{"id":37384,"date":"2016-01-25T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=37384"},"modified":"2016-01-25T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T16:29:06","slug":"faculty-and-staff-honoured-in-mathematics-and-science-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/01\/faculty-and-staff-honoured-in-mathematics-and-science-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and staff honoured in Mathematics and Science celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Faculty of Mathematics and Science held its second annual Celebration of Excellence recently, handing out 11 awards in six categories covering research, teaching and student experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no shortage of people to win these awards,\u201d said Ejaz Ahmed, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science in opening the Jan. 21 event. \u201cWe had a hard time in selecting these people this time, like last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not only celebrating those amongst us, we\u2019re not only sharing in their joy at being recognized, we are performing a service for Brock by pointing to the excellence that is here that is on par or better than what would be found at any other institution across Canada or beyond,\u201d Brock University President Jack Lightstone told the crowd.<\/p>\n

Sharing the Distinguished Research Award<\/strong> was Professor of Physics David Crandles and Professor of Mathematics Stephen Anco.<\/p>\n

With his equipment grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Crandles was able to obtain a new X-ray machine that several departments use in their research.<\/p>\n

Anco holds the largest NSERC grant in the Department of Mathematics. He has published 66 refereed papers \u2013 seven being published in 2015 \u2013 with an additional seven papers under review. He also co-authored two research monographs, which have received almost 900 citations to date.<\/p>\n

The Dean\u2019s Distinguished Scholar Award <\/strong>was granted to Professor of Chemistry Tomas Hudlicky, who is also Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organic Synthesis and Biocatalysis.<\/p>\n

His many accomplishments include: Hanus Medal Recipient; 2014 R.U. Lemieux Award Recipient by the Canadian Society for Chemistry; 2013 Ontario Partnership for Innovation and Commercialization\u2019s Innovator of the Year award; and \u201cThe Way of Synthesis\u201d he co-authored with Josephine Reed.<\/p>\n

Three faculty won the Distinguished Teaching Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Physics Thad Harroun was noted for \u201cexemplary teaching\u201d in PHYS 1P23\/1P93, transforming the Y1 programs in physics, developing online grading tools for paperless submissions, and designing and delivering two new courses: PHYS 2P02 (Introduction to Medical Physics) and PHYS 3P02 (Cellular Physics).<\/p>\n

Instrumental in developing the Help Centre for Brock\u2019s mathematics program is Dorothy Levay, Instructor of Mathematics. Other accomplishments include: developing and administering the skills test to first-year students; mentoring service course instructors and ensuring quality control in courses; and being part of the team working to create an online version of MATH 1P97.<\/p>\n

Earl Foxwell, Professor of Computer Science, is noted for his \u201cpassion for teaching\u201d in 16 unique courses, causing students to refer to \u201cEarl\u2019s Degree\u201d because of the number of courses he teaches. Students reported that Foxwell enabled them to win the SC Game Software Engineering contest against students from across North America.<\/p>\n

Winning the Student Experience, Recruitment & Outreach Awards <\/strong>were:<\/p>\n