Engineers Canada Awards / en Jonathan Rose recognized with Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award /celebrates/jonathan-rose-recognized-engineers-canada-gold-medal-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Jonathan Rose recognized with Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-06-07T10:19:15-04:00" title="Friday, June 7, 2024 - 10:19" class="datetime">Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:19</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/edward-s-rogers-sr-department-electrical-and-computer-engineering" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/engineers-canada-awards" hreflang="en">Engineers Canada Awards</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-06/Rose_option4-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Jonathan Rose (photo by&nbsp;Matthew Tierney)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Jonathan Rose</strong>, a professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering at the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering, has received the <a href="https://engineerscanada.ca/awards2024/jonathan-rose">2024 Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award</a>.</p> <p>The award is Engineers Canada’s most prestigious honour, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements and leadership in the Canadian engineering community.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Rose is a leading innovator in field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) – prefabricated digital chips that can be programmed to become any digital circuit. His research has recently pivoted to the application of software and large language models in the service of mental health. Currently, he is working with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), using large language models to develop <a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/u-of-t-researchers-are-developing-a-chatbot-to-help-people-stop-smoking/">a chatbot that can help people stop smoking</a>.</p> <p>“Professor Jonathan Rose has been a visionary leader in engineering research, education and entrepreneurship for decades,” said Professor&nbsp;<strong>Christopher Yip</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering.</p> <p>“On behalf of the faculty, my warmest congratulations to him on this well-deserved recognition and my heartfelt thanks for his many contributions to our community.”</p> <h3><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professor-jonathan-rose-receives-the-engineers-canada-gold-medal-award/">Read the U of T Engineering story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Engineering</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:19:15 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308109 at William Cluett and Claire Kennedy recognized by Engineers Canada /celebrates/william-cluett-and-claire-kennedy-recognized-engineers-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">William Cluett and Claire Kennedy recognized by Engineers Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-07-30T23:28:17-04:00" title="Friday, July 30, 2021 - 23:28" class="datetime">Fri, 07/30/2021 - 23:28</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-engineering-applied-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/engineers-canada-awards" hreflang="en">Engineers Canada Awards</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/governing-council" hreflang="en">Governing Council</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/cluett-kennedy.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="William Cluett and Claire Kennedy"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Two members of the U of T Engineering&nbsp;community have been honoured with<a href="https://engineerscanada.ca/awards2021"> Engineers Canada Awards</a>, a series of national honours&nbsp;celebrating engineers who have made distinguished contributions to Canada.&nbsp;</p> <p>Professor&nbsp;<strong>William&nbsp;Cluett</strong>&nbsp;of the <a href="https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/">department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry</a> has earned <a href="https://engineerscanada.ca/awards2021/william-cluett">the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education</a>, which recognizes an engineer who has made exceptional contributions to the education and development of engineering students and to engineering education in Canada.</p> <p>Alumna&nbsp;<strong>Claire Kennedy</strong>, <a href="/news/overseeing-small-city-claire-kennedy-reflects-her-time-chair-u-t-s-governing-council">who recently completed her term as chair of U of T’s Governing Council </a>has received <a href="https://engineerscanada.ca/awards2021/claire-kennedy">the Meritorious Service Award for Community Service</a>, presented to an engineer who makes exemplary volunteer contributions to the community.&nbsp;</p> <p>The director of the division of engineering science, Cluett has held many key academic leadership roles, including vice-dean, first year and vice-dean, undergraduate. He helped reshape the faculty’s approach to engineering education, led the development of a unique major in engineering mathematics, statistics, and finance and oversaw a significant expansion of <a href="https://engsci.utoronto.ca/research-and-work/summer-research/esrop-u-of-t-2/">the engineering science summer research opportunities program</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Kennedy has a long history of engagement with the U of T Engineering community, serving as a member of the dean’s strategic development council and campaign cabinet executive, member and past chair of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry’s advisory board and member and past president of the Engineering Alumni Network.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Professor Cluett and Claire Kennedy are two highly accomplished engineers who have made incredible contributions to the faculty, to the university, and to the community beyond U of T,” said <strong>Christopher Yip</strong>, dean of U of T Engineering. “On behalf of the faculty, I congratulate them on this recognition –&nbsp;extremely well deserved.”</p> <h3><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/engineers-canada-awards-honour-u-of-t-engineering-professor-and-alumna/">Read the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Sat, 31 Jul 2021 03:28:17 +0000 lanthierj 301425 at