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:-- .Concordia professor awarded major fellowship .; ::, il!"" s:: ~ Concordia Mechanical Engineering Professor W. G. Habashi, winner of the prestigious E. W. R . Steacie Memorial Fellowship. Habashi is the author offive books on computational aerodynamics and has played a major role in refining the designs of many aircraft, most recently for the de Havilland Dash-8. He and his colleagues' expertise in the gas turbine industry has aided in Canada's obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars in export sales f or such companies as Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc. W G. Habashi awarded Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one the most prestigious in Canada by Diane McPeak They are awarded in mem­ individual are what are in fact world standard in aviation The award was presented by ory of Egan William Richard responsible for notable technology. An aerodynamics Arthu.r May, president of oncordia University Steacie, who was president of advances in science, and that consultant for Pratt & Whitney NSERC, at a January 19 cere­ Mechanical Engineer­ the National Research Council they make an immense contri­ Canada Inc. for the past 10 mony in the Salon of the C ing Professor W. G. of Canada from 1952 to 1962, bution to human economic and years, . his work in applied National Arts Centre in Otta­ Habashi has been awarded the and a pioneer in the evolution social welfare. mathematics and computa­ wa. E. W. R. Steacie Me.morial of research-driven scientific tional aerodynamics has played Using super-computers, FellowshiJj, one of the coun­ and engineering development. a significant role in refining the Habashi will use the proceeds try's most coveted awards for in Canada. They are awarded in (Scientists) make an designs of many aircraft, most of the award over the next two science and engineering order that promising scientists immense contribution to recently the de Havilland Dash- years to develop new methods achievements. who hold academic appoint­ human economic and 8. In addition, Habashi and his for the solution of the Navier­ The fellowships are awarded ments at Canadian universities social welfare research colleagues have played Stokes equations in Con­ annually by the Natural Sci­ can devote all their time to a significant part in the success cordia's Computational Fluid ences and Engineering· research during the period of of the Canadian gas turbine Dynamics Laboratory, which Research Council (NSERC), the fellowship. Among W. G. Habashi's industry, which has resulted in will greatly serve the Canadian Canada's largest research The late Dr. Steacie was a many accomplishments is the hundreds of millions of dollars aerospace community. This granting agency, the winners physical chemist who strongly development of some of the in export sales, this against stiff will take advantage of his being chosen from the top believed that research is essen­ computational codes most fre­ 1 competition from countries - team's 10-years' international · researchers nominated by all tial to the development of sci­ quently used in aerodynamics, such as the U.S., Japan, the Canadian universities. ence, that the ideas of the which have helped Canada set a U.K. and France. See HABASH! page 2 Page 2 THE THURSDAY REPORT January ;1, 1988 Promotions ... Gasp! Cough .. cough! Choke! If you missed the information booths -set up yesterday to highlight National Non-Smoking Day, you've got another chance: Health Services has compiled a Stop Smoking Resources sheet which lists more than six options you can try to kick the habit. Too chicken to go for acupuncture? There's a mouth wash alternative or if you prefer groups (Smokers Anonymous) or dozing (hypnosis), there's some place to go. For the complete Vangular S; Alagar (PhD - list call the nurses at Health Services: 3575 (west-end) or 3565 McGill) has been promoted to (downtown) ... the rank of full professor in the ... Truckers who transport dangerous goods take note: Faculty of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering's S.V. Hoa has been awarded a Computer Science. He became $45,200 Strategic Grant from- FCAR (Quebec) in co'njunction an Associate Professor in 1978. with the Quebec Department of Transport for the development Dr. Alagar's research inter­ -of nondestructive testing techniques applicable to fiber ests are in the area of the design reinforced plastic highway truckers. That means yo_u'll be safer and analysis of computer now ... algorithms with emphasis on ... Continuing Education's David Mazoff has had an data security, robotic motion article, "Through the, Son: An Explication of Margaret planning and algebraic com­ Avison's 'Person'," accepted for publication in issue No. 22 of puting. His deep and thorough Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews . .. work on data security contains The Queb_ec Ministry of Higher Education and Science . .. Who can think of summer amid this chill? HOWEVER, a rigorous probabilistic analy­ has approved the conceptual plans for the downtown library if you can, you'll be interested to know that the Lacolle Centre sis to prove the extent of secu­ complex and has gra'.nted the University authorization to - Concordia's off campus residential facility 40 miles south of rity afforded in statistical data­ proceed to the next stage in the design process. The six.:' Montreal near Lacolle, Quebec - is now accepting applica­ bases. storey complex will house the University's downtown tions for the months of June, July and August 1988. Info: He has published widely in library, the University bookstore, the Art Gallery, student Diane Moffat at 4955 . .. reputable journals of ACM, services, a cinema, office space and coJllmunity space. .. Simone de Beauvoir's adjunct fellow Marianne Goszto­ IEEE and SIAM and is the The revised constrµction schedule - which will recapture nyi Ainley has a published piece in the new Picoides bulletin: author of two books, An Intro­ some of the time already lost -calls for excavation to begin "Field Work and Family: North American Women Ornitholo­ duction to Software Engineer­ in late 1988 and following a twenty-two month construction gists, 1900-1950." She is also writing a _biography on William ing and Fundamentals of Com­ period, the finishing touches are expected to be applied in Rowan ... puting - Theory and Practice, spring 1991. ... Maybe he's not on a team going to Calgary next month, both of which are to be pub­ · More details will be provided in an upcoming TTR. but Centre for Management Studies' Joel Bond is still lished shortly. exhilarated from participating in the Olympic Torch run across Canada. "I felt as though my feet never touched the ground" he says of his one kilometre run in St. Jean, Quebec before the Concordia scores 100% holidays. It's called 'sharing the flame' . .. Next week's TTR will be a well-read one: the annual Ombudsman Report will appear. Reserve your issues now .. Both candidates which Con­ across Canada. "The Social Philosophy of Karl ... Fond and good wishes go to Lucie Beauchemin who cordia submitted to SSHRC A matching funds formula Polanyi: The Relevance to Con­ leaves Concordia due to health reasons. She came to the (Social Sciences and Humani­ has the private sector a nd temporary Issues of Political University from a post as assistant to Yves Berube in Quebec ties Research Council of Cana­ SSHRC equally contributing Economy." City more than two years ago and has most recently been da) have been awarded Canada $17,500 to cover the $35,000 Together with Polanyi's Advisor to the Rector, Communications. Keep in touch, Research Fellowships. annual award (with a $4,000 daughter, she is tracing the Lucie ... Marguerite Mendell (Politi­ research allowance) which is evolution of Polanyi's world of cal Science) and Peter Keating renewable for four years. thought to his earliest writings (History) were notified last \ The research area of Prof. in Budapest in the first decades week that they were to receive Mendell, who is Vice-Principal of the 20th century. They have the prestigious awards which go of Concordia's School of Com­ documented his commentaries, HABASHI continued from page 1 out to only 57 candidates munity and Public Affairs, is analyses and reflections on crit­ ical issues and debates of the experience in the field of com­ Assistant Professor. times, debates which are cen­ putational fluid dynamics, in The internationally-known tral to the history of ideas. particular for transonic exter­ Dr. Habashi is the editor of five PENSION PLAN - OPEN Peter Keating's project, nal aerodynamic flows and major books on computational ENROLLMENT "Natural Antibodies (1890- internal turbomachinery con­ aetodynamics as well as a large 1960), is an analysis of the figurations. number of publications, and Information Meeting social and technical determi­ W. G. Habashi was born in has been the recipient of nants of the emergence, devel­ Egypt and attended McGill numerous grants over the opment and dissolution of the University (BA '67; MSc '69). years. He has been invited to West-end campus 'Zl January 1988 Room BR 207 concept of natural antibodies. He obtained his PhD in Aero­ teach three international cours­ Bryan Building 12:30 to 13:30 By transferring those concepts space Engineering at Cornell es, one at Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana, one at Downtown campus 29 January 1988 Room H 620 from the laboratory to the University in 1975. After two clinic and their circulation in years as Assistant Professor of the University of Texas, Austin, Henry F. Hall Building 12:30 to 13:30 medical practice, Prof. Keating Mechanical Engineering at the and another at the prestigious For information call the is trying_to improve the under­ Stevens Institute of Technology -Von Karman Institute for Fluid Benefits Office at Local 3665. standing of the development of in New Jersey, he joined Con­ Dynamics- in Brussels, scientific disciplines.

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