Members in the Spotlight

IEEE Canada members receive top NSERC Awards

The research excellence of two IEEE Canada members was recognized in a ceremony presided over by Canada's Governor General, The Right Honorable David Johnston, at Rideau Hall, on February 7.

Guy Dumont, LFIEEE, from Vancouver Section, was one of four researchers to receive 2017 Synergy Award for Innovation, which is to honour the most outstanding achievements in collaborations in natural sciences and engineering research and development (R&D) between universities and Canadian industry.

Prof. Guy Dumont, Department of ECE in Medicine of University of British Columbia, partnered Lionsgate Technologies that develpoed the Kenek O2, a small, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that connects to the audio port on the mobile device. The Kenek O2 has already been approved by Health Canada, and now Prof. Dumont and Lionsgate Technologies are bringing their mobile health innovation to the world.

Photo Credits: NSERC

Amir Abdi, Graduate Student Member, from Vancouver Section, shared 2017 Gilles Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research with a University of Toronto graduate student, which is given to "an outstanding recipient of an NSERC Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship who best exemplifies interdisciplinary research".

Amir Abdi, PhD student in the Department of ECE of University of British Columbia, uses his expertise in engineering and dentistry to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with illnesses that affect the mouth, jaw or face. His research will be a major step forward for personalized medicine and will help implant engineers and surgeons plan treatments more efficiently, increasing the quality of life for post-operative patients in Canada and around the world.

Photo Credits: NSERC

Michael Stott's proposal has been approved as an IEEE Milestone

"First Search and Rescue Using Satellite Location Technology" by Michael Stott, from Ottawa Section, has been approved by the IEEE Board of Directors as an IEEE Milestone with the following citation:

First Search and Rescue Using Satellite Location Technology, 1982
On 9 September 1982 an aircraft crashed in the mountains of British Columbia. A Canadian ground station in Ottawa located the aircraft using the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system. Search and rescue teams were dispatched and all on board were rescued. Since the first incident, many tens of thousands of lives have been saved around the world using this technology.