Waterloo
Engineering
graduate
James
Forbes
was
presented
with
the
Premier's
Award
for
Technology
in
a
ceremony
held
November
24
in
November.
The
awards
celebrate
Ontario's
outstanding
college
graduates.
Forbes,
pictured
centre,
graduated
in
1971
from
Sheridan
College's
engineering
technology
program.
He
then
went
on
to
earn
his
BASc,
MASc
and
PhD in
mechanical
engineering
at
Waterloo.
The chief
design
engineer
for
Hamilton-based
National
Steel
Car
Ltd.,
Forbes
also
teaches
part-time
at
Sheridan.
Over
the
course
of
his
career,
Forbes has
advanced
safety
and
productivity
of
railway
freight
cars.
He
holds
81
United
States
patents
and
27
Canadian
patents,
with
35
pending.
Launched
in
1992,
the
Premier’s
Awards
are
held
annually
to
recognize
the
outstanding
social,
cultural
and
economic
contributions
of
college
graduates.