CGS Members D. Jean Hutchinson and Catherine Mulligan were recently elected Fellows by the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE).
The CAE is the national institution through which Canada's most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada. Fellows of the CAE are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession.
The CAE provided the following citations:
“D. Jean Hutchinson, Geological Engineering Professor, Queen's University, is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher in rock engineering, volunteers with technical societies nationally and internationally, and is a well-respected educator. Recognition includes awards (7) and medals (3) in these areas, including the 2019 Glossop Medal from the Geological Society of London. Dr. Hutchinson and her team pioneered the use of new engineering approaches to support risk based decision making and rock slope stability assessment using remote sensing. Dr. Hutchinson actively promotes women in STEM and is pleased to work in a department where faculty and students are at gender parity.”
“University Professor Catherine Mulligan of Concordia University is an exceptional educator, an internationally recognized expert in the decontamination of water, soils, and sediments, and a pioneer of green remediation technologies. She is the Founding Director of the Concordia Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems, and has taken numerous leadership roles in engineering societies and editorial boards of which she is a member. Her fundamental and applied contributions to research and her service to the engineering profession have been recognized with prestigious awards, most recently the John B. Stirling Medal (2018) from the Engineering Institute of Canada.”
Congratulations Jean and Catherine!