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Jeannette Montufar

Jeannette Montufar has authored more than 125 technical articles and 100 major reports.

Engineers elected to national association

June 27, 2016 — 

Two Faculty of Engineering professors at the University of Manitoba have been inducted as new Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE): Witold Kinsner (electrical and computer engineering) and Jeannette Montufar (civil engineering).

“I congratulate my colleagues on this recognition,” said Dr. Digvir Jayas, vice-president (research and international) at the U of M. “They join thirteen current CAE Fellows at U of M, all experienced engineers who put their expertise to work for the betterment of Canadian society.”

“The Faculty of Engineering takes great pride in the work of all of our outstanding professors,” said dean of engineering Dr. Jonathan Beddoes. “Drs. Kinsner and Montufar both exemplify the passion and commitment to excellence that makes me proud to be Dean.”

The CAE is an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in 1987. Members of the CAE are nominated and elected by their peers to honorary Fellowships, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. Fellows are committed to ensuring that Canada’s engineering expertise is applied to the benefit of all Canadians.

“We welcome the new Fellows,” said Dr. Doug Ruth, president-elect of the CAE, and professor and associate dean at the Faculty of Engineering, U of M. “They are engineers of outstanding abilities. We expect great achievements through their participation in the Academy’s activities.”

Witold Kinsner

Witold Kinsner

“Witold Kinsner has been involved, for more than four decades, in research on robust real-time algorithms and software/hardware computing engines for signal and data compression in cognitive machines and systems. His major contributions are in the areas of:

  • polyscale signal analysis (a new approach)
  • reconfigurable, synchronous, self-synchronizing semiconductor computer memories
  • magnetic bubble memories and devices.

He supervised 70 postgraduate theses, over 200 capstone students, with over 730 publications in the areas. In 1978, he co-founded the first Microelectronics Centre in Canada at the U of M. He has served on CEAB accreditation teams, and is currently president elect of IEEE Canada.

Jeannette Montufar has demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in the areas of road and pedestrian safety, commercial vehicle operations, traffic engineering and education. She is past president of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, past chair of the US Transportation Research Board’s Truck Size and Weight Committee, founder of the Team Canada Alliance for Transportation Teaching, and recipient of TAC’s Educational Achievement Award in 2013. Her contributions have been recognized with various honours and awards, including a YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and the first-ever Global Media Women in Leadership Award. She has authored more than 125 technical articles and 100 major reports, and has an extensive record of volunteering in promoting educational opportunities for underprivileged women in science and engineering.

Jeannette Montufar

Jeannette Montufar

There are currently 15 University of Manitoba professors who are Fellows of CAE.

The Canadian Academy of Engineering works in close cooperation with other senior academies in Canada and internationally. It is a founding member of the Council of Canadian Academies, along with the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. The CAE is also a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, which includes some 26 similar national bodies around the world.

The new CAE Fellows and Honorary Fellow were inducted on June 27 in Winnipeg, MB as part of the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Symposium.

 

Research at the University of Manitoba is partially supported by funding from the Government of Canada Research Support Fund.

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