Ontario Professional Engineers Awards Honours 16 Distinguished Engineers. Congratulations to all!!

From left to right:
Front row: Lloyd Alexander McCoomb, PhD, P.Eng.; Dwayne R. Shirley, PhD, P.Eng.; J. Moyra J. McDill, PhD, P.Eng., FCAE; Javad Mostaghimi, PhD, P.Eng.; Mohinder Singh Grover, PhD, P.Eng.; Radhey Mohan Mathur, PhD, P.Eng., FCAE; Raymond Joseph Mantha, P.Eng.; Peter B. Sorensen, P.Eng.

Back row: Thomas Szirtes, PhD, P.Eng.; Greg J. Evans, PhD, P.Eng.; Nazir P. Kherani, PhD, P.Eng.; Ian Donald Moore, PhD, P.Eng.; Jeff Milligan; John D. Tofflemire, P.Eng.; Edward Arthur McBean, PhD, P.Eng.; Chul B. Caleb Park, PhD, P.Eng.

On November 21, 2009, at the Toronto Congress Centre, the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Gala celebrated the contributions16 Ontario engineers made to their profession and their community. The Award winners were:

Professional Engineers Gold Medal
The Late Victor Milligan, P.Eng., Co-founder, Golder Associates

Engineering Medal - Engineering Excellence Category
Radhey Mohan Mathur, PhD, P.Eng., FCAE, Executive Consultant, Energy Systems Professor and Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario.

J. Moyra J. McDill, PhD, P.Eng., FCAE, Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University

Thomas Szirtes, PhD, P.Eng., Consultant/Lecturer

Engineering Medal - Entrepreneurship Category
Peter B. Sorensen, P.Eng., President, EMS-TECH Inc.

Engineering Medal - Management Category
Raymond Joseph Mantha, P.Eng., Executive Director, Provincial Highways Management, Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Lloyd Alexander McCoomb, PhD, P.Eng., President and Chief Executive Officer Greater Toronto Airports Authority

John David Tofflemire, P.Eng. Director of Community Services, Municipality of Leamington

Engineering Medal - Research and Development Category
Chul B. Caleb Park, PhD, P.Eng., Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microcellular Plastics, University of Toronto

Greg J. Evans, PhD, P.Eng. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto

Nazir P. Kherani, PhD, P.Eng., Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Edward Arthur McBean, PhD, P.Eng., Professor, School of Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Water Supply Security, University of Guelph

Ian Donald Moore, PhD, P.Eng., Professor, Civil Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Engineering, Queen’s University

Javad Mostaghimi, PhD, P.Eng., Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering, University of Toronto

Engineering Medals - Young Engineer Awards
Dwayne R. Shirley, PhD, P.Eng. Semiconductor Packaging R&D Engineer, Texas Instruments Inc.

Professional Engineers Citizenship Award
Mohinder Singh Grover, PhD, P.Eng., Senior Quality Engineer, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

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