UOIT Engineering professors achieve national recognition

The Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME) recently presented two Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) professors with the Society’s highest levels of recognition.

At the CSME’s biennial International Congress in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Society named Dr. Hossam Kishawy, professor, FEAS, as a Fellow of the CSME, for significant contributions to the mechanical engineering profession. The level of Fellow is an honour achieved by only a tiny fraction of the CSME membership. At the same event, Dr. Marc Rosen, professor, FEAS, was named a recipient of the CSME’s prestigious President's Award for exceptional service to the CSME and to mechanical engineering in Canada.

“The honours presented to Dr. Kishawy and Dr. Rosen are well-deserved and especially so because the recognition comes from their engineering peers across the country,” said Dr. Tarlochan Sidhu, dean, FEAS, UOIT. “These awards bring great distinction to UOIT and speak to the overall depth of research and teaching excellence across all areas of our faculty.”

Dr. Kishawy, who received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, is assistant provost, Research, UOIT, and director of the faculty’s Automotive, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering programs. His research areas include: manufacturing, high-speed machining, modelling and optimization, residual stresses and stress analysis.

Dr. Rosen received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He served as the founding dean of FEAS when UOIT opened in 2003. His areas of research include: modelling and simulation of energy systems, solar energy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells, integrated energy systems, and environmental impact assessment.

The CSME Congress promotes the communication and transfer of technology among industry, government agencies, universities and R&D laboratories. The CSME Congress offers a platform for national and international Mechanical Engineering experts to meet, exchange information, discuss recent research challenges, and explore problems of practical importance to the profession and its related fields.