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DEPARTMENTAL NEWSBRIEFS continued from page 18 tions of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, which are used worldwide. Deen is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Electrochemical Society, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He was recently elected to Honorary Membership in the World Innovation Foundation.
Engineering Physics The Department is pleased to announce that Paul Jessop will continue as Chair of the Department for three years. Ray LaPierre has accepted the position of Associate Chair (Undergraduate) and Harold Haugen has accepted the position of Associate Chair (Graduate) for three years, beginning July 1, 2006. Congratulations to Dave Novog on being awarded the NSERC/UNENE Associate Indus-
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trial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety Analysis. Congratulations to Bill Garland who has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Garland has recently been named executive director of the University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE) and will devote most of his time here at McMaster to those duties. Engineering physics students Derek Luth, Chris Selman and Brad Statham received sponsorship from Wardrop Engineering to attend a Canadian Nuclear Association two-day event in Ottawa. The students reported that the seminars gave them an excellent overview of the industry and provided key contacts with representatives from all sectors of the nuclear enterprise. Andy Knights and Peter Mascher organized and co-chaired the XIV International Conference on Positron Annihilation, held at
McMaster University between July 23 and July 28, 2006. Over 200 scientists from many countries including Argentina, China, Germany, India, Japan, United Kingdom and the U.S.A. took part in the very successful conference. John Preston and Andy Knights teamed up with Jeff Brace (Eng.Phys. 05) and Craig Johnson (Mech 05) to win the 4th Annual Engineering golf tournament. Way to go!
Mechanical Engineering David Arthurs, M.Sc. candidate in the Department was awarded the undergraduate prize sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Canada in the Third CSME Student Paper Competition 2006 at the CSME Forum which was held in Kananaskis in May, 2006. The paper was titled “Aeroacoustic Response of an Annular Duct with Co-Axial Side Branches” and was co-authored by Dr. S. Ziada.
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