July 5, 2012
Congratulations to the 10 members of the U of T Engineering community who were recently inducted as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Professors Grant Allen (ChemE), Michael Carter (MIE), Ömer Gülder (UTIAS), David Johns (ECE), Jeffrey Packer (CivE), Shamim Sheikh (CivE) and Molly Shoichet (ChemE/IBBME) were inducted along with alumni Jan Carr (ElecE 6T8), Ravi Seethapathy (ElecE MEng 8T6) and Chris Twigge-Molecey (MechE MASc 6T9, PhD 7T2). The CAE comprises the country’s most accomplished engineers, who have demonstrated their dedication to the application of science and engineering principles in the interests of Canada and its enterprises.
David Johns is co-founder of Snowbush Microelectronics, which went from a small start-up company to a multi-million dollar international supplier of analog design services. By 2007, Snowbush employed 50 people and its clients included Intel, AMD and Samsung. Its SATA interfaces were in nearly 50% of all hard-drives sold worldwide. Johns is also co-author of Analog Integrated Circuit Design. One of the world’s best-selling textbooks in analog circuit design, it has been adopted by over forty universities and is currently in its second edition.
“The election of 10 U of T engineers to the Canadian Academy of Engineering is a testament to our standing as the premier engineering school in Canada and among the finest in the world,” said Cristina Amon, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. “On behalf of the Faculty, I congratulate the inductees for this prestigious recognition and for their remarkable achievements.”
The new CAE Fellows were inducted on June 21 at a reception at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa.