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FacultyExcellenceChemical and PetroleumEngineeringDr. Jalel Azaiez received the ESSAward for Outstanding TeachingExcellence in First YearEngineering and the Faculty ofEngineering Teaching ExcellenceAward.Dr. Leo Behie received theUniversity of Western OntarioProfessional Achievement Awardin recognition of “superiorachievements by alumni in theirchosen field.”Dr. Mike Kallos received anASTech Leaders of TomorrowAward from the Alberta Scienceand Technology LeadershipFoundation (ASTech) recognizingDr. Kallos for being under 30 anddemonstrating leadership due tohis research of the large-scaleexpansion of mammalian stemcells for therapeutic applications.Dr. Kallos was also recentlyawarded the ESS OutstandingTeaching Excellence Award.Dr. Raj Mehta received thePetroleum of CIM OutstandingService Award.Dr. Gord Moore received theSecond Year ESS OutstandingTeacher’s Excellence Award.Department of Civil EngineeringDr. Gopal Achari andDr. Patrick Hettiaratchi receivedthe Best Theoretical Paper Awardof the ASCE/EWRI to V.B. Stein,J.P.A. Hettiaratchi and G. Acharifor the paper entitled NumericalModel for Biological Oxidationand Migration of Methane in Soils.8Dr. Francois Bouchart received theCivil Engineering DepartmentTeaching Award.Dr. Tom Brown received the PratlyAward of Canadian Society for CivilEngineering Best Paper in BridgeEngineering.Lynne Cowe Falls was nominatedStudent Union Teaching ExcellenceAward.Dr. Neil Duncan received theCanada Research Chair inOrthopaedic Bioengineering (Tier II)2002-2006, Government of Canada.Dr. Amin Ghali received theElection as Fellow of the CanadianAcademy of Engineering Award.Dr. Jocelyn Grozic received theCelebrating Excellence, U of CAward for Outstanding Contributionin Teaching and Research.Dr. Francis Hartman received theDonald S. Barrie Award for bestpaper in the design-procurementconstruction track. Dr. Hartman wasalso selected by a joint team fromCFI, NSERC, SSHRC and NRC asone of the top 33 innovativeresearchers in Canada. Dr. Hartmanwill be inducted as a Fellow of theCanadian Academy of Engineers asof May 2003.Dr. John Douglas Hunt received theDepartment of Civil EngineeringTeaching Excellence Award.Dr. John Morrall was presented theSandford Fleming Award for 2002by the Canadian Society for CivilEngineering for outstandingcontributions to the development andpractice of TransportationEngineering in Canada.Dr. John Morrall also recieved theEd Keate Award for 2002 by theCanadian Parking Foundation foroutstanding contribution to theadvancement of knowledge in theparking industry.Dr. Nigel Shrive was chosen as oneof the April Mentors of theMillennium by the Alberta Women’sScience NetworkDr. Janice Thomas was awardedProject Management Institute StudentPaper of the Year Faculty AdvisorsAward.Dr. Ludo Zanzotto received the CivilEngineering Department ResearchAward.Electrical and Computer EngineeringDr. Elise Fear is winner of the 2002U of C Young Innovator Award and$20,000 grant, supporting herresearch in microwave breast cancerdetection.Dr. Len Bruton received the IEEECircuits and Systems Society 2002Education Award.Geomatics EngineeringDr. Elizabeth Cannon has beenawarded a 2002 Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council(NSERC) Steacie Fellowship, one ofCanada’s premier science andengineering prizes. Dr. Cannon wasalso presented with the first inauguralMinerva Award, celebrating herlongstanding efforts in mentoring andmentoring activities at the AWSN/SunCor Reception.enginuity
FacultyExcellenceDr. Naser El-Sheimy was electedGeomatics Engineering Professorof the Year by students.Dr. Yang Gao won DepartmentResearch Excellence Award.Dr. Gérard Lachapelle, Head ofGeomatics Engineering, waselected fellow of the Royal Societyof Canada for the developmentand dissemination of satellitebasednavigation technology inCanada and internationally in thearea of satellite-based positioning.As well, Dr. Lachapelle waselected Western Region VicePresident of the Institute ofNavigation.Mechanical and ManufacturingEngineeringDr. Steve Boyd was recipient ofthe Best Commented Paper Award,European Society ofBiomechanics, for a posterpresented at the annual conferencein Wroclaw, Poland.There is a sound sculpture inEdmonton at the corner of JasperAvenue and 109 th Street that hasDr. Daryl Caswell’s name on thededication plaque as the personresponsible for the design of thesound producing mechanism. Thesculpture was the winning entry ina national competition with 140other entries.Dr. Marcelo Epstein was awardedan ESS Outstanding TeachingExcellence Award.Dr. MarceloEpstein was also awarded acertificate at the official ceremonyCelebrating Excellence at theU of C.Dr. Clifton Johnston was a U of Cnominee in Engineering for the2002 NSERC Doctoral Prize.Dr. Ron Hugo was awarded theDepartment Teaching ExcellenceAward in the Faculty ofEngineering Council meeting.Dr. Ron Hugo also won theStudents Union TeachingExcellence Honorable MentionAward.Dr. G. A. Karim was awarded TheFrank Spragins Technical Awardfor his outstanding contributions tothe engineering profession at theAnnual APEGGA Summit AwardsGala.Dr. Tahir Khan was short-listedfor the “Fazal-ur-Rehman KhanAward for Excellence in Scienceand Engineering”, the MuslimNews Awards for Excellence(U.K.), for contributions totechnology and help in thedeveloping world.Dr. Abdulmajeed Mohamad wasawarded the Department ResearchExcellence Award.Dr. Abdulmajeed Mohamad andDr. Slawomir Spiewak werehonoured by the CanadianFoundation for Innovation (CFI)for their New Opportunity Awards.Dr. William Shaw was selected asrecipient of the Professor of theYear AwardDr. Slawomir Spiewak has beenselected for this year’s recipient ofProfessor of the Year Award.Dr. Oleg Vinogradov was awardedthe Faculty Service Award.Dr. Ida Wierzba was awarded theASME Frank Walk Service Award in2002 for outstanding andprofessional service to ASMEPetroleum Division. As well asBoard of Governors of ASMEInternational Certificate in 2002 forservices in advancing theengineering profession.Honorary ProfessorshipDr. Gérard Lachapelle,Department of GeomaticsEngineering, CRC/iCORE Chair inWireless Location and DepartmentHead, has been conferred anHonorary Professorship from theUniversity of Wuhan, People’sRepublic of China. The University ofWuhan is a key university of thePeople’s Republic of China with anenrolment of 43,000 students.FellowshipsDr. Yang Gao, Department ofGeomatics Engineering, received aWuhan University InternationalFellowship. Dr. Gao has beenawarded $20,000 from WuhanUniversity and his researchcontributes in the development ofhigh precision satellite-basedpositioning and navigation systems.He is currently the principalinvestigator on many researchprojects funded by governmentagencies and industry.GrantsDr. Caterina Valeo, GeomaticsEngineering, was awarded anEstablishment Grant from AlbertaIngenuity Fund in the amountof $243,275. The award will fundresearch in support of sustainableforest resource management.enginuity9
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