How exactly bacterial pathogens cause diseases in plants is a mystery that continues to frustrate scientists, but Wenbo Ma's (PhD '03, Biology) research is making major inroads into understanding plant-pathogen interactions.
Jamie Tremaine (BASc '06, Mechanical Engineering) and Greg Brigley (BASc '03, Computer Engineering) helped design a system that uses a Microsoft Xbox Kinect to allow surgeons to scroll through medical images during operations with gestures - effectively eliminating the need to move to a non-sterile environment to use a computer mouse or keyboard to do so.
Armtec Infrastructure announces appointment of Mark Anderson (BMath '92, Math/Management Accounting - Info Systems) as Chief Operating Officer.
CANARIE Inc., Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network, announces the appointment of Mark Roman (BMath '82, Computer Science) as President and CEO, effective April 25, 2011.
Hadi Mahabadi (MASc '75, Chemical Engineering; PhD '76, Chemical Engineering), vice president of the Mississauga-based Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC), was recently honoured with the Printing Industries of America's Robert F. Reed Technology Medal.
Ranjan Vepa (MASc '71, Mechanical Engineering) recently published two books: Biomimetic Robotics: Mechanisms and Control and Dynamics of Smart Structures.
20-20 Technologies Inc. announces the election of Lucas Skoczkowski (BASc '97, Electrical Engineering) to its Board of Directors.
Shirley Fenton (BES '75, Geography; MA '78, Geography), a director with the National Institutes of Health Informatics, recognized as a trailblazer by the Zonta International's Women of Achievement Awards.
Canadian Water Network appoints Kelly Munkittrick (PhD '83, Biology) as Scientific Director.
C-COM, a company co-founded by Leslie Klein (BASc '73, Electrical Engineering), is currently deploying its mobile satellite systems in Japan to provide cell phone service to areas affected by the tsunami.