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KILLAM PROFESSORS ADVANCE HIGHER LEARNING IN CALGARY AND EDMONTON Three of Alberta’s top engineering professors have been recognized for research and teaching excellence with their appointment as Killam professors by the Killam Trust, a private, philanthropic trust supporting the ad- vancement of higher education in Canada. At the University of Calgary, these include Josephine Hill, P.Eng., PhD , and Michael Kallos, P.Eng., PhD , both with the Schulich School of Engineering. Dr. Hill is an accomplished scholar, educator, and leader in the field of catalysis and chemical engineering — and a two-time APEGA Summit Award recipient. Earlier this year she received the Research Excellence Summit Award, and in 2012 she was presented the Women in Engineering and Geoscience Champion Summit Award. Dr. Hill established and leads the Laboratory for Environmental Catalytic Applications in Schulich’s Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. Dr. Kallos is the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Calgary Initiative and a professor in the
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. A leader in stem cell research, he’s helping develop groundbreaking techniques to treat diseases like Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. He’s also part of a team working on stem cell strategies to regenerate skin following severe burns and other traumatic injuries. He’s won numerous teaching awards from his students and the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. APEGA’s third 2017 Killam professor hails from Edmonton. Robert Driver, P.Eng., PhD , is a professor at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Just over a year ago, in October 2016, Dr. Driver was named inaugural director of the university’s new Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Centre for Steel Structures Education and Research. He was also selected as the first Supreme Steel Professor in Structural Engineering Education and Innovation.
Like his fellow Killam professors in Calgary, Dr. Driver is the recipient of several teaching awards, including an APEGA Excellence in Education Summit Award in 2009. Help Unlock Someone’s Full Potential!
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