Carleton University honours 20 of its best and brightest

Ottawa – Carleton University is honouring 20 of its best and brightest with awards for research, teaching and professional achievement.

The awards for research and teaching are valued at $15,000 each while the other awards are valued at $1,500.

Dr, Roseann O’Reilly Runte, vice-chancellor and president of Carleton University, says the teaching, research, contract instructor and professional achievement awards recognize faculty and librarians who personify the best of Carleton. “I applaud them warmly. Carleton’s faculty members are caring professionals applying brilliant techniques and cutting-edge technology to students’ learning experience. In addition, they take their classrooms to the community and apply their talents and those of their students to the solving of real-world problems.”

TEACHING AWARD WINNERS

• Peter Andree (Political Science). Development of new community-service learning opportunities for students at Carleton University.
• Adrian Chan (Systems and Computer Engineering). New biomedical engineering design laboratories.
• Adelle Forth (Psychology). Psychology honours seminars: A learner-centred handbook and WebCT resource for enhancing knowledge and skills.
• Robert Riordan (Sprott School of Business). A service orientation for a fictional pet food company.
• Michael Runtz (Biology). Natural history virtual reality field trips.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (INSTRUCTORS)

• Darrell Herauf (Sprott School of Business). An early adopter of clickers in the classroom, Dr. Herauf is co-author of two editions of an advanced accounting textbook and actively supports Sprott students competing in business competitions.
• Steve Prashker (Geography and Environmental Studies). The field course co-ordinator and practicum co-ordinator for about 15 years, Dr. Prashker is also tirelessly active in recruitment and promotional activities for his department.
• Hugh Reid (English). Dr. Reid’s enthusiasm for teaching 18th century literature is infectious. He is well respected among his peers and offers exciting and cutting-edge courses.
• Michael Runtz (Biology). Typically seeing enrolments of 500 students each term, Dr. Runtz’s highly visual natural history lessons are some of Carleton’s signature courses.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (LIBRARY)

• Emma Cross (Librarian III). In the words of her peers, Emma Cross has displayed “steady stewardship” of the cataloguing sub-unit. She is also actively involved in the university community.

RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS

“Carleton’s research award winners are stellar researchers, developing new technologies and theories from the structuring of geometric data and wireless networks to long-term health care, the health of children, the functioning of humanitarian agencies and political economics,” says Dr. Runte.

• Jacques Albert (Electronics). Optical fibre sensors and laser devices.
• Hugh Armstrong (Social Work and Political Economy). Global reach mapping of multinational firms in longterm care.
• Robert Coplan (Psychology). An early intervention program for parents of extremely shy, anxious young children.
• Frank Elgar (Psychology). Exploring links between social capital and child health.
• Louise Heslop (Sprott School of Business). Intra-structural attitudes affecting consumer reactions to novel and alternate food and agri-food sources and uses.
• Xiao Huang (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering). Repair of single crystal gas turbine blades.
• Pat Morin (Computer Science). Biased geometric data structures.
• Tom Sherratt (Biology). The evolution of imperfect mimicry.
• William Walters (Political Science and Sociology/Anthropology). Humanitarian agencies and the governance of irregular migrants in Europe.
• Halim Yanikomeroglu (Systems and Computer Engineering). Cellular multihop relay networks - Towards gigabit wireless Internet.