been incorporated in codes of practice and work with his biomedical students, in his spin-off company.

Professor Tanguy is recognized for his ground-breaking contributions to chemical engineering fundamentals and practice in the fields of mixing, computational fluid dynamics, rheology and paper coating technology. The impact of his work has been felt in a wide range of process and resource-based industries through innovative process designs and novel processing technologies. He serves the Canadian and global chemical engineering communities with his tireless efforts in organizing conferences, promoting the importance of higher education in sustainable process engineering, editing and reviewing his colleagues' publications, and serving as an ambassador for Canadian chemical engineering in numerous international forums.

Engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Lorne Trottier has poured his passion for science into research, technological development and education in Quebec. In 1976, he co-founded Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd., a company known for its innovative computer graphics products. Through his technical innovation and market sense, he has helped Matrox become a world-leading multinational company in the field of computer graphics, video and imaging. He is also unfailing in support of his alma mater, McGill University, in addition to supporting Polytechnique Montreal and the Montreal Science Centre. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2007.

In 2002, Dr. Vanderburg was recognized as one of 25 leading Canadian innovators by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. His innovation, preventive engineering, examines how technology influences human life, society and the biosphere to improve engineering design and decision-making. This achieves both the engineering results desired and simultaneously prevents or greatly reduces harmful effects. Today, he is recognized as a pioneer in this now crucial area, but he started many years ago. For example, in 1994 he co-chaired the former Premier's Council of Ontario's round table on developing technological and economic strategies for the province that would permit the economy to deliver goods and services with minimal harmful effects. He has written several books and is well known for his work.

For over thirty years Dr. Bob Walker has been a leader in defence science and technology in Canada and internationally. In his early career, his highly innovative approaches to acoustic signal processing kept the Canadian Navy and Air Force at the forefront of submarine detection. As a senior manager and now CEO of Defence Research and Development Canada, he has led the development and implementation of new scientific programs, nationally and internationally, that have advanced knowledge and stimulated engineering and technology development in the areas of defence and public security in this post 9/11 era.

An expert on Materials and Plasma Sciences, Michael R. Wertheimer has shown strong leadership both in academia - through teaching, research and scientific publishing- and in industry as a founder or co-founder of four Canadian companies. A Professor at École Polytechnique in Montreal since 1973, he has published extensively and has been granted 26 patents. His work has resulted in the development and commercialisation of new plasma technologies and new protective coatings for, among others, space applications.

Mr. Windsor's professional career has been dedicated to serving society – first during his career in politics as a Minister in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and since 1996 as the Executive Director and Registrar of APEGGA. In both roles he has employed his skills as a Professional Engineer to raise the quality of life of Canadian Society. As a Minister he initiated development programs which raised the quality of life for NL residents, including the development of off-shore oil and gas resources. As APEGGA ED, he initiated programs to better protect the Canadian public, including: mandatory Continuing Professional Development; accelerated registration for Engineers who move between provinces or internationally; and extending self-regulation to include technologists.

En-hui Yang is an international leader in source coding, a branch of information theory dealing with how to efficiently encode information for transmission, storage, and processing. A recipient of many awards including the 2007 Ernest C. Manning Award of Distinction and an IEEE Fellow, he has made profound contributions to communication engineering by introducing new fundamental source coding theory, solving long-standing open problems in source coding, inventing state-of-the-art lossless and lossy multimedia coding algorithms, co-founding SlipStream Data Inc., now a subsidiary of Research in Motion, and transforming his research results and coding algorithms into practice, which now impact on the daily life of tens of millions of people worldwide over 130 countries.

Professor Ludo Zanzotto has been making contributions to engineering research and knowledge, particularly in the material science of asphalt, for almost 40 years. Modified asphalt materials with improved engineering properties have led to the increased service life of asphalt pavement. He has contributed to new specifications, materials and methodologies that have led to the improved competitiveness of Canadian products. As chairholder of the NSERC / John Lau Husky Energy Industrial Research Chair in Bituminous Materials, he has also established an internationally renowned research centre, developed a world-class multidisciplinary research team and provided advanced education for highly qualified personnel.

JOHN LEGGAT EST NOMMÉ PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DU CAETS

M. John Leggat, Ph. D., président de l’Académie canadienne du génie, occupe présentement le poste de président du conseil du CAETS (Conseil international des académies du génie et des sciences technologiques).  Le mandat de M. Leggat comme président a débuté le 1er janvier 2009 et s’étend jusqu’au 31 décembre 2009.

Le CAETS est un organisme indépendant, apolitique et non gouvernemental qui regroupe les académies internationales d’ingénierie et des sciences technologiques, une académie membre par pays, et ses objectifs sont les suivants :

(a) Être prêt à conseiller les gouvernements et organismes internationaux sur les enjeux techniques et de politique rattachés à ses secteurs de compétence;

(b) Contribuer à raffermir les activités technologiques et d’ingénierie afin de favoriser la croissance économique durable et le mieux-être social à travers le monde;

(c) Encourager chez le grand public une compréhension équilibrée des applications de l’ingénierie et de la technologie;

(d) Offrir une tribune internationale permettant de discuter et de communiquer les enjeux d’intérêt commun en matière d’ingénierie et de technologie;

(e) Favoriser les efforts de coopération internationale en ingénierie et en technologie, par des contacts significatifs pour l’élaboration de programmes d’intérêt bilatéral et multilatéral;

(f) Encourager l’amélioration de la formation en génie et de l’exercice du génie à l’échelle internationale; et

(g) Promouvoir l’établissement d’académies du génie dans les pays où il n’en existe pas.

Le CAETS est un organisme à but non lucratif constitué en corporation dans le District de Columbia, aux États-Unis. Son adresse de courriel est : caets@nae.edu

L’Académie canadienne du génie sera l’hôte de la Convocation du CAETS de 2009, du 13 au 17 juillet 2009, à Calgary, Alberta, à l’hôtel Calgary Westin.

NOUVELLE PUBLICATION

The Way Ahead: Meeting Canada’s Productivity Challenges de Tom Brzustowski, MACG

Rassemblant les connaissances de l’auteur du monde de la fonction publique, de l’industrie et du monde universitaire, le livre The Way Ahead: Meeting Canada’s Productivity Challenge élabore une stratégie pour propulser l’économie canadienne en la dirigeant vers des produits de plus grande valeur, basés sur la recherche et le développement. L’ouvrage décrit les mesures pratiques que doivent prendre le gouvernement, l’industrie et le milieu universitaire afin d’améliorer la situation à court terme et se préparer de façon stratégique à long terme.

Tom Brzustowski est Professeur RBC Groupe Financier en commercialisation de l’innovation à l’École de gestion Telfer de l’Université d’Ottawa et président du conseil de l’Institute for Quantum Computing à l’University of Waterloo. Il a été ingénieur, chercheur, professeur et fonctionnaire au cours d’une carrière impressionnante de plus de 40 ans. M. Brzustowski est Officier de l’Ordre du Canada et membre de l’Académie canadienne du génie et de la Société royale du Canada. En 2006, il a reçu la médaille d’or de l’Ordre des ingénieurs de l’Ontario.

Le livre est seulement disponible en anglais.   

SÉRIE D'ATELIERS SUR LES FILIÈRES ÉNERGÉTIQUES DE L'ACG-
PROCÉDÉS DE DÉMONSTRATION DE LA BIOCONVERSION

TheResearch Park
Sarnia, Ontario
Les 22 et 23 mai, 2008

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SÉRIE D'ATELIERS SUR LES FILIÈRES ÉNERGÉTIQUES DE L'ACG-
TROIS PROJETS NATIONAUX DE TECHNOLOGIE

Four Points Sheraton Hotel
Calgary, Alberta
Les 11 et 12 octobre 2007
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