Five civil engineering professors and one graduate student were honoured by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) during its annual conference in Montreal from May 29-June 1.
• Prof. Dharma Wijewickreme received the CSCE’s Horst Leipholz Medal for his contributions to engineering mechanics research and practice in Canada. He was also inducted a CSCE Fellow for his contributions to the development and practice of engineering in Canada.
• Professors Greg Lawrence and Tarek Sayed were inducted CSCE Fellows. Lawrence holds a Canada Research Chair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and is a world authority on wave motion. Sayed is world-renowned for his research on road safety analysis and evaluation.
• Civil engineering MASc student Ryan I. Thoren and professors James Atwater and Pierre Bérubé received the 2013 Donald R. Stanley Award for their paper “A model for analyzing water reuse and resource recovery potential in urban areas.”
