NOVEMber 2008 issue
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National Scholarships
Edmonton Engineers Win National Scholarships
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LIANNE LEFSRUD, P.ENG. |
KATHLEEN KRAUSE, P.ENG. |
Two APEGGA members — one a former assistant director on the Association’s management team — have won national scholarships to continue their education. The awards are among seven announced recently in the 2008 Engineers Canada Scholarships.
Lianne Lefsrud, P.Eng., a former assistant director in the APEGGA Professional Practice Department, is receiving a $7,500 Engineers Canada-TD Meloche Monnex scholarship. And a scholarship worth $10,000 in the Engineers Canada-Manulife Financial category goes to Kathleen Krause, P.Eng., who’s pursuing a PhD in electrical and computer engineering, specializing in nanotechnology, at the University of Alberta.
Ms. Lefsrud, too, seeks a PhD at the U of A, hers in business with a specialization in organizational analysis. She’s researching the Alberta oilsands to determine how engineers can motivate companies to adopt environmental initiatives that protect the public.
Says an Engineers Canada news release: “Lianne believes that professional engineers have the responsibility to manage risk, but are often challenged by conflicts of interest and difficulties in affecting corporate change. By determining how engineers and their companies can better manage risk, studying the efficiency of environmental regulations, and studying the trans-national regulation of offshore outsourcing of engineering, Lianne looks to find ways to further protect the public and benefit society.”
About Ms. Krause, the release says: “Kathleen is not a typical structural engineer. Specializing in nanotech-nology, the structures she builds are tiny, colourful films that complement those of a traditional structural engineer by making surfaces harder and buildings more energy efficient.
“Kathleen hopes to develop thin film sensors that will address the need for remote sensing in hard-to-reach or dangerous locations where humidity, carbon monoxide or volatile organic compounds must be detected. Her work with ‘nano carpets’ — porous, thin films structured in a way that they change colour as humidity levels change — has the potential to improve efficiency and safety, allow for new control systems and increase the zone of exploration in mine sites.”
Said Chantal Guay, P.Eng., ing., chief executive officer of Engineers Canada: “We are proud to support these individuals who are pursuing their dreams of assisting their communities, creating new technologies and improving Canadian society. Their dedication to problem solving demonstrates the talent within the engineering profession — the talent that we as a profession have a responsibility to acknowledge, applaud and harness.”
The scholarship recipients demonstrate how the engineering profession can contribute to a healthier, cleaner, safer, and more competitive and sustainable Canada, says the Engineers Canada release.
In addition to the Edmonton projects, work represented by the scholarship winners covers
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the challenges faced in the design of offshore structures for ice environments
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the development of better safety equipment and spine injury treatment strategies
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the development of public policy for sustainable and strategic resource management in the industrial sector
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the study of how multinational corporations identify strategic practices
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the determination of how public policy interventions may improve the lives of rural older drivers.
The other winners this year are
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Engineers Canada-Manulife Financial Scholarships worth $10,000 to Rocky Taylor, P.Eng., Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador, pursuing a PhD in ocean engineering at Memorial University; and Carolyn Van Toen, P.Eng., the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering with a specialization in biomechanics,
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Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarships worth $7,500 to Leslie Bateman, P.Eng., Engineers Nova Scotia, pursuing a bachelor of law degree at Dalhousie University; and Gwyneth Edwards, ing., Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, pursuing a PhD in administration focused on management, at Concordia University.
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Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Léopold Nadeau Scholarship worth $10,000, Trevor Hanson, P.Eng., Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, pursuing a PhD in civil engineering focused on transportation, at the University of New Brunswick.
The Léopold Nadeau Scholarship is a new addition in 2008, created in honour of the late Léopold Nadeau, ing., a past executive director of Engineers Canada. It’s awarded to engineers returning to university for further study or research in public policy development.
Meanwhile, the deadline for entries in the 2009 scholarships in the national program is March 1, Engineers Canada has announced. Categories remain the same and awards again total $62,500.
Applications are available on the Engineers Canada site. See More Info box.
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.
More Info
National Scholarship Program 2008 and 2009
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Awards and Scholarships
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