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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
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Members in the News
2014 EIC Awards
The following CGS members were
recently recognized for their contribu-
tions and received these awards from
the
Engineering Institute of Canada
(EIC).
Dr. Ward Wilson – Fellow,
Engineering Institute of Canada
Dr. Wilson
graduated in civil engi-
neering from the University of
Manitoba and completed his Master’s
degree and PhD at the University
of Saskatchewan. He is currently a
Professor in the Department of Civil
& Environmental Engineering at the
University of Alberta and brings over
25 years of industrial experience to his
practice in advanced mine waste man-
agement and unsaturated soil mechan-
ics for numerous sites worldwide.
He has served as a specialist con-
sultant to several large international
mining companies such as the well-
known Acid Rock Drainage Risk
Review recently completed by Rio
Tinto. In addition, Dr. Wilson recently
served as the lead author responsible
for the chapter on Prevention and
Mitigation in the Global Acid Rock
Drainage Guide. He is currently the
Principal Investigator of the Oil Sands
Tailing Research Facility, where he
leads innovative research programs to
support and enhance the Alberta oil
sands industry’s ability to manage and
mitigate environmental risks associ-
ated with oil sands tailings.
Dr. Ward Wilson – Fellow,
l’Institut canadien des
ingénieurs (ICI)
Dr. Ward Wilson
a gradué en génie
civil de l’Université de Manitoba et a
complété une maîtrise et un doctorat
de l’Université de la Saskatchewan.
Il est présentement professeur au
département de génie civil et de génie
environnemental de l’Université de
l’Alberta où il partage son expéri-
ence industrielle de plus de 25 ans
en gestion des résidus miniers et en
mécanique des sols non saturés sur de
nombreux sites à travers le monde.
Il a agi à titre de consultant spécialiste
dans plusieurs grandes compagnies
minières internationales telles que Rio
Tinto pour laquelle il a collaboré au
panel bien connu Acid Rock Drainage
Risk Review. De plus, le Dr. Wilson
a récemment été l’auteur principal du
chapitre Prevention and Mitigation
dans le Global Acid Rock Drainage
Guide. Il est présentement le cher-
cheur principal du centre de recherche
Oil Sands Tailing Research Facility, où
il dirige des programmes de recherche
novateurs pour supporter et améliorer
la capacité de l’industrie pétrolière de
l’Alberta à gérer et réduire les risques
environnementaux associés aux rési-
dus de sables bitumineux.
Régis Bouchard – Fellow,
Engineering Institute of Canada
Régis Bouchard
is a pioneer in the
development of in situ geotechnical
characterization techniques and high
quality sampling and was Techmat’s
leader for 25 years. He was the first to
offer piezocone testing in the province
of Quebec. He developed and adapted
various sophisticated tools, such as
a self-boring permeameter, the large
diameter Laval sampler for sands and
the use of a geocamera in boreholes.
He is the author and co-author of
numerous scientific papers dealing
with the mechanical behaviour of
sensitive clays and compacted clay
for liners, the behavior of embank-
ment dams and the design of sewage
ponds. He was also heavily involved
with various industrial research chairs,
including those from Université Laval
and Université de Sherbrooke, where
he made himself very accessible to
researchers and students.
Régis Bouchard is highly recog-
nized, not only in Quebec where he
has worked for major clients such as
Hydro-Quebec and the Ministry of
Transportation, but also elsewhere in
Canada, California and Taiwan.
Régis Bouchard – Fellow,
l’Institut canadien des
ingénieurs (ICI)
Régis Bouchard
est un pionner
du développement de méthodes
d’investigation géotechnique in situ
et d’échantillonnage de haute qualité
et a été le dirigeant de Techmat durant
Ward Wilson
Régis Bouchard