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CAE News from the week of 16 October 2017

On a weekly basis, the CAE compiles news of interest to the organization and its members, and makes it publicly available on our website. The CAE works to highlight emerging issues in which engineering has a role as well as promote recognition of engineering excellence and innovation.

“Think like a detective”

Engineering students learn to think like a detective thanks to University of Toronto Engineering Professor Doug Perovic, FCAE, in his forensic engineering course.

Executive Director of CAE, Kevin Goheen, worked as a consultant in this area for some time, looking at auto accidents (including a moose accident), floods and fires.

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Engineer of the Year

Congratulations to David Wilkinson, FCAE, Provost of McMaster University, who was named Engineer of the Year by the Hamilton Halton Branch of OSPE. For more information, click here.

Call for Expressions of Interest in Joining the Qualifications Board

(Sent on behalf of Sandra Gwozdz, FIC, ing., Member of the Engineers Canada Board and Chair of the Qualifications Board Nominating Committee)

The Qualifications Board (QB) is a standing committee of the Engineers Canada Board that develops national guidelines for the benefit of the engineering profession. There are currently two member at large positions open on the Qualifications Board.

The Qualifications Board Nominating Committee has evaluated the qualifications of its current members and has defined the needs for the new members as:

  • Required qualifications: Experience in participating in regulator’s committee(s)
  • Asset: Female, Practising Engineer

Every effort will be made to reflect the diversity of the membership of the engineering profession.

Additional information is available on the Engineers Canada website. Nominations should include a brief cover letter and resume. Questions and nominations can be sent to Mélanie Ouellette, MA, MBA, Practice Lead, Qualifications at melanie.ouellette@engineerscanada.ca no later than November 24.

ACEC Lifetime Achievement

Wayne Clifton, FCAE, President of Clifton Associates, has been honoured for Lifetime Achievement at the ACEC with the 2017 Beaubien Award. For more information, click here.

67th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference

A number of Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellows were honoured at the 67th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. They were: Eddy Isaacs, former CEO of Alberta Innovates-Energy and Environmental Solutions, and University of Alberta Professors Jacob Masliyah and Sirish Shah. Paul Amyotte of Dalhousie University won the Atkins Process Safety Awards and Sirish Shah also won the R.S. Jane Memorial Award. For more information, click here.

Western University Convocation

Two Canadian Academy of Engineering fellows are being honoured by Western University at its 310th convocation. Mike Lararidis, FCAE, founder of Blackberry, spoke of the inherent lifetime advantages of education. Gilles Patry, FCAE, executive director of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, will also be honoured. For more information, click here.

New UK Engineering University

New Model in Technology & Education (NMiTE) will “incorporate new directions in engineering pedagogy.” Janusz Kozinski, FCAE, NMiTE Founding President, is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. For more information, click here.

Fellow revolutionizing breast cancer detection

McMaster Engineering Professor Natalia Nikolova, FCAE, is working on a radar scanner for early stage breast cancer detection. For more information, click here.

University of Toronto teaching awards

A number of Fellows at University of Toronto were recently honoured for their teaching.

Greg Evans, FCAE, was awarded the 3M Teaching Fellowship, while his colleague in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Jonathan Rose, FCAE, won an Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations’ teaching award (Rose teaches students to design the next life-changing mobile apps.)

Elizabeth Edwards, FCAE, of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, won an award of excellence for her faculty.

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Blockchain Appointment

Kim Allen, P.Eng. IntPE, FEC, FCAE, MBA, was appointed to the Integrated Engineering Blockchain Consortium Advisory Board. The Integrated Engineering Blockchain Consortium (IEBC.co) was formed to capitalize on the extraordinary opportunity for professional engineers to work closely with the insurance industry and financial institutions as the decentralized adjudication force to assure smart contracts in real work environments. The result is expected to increase process efficiency, fault-tolerance, enhanced valuation of assets and reduced risk exposures. Mr. Allen was also recently appointed the Advisory Board of Virelec Ltd. Virelec focuses on Protection, Control and SCADA Systems, as well as a complete range of Energy Management and Energy Storage Solutions for all applications from residential to large industrial projects. For more information, click here.

The true meaning of innovation

Gilles Patry, FCAE, was honoured by Western University at its Fall convocation. “Innovation is one of those words that is dropped everywhere by everyone to a point where it has really lost its true meaning.” For more information, click here.


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