UOIT Professor Dr. Igor Pioro receives honorary doctorate in Ukraine

The Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS) proudly salutes Dr. Igor Pioro, Professor, Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Program upon receiving an honorary doctorate from the National Technical University of Ukraine (Kiev Polytechnic Institute (KPI)). Dr. Pioro was presented with the distinction on June 3 in Kiev, Ukraine.

This most recent recognition of Dr. Pioro for career achievement, research excellence and contributions to engineering follows a remarkable list of awards and honours, which include being inducted this spring as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). Dr. Pioro’s other recent awards include: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Education and Communication Award from the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS); and the UOIT Research Excellence Award.

“The university, faculty colleagues and industry peers are extremely proud to see such a high academic honour bestowed upon Dr. Pioro,” said Dr. Brent Lewis, Dean, FESNS. “He has set an exemplary standard for excellence throughout his career and richly deserves this prestigious award from the university where he began his studies in the 1970s. Dr. Pioro continues to bring tremendous honour and distinction to UOIT.”

Dr. Pioro received a Master of Applied Science in Thermal Physics from KPI in 1979. He completed his PhD in 1983 and also received a Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1992.