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Student EcoCAR team is going for gold
A team of UVic engineering students “is going for gold this year” after placing second overall in the first year of a three-year EcoCAR competition among 17 North American universities to design and build an Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV), and will now be putting theory into practice on their recently delivered 2009 Saturn Vue hybrid.
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Engineering Students place well at Programming Contest
University of Victoria engineering students have ranked second among the Canadian teams in the Pacific Northwest regional portion of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest — the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world.
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Dr. Sadik Dost receives Craigdarroch Gold Medal for Career Achievement in Research
Dr. Sadik Dost has been named as the recipient of the Craigdarroch Gold Medal for Career Achievement in Research.  From watches and cell phones to supercomputers and solar panels, almost all electronic devices rely on the semiconducting properties of single crystal materials.  Sadik Dost is an international leader in crystal growth, the processes used to produce these materials.
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Engineering award winners at Spring 2009 Convocation
Department of Computer Science Graduation Medal - Katherine Epp
IEEE Victoria Section Gold Medal in Computer Engineering - Anthony Kroeker
IEEE Victoria Section Gold Medal in Electrical Engineering - Yuanjie Pang
IEEE Victoria Section Gold Medal in Software Engineering - Cecelia Redding
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Medal - Jason Kerelek
Andreas Antoniou Medal - Stephen Harrison
APEGBC Gold Medal - Anthony Kroeker
APEGBC Achievement Award in Computer Engineering - Kuei Sun
APEGBC Achievement Award in Electrical Engineering - Stephen Harrison and Victoria de Lange
APEGBC Achievement Award in Mechanical Engineering - William Logan
APEGBC Achievement Award in Software Engineering - Erika Zimmerman

Dr. J. Pan wins IEICE best paper award
Dr. Jingping Pan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, was recently awarded the IEICE best paper award, along with his co-writers, for a paper published in the 2007 IEICE Transactions on Communications (english edition).

Professor W.J.R. Hoefer receives the 2009 IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal
Wolfgang. J.R. Hoefer, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded the 2009 IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal for pioneering research in microwave engineering, computational electromagnetics, and working with industry to develop practical time domain simulators.
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Dr. Afzal Suleman appointed Associate Vice-President Research
Dr. Afzal Suleman will assume the office of Associate Vice-President Research effective 1 July 2009 for a five-year term.  Dr. Suleman is currently the Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Engineering.
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Members of the Faculty of Engineering receive awards from HELP-UVic: REACH
Two members of the Faculty received awards from HELP-UVic: REACH
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Dr. Ashoka Bhat wins Faculty of Engineering Award for Excellence in Teaching
Ashoka Bhat, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is consistently rated by students at the top of the scale for teaching effectiveness and overall teaching ability.
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Dr. Thomas Darcie elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Professor Thomas Darcie continues to lead internationally in optical systems research, building upon his 20 years at AT&T Bell Labs (including Dept Head, Lab Director, VP).  He was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America in October, 2008.
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Come visit the new BSEng website
The Bachelor of Software Engineering Program website has been re-designed.  Be sure to try out the new BSEng Podcast Website, bringing you everything related to the software engineering program, the application process, and career information.
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Best Poster at the 17th International World Wide Web Conference
Valerie King and students Louis Lei Yu and Yan Zhuang received the award Best Poster for their poster “Guanxi in the Chinese Web: A Study of Mutual Linking” at the 17th International World Wide Web Conference
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UVic Engineering Students win First Place in Innovative Design at Canadian Engineering Competition
At the recent Canadian Engineering Competition in Waterloo, Ontario, four University of Victoria Engineering students won First Place in the Innovative Design category.
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From waves to wattage
UVic engineers explore a renewable energy source that's right on our doorstep
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