Kenneth Putt served as an executive with Imperial Oil Limited and consulted in Management of Technological Change. He was a University of Calgary Senator for 8 years and was a founding member of several University of Calgary industry advisory committees. He was the (first industrial) recipient of the University of Calgary's Outstanding Volunteer Award (Engineering) and received APEGA's Voluntary Service Award. He is a founding Director, 1st Honorary Member, Lifetime Achievement Award, Chairman's Award, and Legacy Award recipient of the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada PTAC. Ken is a past ...

Dr. Ishwar K. Puri is senior vice president of research & innovation and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering and chemical engineering and materials science at University of Southern California.He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Dr. Puri is the author of over 200 archival publications and books that have been cited over 8,500 times per Google Scholar with an H-Index of 53. He has founded and mentored startups. He is ranked among the top 2% ...

Thomas Pugsley, formerly Senior Vice-President, Falconbridge Ltd, has made significant contributions to modern Canadian mining, while overcoming unique technological, logistical, environmental and social changes. He developed Falconbridge's $550-million Raglan Mine on Quebec's Ungava Peninsula, and despite the remoteness, Raglan is among the world's cheapest nickel producers. He also developed the US$1.8 billion Collahuasi Mine in northern Chile, which is the world's fourth largest copper producer. With other innovations, he introduced full-face tunnel boring to mine exploration, long-raise ...

Gerry Price is a role modelfor what engineers can contribute to industry.Gerry entered the business in 1977, becoming President in 1986. During his tenure he has launched many new product lines, factory expansions and new business units in Canada and the US,and has grown the company to 20 times the size, scope and reach it was when he became President. In 2017, the Price Group of companies had sales of $588 million, occupies 1,407,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space located at thirteen manufacturing sites (six in the USA,seven in Canada). The outstanding success of this company can be traced ...

Michèle Prevost is a recognized world expert in drinking water from source to tap. As an Industrial Drinking Water Chair, Professor Prevost has contributed exceptionally to this discipline finding innovative solutions to treat and distribute drinking water and providing evidence for the development of effective water quality standards. Her research work is conducted in close partnership with drinking water producers, technology providers, governmental agencies and municipalities to deliver sustainable solutions. Recognized as a world leader, her work has had measurable impacts in Canada and ...

Dr. John Preston’s seminal contributions have been at the interface of research and education. His passion is leading collaborative research efforts to address major societal challenges and to integrate the education of students into that mission. His accomplishments include doubling the research output of McMaster Engineering, growing its undergraduate research program to be the largest in Canada, increasing startups by 400% and expanding the Faculty’s international presence. Most recently, at the start of COVID-19, he created a massive effort to support PPE testing and manufacturing leading ...

Le Dr. Poussart s'est distingué par sa contribution à la formation et à la recherche en génie électrique et génie informatique, et au développement de liens de partenariat entre la communauté universitaire et l'industrie. Il est actuellement le vice président de l'architecture & systèmes à NOOS Technologie inc..

Dr. Anoush Poursartip has distinguished himself in R&D of polymer matrix composites, in particular, damage growth in service and processing science for efficient manufacturing. He is recognized internationally for his original contributions and has endeavoured to transfer his research results to industry by various means. In recognition for his contributions Dr. Poursartip has won two Outstanding Performance Awards from The Boeing Company, as well as the University of Delaware Center for Composites Materials Medal of Excellence in recognition for the high quality and large impact of his ...

Dr. Potter has helped shape the engineering community's forward-looking contributions to Canadian society. At NRC, he led the transformation of engineering to strategic, industrially-focused programs to support economic development in Canada. At Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and its predecessors, he led the launch of sustainable-energy-technology programs, and their interconnections with other sectors across Canada. He has substantial R&D leadership and executive management experience, spanning the government, not-for-profit, university, military and industrial sectors - including ...

Dr. Milos Popovic is the Director of Research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute at the University Health Network and a professor in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He was previously the Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research. In 2008, Dr. Popovic co-founded MyndTec Inc. to commercialize MyndMove, a neuromodulation system for restoration of voluntary upper limb function, which he developed. He also helped establish the Centre for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA) and the Canadian Spinal Cord ...