The University of British Columbia

Awards

• 2005 Society for Technology in Anesthesia Best Abtract Award for Excellence in Technological Innovation for the paper ``Evaluation of a Vibro-Tactile Display Prototype for Physiological Monitoring", by J. Ng, J. Man, S. Fels, G. Dumont and M. Ansermino presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia, Miami, Jan. 13-15, 2005.
• 2004 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award for the paper by G.E. Stewart, D.M. Gorinevsky and G.A. Dumont (2003), ``Feedback Controller Design for a Spatially-Distributed System: The Paper Machine Problem", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, v. 11, no. 5, pp 612-628.
• 2003 D.G. Fisher Award from the Systems and Control Division of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, for outstanding contributions in the area of process control.
• NSERC 2002 Synergy Award, awarded in October 2002 for the UBC-Honeywell Industry Solutions (Vancouver Operations) Partnership that led to the development and worldwide commercialization of the Intellimap 3.0 software for identification and robust tuning of cross-directional control systems.
• NSERC 1999 Synergy Award, awarded in October 1999 for the UBC-Universal Dynamics Ltd. Partnership that led to the development of the BrainWave adaptive controller, based on my research.
• IEEE Fellowship awarded in January 1999 for "Contributions to the theory and practice of adaptive control".
• IEEE Control Systems Society 1998 Control Systems Technology Award, December, 1998 for "Innovative and ground-breaking industrial applications of adaptive control".
• Universal Dynamics Prize for Leadership in Process Control Technology, April 1998.
• CPPA 1994 Weldon Medal, January 1995.
• BC ASI Fellowship (January 1991-December 1993).
• UBC Killam Research Prize, October 1990.
• Paprican/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Process Control (1989–1999).
• Paprican 1985 Presidential Citation Award.
• Co-recipient (with Dr. P.R. B´elanger) of IEEE Control Systems Society 1979 Honorable Paper Award.

Electrical and Computer Engineering