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.
CAE Fellows recognized by Queen’s University
We want to acknowledge the CAE Fellows who were recently recognized by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University on the occasion of its 125th anniversary:
Paul Amyotte
Robert Beamish
Gururaj Deshpande
Jay Doering
Mac Evans
Gerald Heffernan
Jon Jennekens
Heather Kennedy
Brenda Kenny
Michael O’Connor
David Sanborn Scott
Kathy Sendall
Kim Sturgess
Bert Wasmund
Alan Winter
To see the full list of recipients, click here.
Western University’s Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
April 5 saw the official plaque unveiling to mark Western University ‘s Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel as an international historic landmark. The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel was founded by the late Alan G. Davenport, FCAE.
Read more about the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel here.
How Varennes Library achieves net-zero energy, and its lessons for future city building
Andreas Athienitis, FCAE, Director of the Concordia Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies, discusses the NZEB Varennes Library. Net Zero Energy Buildings were a key discussion point in the recent CAE Symposium on Resilient Buildings.
For more information, click here.
SFU announces 2019 Honorary Degree recipients
Congratulations to Lorne Trottier, FCAE, who will be honoured by SFU at its Fall 2019 convocation for his support of research and education in the sciences.
To see the full list of recipients, click here.
TD Insurance creates Advisory Board on Climate Change
Congratulations to David Lapp, FCAE, P.Eng., Engineers Canada Manager of Globalization and Sustainable Development, for being named to TD’s Advisory Board on Climate Change.
For more information, click here.
2019 NATO Science and Technology Organization Award
Kudos to Prakash Patnaik, FCAE, of the NRC/CNRC, who will be receiving the 2019 NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) award.
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