As an agricultural engineer, Claude Laguë has made unique contributions to the development of agricultural machinery and to agricultural engineering education. He developed and validated the Wide-Span Implement Carrier (WSIC) concept as an alternative to traditional agricultural field machinery systems. As an academic leader at three Canadian universities, Dr. Laguë has been a tireless promoter of engineering entrepreneurship. Since 2006, he has led paradigm-shifting change in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ottawa, making it one of the most graduate student-intensive engineering faculties in Canada. Dr. Laguë is also serving on the boards of directors of not-for-profit organizations that serve the engineering profession.