CGS E-News would like to highlight the CGS 2018 Awardees. In this issue Mamadou Fall and Paul Simms are featured for their 2018 A.G. Stermac Award, for outstanding service to the CGS by a member at the local, national, or international level.
Their joint citation reads:
Professors Mamadou Fall and Paul Simms are recognized for their dedication and service to the Canadian Geotechnical Society – most recently for their leadership at the very successful CGS conference, GeoOttawa 2017, where Mamadou served as Conference Chair and Paul chaired the Technical Subcommittee.
Celebrating 70 years of Canadian Geotechnics and Geoscience, GeoOttawa 2017 featured over 900 participants, more than 400 papers, and over 90 sponsors and exhibitors.
National conference work aside, both Mamadou and Paul are also active in other areas of the CGS. A Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies at the University of Ottawa, Dr Fall has been on the executive of the Ottawa Geotechnical Group since 2011 and served as the CGS Ottawa Section Director from 2012 to 2015.
A Professor of Environmental Engineering at Carleton University, Dr. Simms has chaired the CGS Mining Geotechnique Committee from 2015 to the present and served as Vice Chair and Chair of the Ottawa Geotechnical Group from 2012-2016. Since 2010, Paul has also chaired the Michael Bozozuk National Graduate Scholarship Selection Committee for the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique. Together they can now add 2018 A.G. Stermac Awards to their list of honours and accomplishments.