Peter Rigby, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, was one of four winners of Concordia’s 2014 University Research Awards. His overarching research interest is in understanding how developers collaborate to produce successful software systems. His research program is driven by a desire to determine empirically the factors that lead to the development of successful software and to adapt, apply, and validate these techniques in different settings.
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Faculty Accolades - October
Glenn Cowan, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won the Concordia Emerging Leadership Award. This award recognizes exceptional leadership abilities and achievement. Cowan is a member of the VLSI research group, which conducts work in the fields large scale integrated circuits – i.e. design and implementation of analog-mixed signal circuits, integrated sensors, and VLSI systems for signal processing, communications, robotics and other applications.
Lyes Kadem, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, won the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to his teaching duties, Kadem conducts research as the director of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics. The lab researches the cardiovascular system from an engineering aspect, using engineered cardiac simulators. As for his teaching philosophy, Kadem says, “I can summarize my thoughts on teaching in one line: a piece of chalk, a blackboard, and to make it simple, like my teachers taught me.”
Christian Moreau in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering has been elected as President of the Thermal Spray Society of ASM International [American Society for Metals] for a two-year term. Moreau is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair whose team develops diagnostics and modeling tools to improve coating materials and to tailor them for optimum performance in industrial applications. His work will improve energy efficiency and can boost economic growth in the aerospace sector.
Govind Gopakumar in the Centre for Engineering in Society has received a grant from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, a well-established institution in international academic exchange supported by the Government of Canada and Government of India. The grant is a Partnership Development Grant for $5,000 and will support a design process to create a manifesto for inclusive buses in Bangalore, India.
The Canadian Association of Composite Structures and Materials has created a new student award that bears the name of Suong Hoa from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The award is called the Professor Suong V. Hoa Student Paper Award and will be presented for the first time in a special session of the Canadian-International Composites Conference to be held in Edmonton, Alberta next summer. The prize is valued at $1,000 for the first-place winne, $500 for the second-place winner, and $250 for the third-place winner.