Dorina C. Petriu has made outstanding contributions to software engineering research and engineering education. Her work on software performance engineering is of great importance for computer, telecommunication and other IT-based industries using mission critical real-time and embedded systems. She is recognized for pioneering contributions in bridging the gap between performance analysis and model-driven software development based on the Unified Modeling Language, a known standard for software specification and design. As Professor and former Director of the School of Information Technology at Carleton University, she is a mentor and role model for many generations of engineering students and young professors.