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    Honours & Awards: The Engineering Institute of Canada

    2019 EIC AWARDS

    The Engineering Institute of Canada is pleased to announce the winning recipients of its 2019 senior engineering awards and fellowship inductees. The senior awards of the EIC are the highest distinctions made by the Institute and are awarded to deserving members of its 12 constituent societies.

    Six truly exceptional engineers were presented with EIC’s engineering medals in recognition of their outstanding achievements and service to the engineering profession. In addition, 20 engineers were inducted as EIC Fellows for their exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada. You may view a full list of 2019 winners by scrolling down this web page. The official news release may also be downloaded:

    NEWS RELEASE – 2019 EIC AWARD WINNERS


    Previous Award Winners

    Current-year award winners are presented below on this page. Previous-years award winners are listed by category and may be found by navigating to submenus listed under the menu Honours and Awards, or by clicking on the following links:

    Sir John Kennedy Medal
    Julian C. Smith Medal
    K.Y. Lo Medal
    John B. Stirling Medal
    CPR Medal
    Honorary Members
    EIC Fellows


    2019 EIC Award Winners

    The Sir John Kennedy Medal

    Established in 1927 to commemorate “great service rendered to engineering” by Sir John Kennedy, a Past President of the EIC, this medal is the most distinguished award of the Institute. It is awarded on a biennial basis.

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Suzanne Lacasse
    “For her remarkable scientific and professional contributions
    to the engineering field of offshore geoscience and geotechnics.”
    “Citation”


    The Julian C. Smith Medal

    Founded in 1939 to perpetuate the name of a Past President of the Institute, the
    Julian C. Smith Medal is awarded for “Achievement in the Development of Canada”.

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Jacques Locat
    “For his exceptional contributions to the development of Canada
    in the field of landslides geoscience.”
    (Citation)

    CSChE/SCGCh

    Dr. Heather L. MacLean
    “For her outstanding contributions to the development of Canada related to
    sustainability and life cycle assessment of transportation systems.”
    (Citation)


    The K. Y. Lo Medal

    Established by a former group of students in 1997 to honour Professor K.Y. Lo of the University of Western Ontario, this medal is awarded in recognition of significant engineering contributions at the international level.

    CSBE/SCGAB

    Dr. Digvir S. Jayas
    “For his outstanding leadership and worldwide contributions
    to the theory and practice of stored-grain ecosystems.”
    (Citation)


    The John B. Stirling Medal

    Established in 1987 during the Institute’s centennial year honouring a former president, this medal is awarded in recognition of distinguished service at the national level within the Institute and/or its Constituent Societies by members of these societies.

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Doug Stead
    “For his exceptional educational leadership and distinguished service
    to the engineering profession at the national level.”
    (Citation)


    The Canadian Pacific Railway Engineering Medal

    For years of leadership and service to the Institute and/or its Constituent Societies at the regional branch and section levels.

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Kevin Biggar
    “For his exceptional contributions to practice, research and education
    in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering.”
    (Citation)


    Fellows of the EIC

    The Engineering Institute of Canada normally elects up to twenty engineers annually to the grade of Fellow
    for their exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada. Elected as Fellows in 2019 are:

    CSCE/SCGC

    Dr. Robert Andrews
    “For his exceptional contributions to the advancement of drinking water treatment
    in Canada and internationally.”
    (Citation)

    IEEE Canada

    Dr. Alagan Anpalagan
    “For his exceptional contributions to wireless communications and networking technologies.”
    (Citation)

    CSChE/SCGCh

    Dr. Zhangxing (John) Chen
    “For his outstanding contributions worldwide to the modelling
    and simulation of petroleum reservoirs.”
    (Citation)

    CSChE/SCGCh

    Dr. Phillip Choi
    “For his exceptional contributions to polymer science and engineering
    and molecular simulation”
    (Citation)

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Jean Côté
    “For his exceptional contributions to the field of thermal behavior of infrastructures
    located in cold climatic conditions.”
    (Citation)

    CSCE/SCGC

    Mr. Gary J. Follett
    “For his exceptional leadership and contributions to
    Canadian welding engineering and the profession.”
    (Citation)

    CMBES/SCGB

    Dr. Bill Gentles
    “For his outstanding contributions to biomedical/clinical engineering in Canada and abroad.”
    (Citation)

    IISE Canada

    Dr. Andrew K.S. Jardine
    “For his exceptional contributions to the theory and practice of
    engineering asset management worldwide.”
    (Citation)

    IEEE Canada

    Dr. Fakhreddine Karray
    “For his exceptional leadership and contributions to the fields of intelligent systems
    and operational artificial intelligence.”
    (Citation)

    CGS/SCG

    Dr. Craig Lake
    “For his exceptional leadership and contributions to geotechnical
    and geo-environmental engineering in Canada.”
    (Citation)

    CDA/ACB

    Dr. Pierre Léger
    “For his exceptional contributions to the theory and practice of dam
    and earthquake engineering in Canada and abroad.”
    (Citation)

    CSCE/SCGC

    Mr. Guy Mailhot
    “For his outstanding leadership and contributions to the design, inspection,
    evaluation and rehabilitation of bridges.”
    (Citation)

    CSME/SCGM

    Dr. Yuri Muzychka
    “For his exceptional contributions to the fields of heat transfer, thermodynamics
    and fluid mechanics in mechanical engineering.”
    (Citation)

    CSCE/SCGC

    Dr. Jeffrey A. Packer
    “For his exceptional contributions to the field of tubular steel structures
    and the advancement of tubular constructions.”
    (Citation)

    CSCE/SCGC

    Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou
    “For her exceptional contributions to the design and earthquake retrofitting
    of reinforced concrete structures.”
    (Citation)

    CSME/SCGM & IEEE Cda

    Dr. Yang Shi
    “For his exceptional contributions to mechatronics and networked/distributed control systems.”
    (Citation)

    CSChE/SCGCh

    Dr. Uttandaram (U.T.) Sundararaj
    “For his leadership and exceptional contributions to modeling of polymer processes
    and the synthesis of nanocomposites.”
    (Citation)

    CSME/SCGM

    Dr. Brian William Surgenor
    “For his leadership in education and exceptional contributions to mechatronics engineering.”
    (Citation)

    IEEE Canada

    Dr. Laurence Tianruo Yang
    “For his exceptional contributions to cloud computing, embedded and ubiquitous computing
    and big data analytics.”
    (Citation)

    IEEE Canada

    Dr. Halim Yanikomeroglu
    “For his pioneering work on wireless and mobile communications theory,
    systems, and networks.”
    (Citation)

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