UBC engineering professors Yusuf Altintas, Sheldon Cherry, Michael Isaacson, Shahab Sokhansanj and Kevin Smith were inducted Fellows of Engineers Canada (FEC) for their achievements and service to the engineering profession in Canada.
Held every two years, the induction ceremony was hosted by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. on March 7 in Vancouver. Engineers Canada is the national organization of the 12 provincial and territorial associations that regulate the practice of engineering in Canada and license the country’s more than 160,000 professional engineers. For more information, click here.
Materials Engineering professor and Applied Science associate dean of research and graduate studies Akram Alfantazi was inducted Fellow of NACE International to recognize his more than 20 years of contribution to global leadership in education and scientific research, and support to industrial practice in corrosion science and engineering. At UBC, Alfantazi leads one of the largest academic research groups in the area of corrosion in the world.
Alfantazi is the first UBC professor to receive this award and one of few honorees of nearly 30,000 memberships worldwide. For more information, click here.
