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ENGINEERS INDUCTED
AS FELLOWS, ACHIEVE
HONOURS
By Nicole Axworthy
48 ENGINEERING DIMENSIONS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014
THE CANADIAN Academy of Engineering (CAE)
recently inducted 49 new fellows, 22 of whom are
PEO members. C.W. (Clem) Bowman, P.Eng., and
Terence H. Matthews, P.Eng., were inducted as hon-
orary fellows. Other fellows include: Paul Acchione,
P.Eng., Jonathon Beddoes, P.Eng., Brian L. Garrod,
P.Eng., Feridun Hamdullahpur, P.Eng., Nancy E. Hill,
P.Eng., FEC, Janusz A. Kozinski, P.Eng., Sridhar (Sri)
Krishnan, P.Eng., Claude Lagu, P.Eng., Carmine
Marcello, P.Eng., Argyrios Margaritis, P.Eng., FEC,
Edward Arthur McBean, P.Eng., Lloyd A. McCoomb,
Amethyst Award recipient Thomas Chong, P.Eng., FEC, PEO
president-elect, is congratulated by Premier Kathleen Wynne
at the Ontario Public Service award ceremony in June.
John Vlachopoulos, P.Eng., was recently honoured with
a CAE fellowship, the Bruce Maddock Award from the
extrusion division of the Society of Plastics Engineers and
the SABIC Lectureship Award from the University of Akron.
Dillon Consulting Limiteds work on Londons Vauxhall
Pollution Control Plant won an Ontario Consulting
Engineering Award in the environmental category.
P.Eng., Robert J.C. Reid, P.Eng., James E. Robertson, P.Eng., Edward H.
Sargent, P.Eng., Dimitry G. Sediako, P.Eng., Heather Sheardown, P.Eng.,
Jeanette M. Southwood, P.Eng., FEC, Yu Sun, P.Eng. and John Vlacho-
poulos, P.Eng. Vlachopoulos, professor emeritus, McMaster University,
was also recently honoured with the Bruce Maddock Award of the
extrusion division of the Society of Plastics Engineers for fundamental
contributions to single screw plastics extrusion and the SABIC Lecture-
ship Award from the University of Akron. The CAE is a self-governing,
non-profit organization through which Canadas most distinguished
and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of criti-
cal importance to Canada. Fellows are committed to ensuring Canadas
engineering expertise is applied to the benefit of Canadians.
PEO President-elect Thomas Chong, P.Eng., FEC, has been hon-
oured with Ontarios Amethyst Award to recognize his achievements in
the Ontario government. The award was presented to Chong by Peter
Wallace, secretary of cabinet and head of the Ontario Public Service.
Premier Kathleen Wynne also attended the ceremony at the Winter
Garden Theatre in Toronto to show her support of outstanding inno-
vation, energy and leadership in the Ontario Public Service.
Dillon Consulting Limited of London received an Ontario Consult-
ing Engineering Award in the environment category for the design and
completion of plant upgrades for the City of Londons Vauxhall Pol-
lution Control Plant, which has improved the wet weather treatment
facility capacity of the plant. (For more recipients of the Ontario Con-
sulting Engineering Awards program, see page 46 of the July/August
2014 issue of Engineering Dimensions.)
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Ontario Concrete Awards program is accepting entries for its annual
competition, which recognizes creative cast-in-place and precast projects
in Ontario. Submissions must be received by Thursday, September 25.
For more information, visit www.ontarioconcreteawards.ca.
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