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:
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)
EIC Constituent Societies
