CaDCR staff writer

Ontario’s finest engineers have been honoured at the annual Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) in November 2011.

This year the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards—presented by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and Professional Engineers Ontario—celebrates the engineering of Ontario’s resources, from railways to forests and parks to mining.

The mining of chromite ore in the James Bay Lowlands could make Ontario a world producer of ferrochrome, a key component in stainless steel. Mining companies are waiting to develop the “Ring of Fire”‘s deposits—the first discovered in North America.

The association recognized these engineers for special awards:

Professional Engineers Gold Medal
Michael E. Charles, PhD, P.Eng., FCIC, FEIC, FCAE
Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto

Engineering Medal—Engineering Excellence
Robert Bryant, P.Eng.
Senior technical advisor, Union Gas

Engineering Medal—Engineering Excellence
Nils Voermann, P.Eng., MBA
Global managing director, Technologies, Hatch Ltd.

Engineering Medal—Management
Mohamed Attalla, PhD, P.Eng., FCSCE
Assistant vice-president, McMaster University; adjunct professor, University of Waterloo and Ryerson University

Engineering Medal—Management
Anton Davies, PhD, P.Eng., FCAE
Vice-president, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.

Engineering Medal—Entrepreneurship
Stephan Matusch, P.Eng., MBA
President, Ionic Engineering Limited

Engineering Medal—Research and Development
Elizabeth A. Edwards, PhD, P.Eng.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, and Director, BioZone, University of Toronto

Engineering Medal—Research and Development
Douglas Perovic, PhD, P.Eng.
Celestica Chair in Materials for Microelectronics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Nanoengineering Major Chair, Division of Engineering Science,
University of Toronto

Engineering Medal— Research and Development
David Zingg, PhD, P.Eng.
Professor and director, University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies

Engineering Medal—Young Engineer Award
Milica Radisic, PhD, P.Eng.
Associate professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Citizenship Award
Anna Dunets Wills, P.Eng