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Dr. James W. Haslett, P.Eng.

2009 summit award® recipients

THE FRANK SPRAGINS
TECHNICAL AWARD

 

Dr. James W. Haslett, P.Eng.

 

This award is presented to Members of APEGGA who are recognized by their peers for their integrity and expertise and for their outstanding accomplishments in fields related to engineering, geology or geophysics.

Dr. James Haslett, P.Eng., has conducted leading-edge research for the past 37 years in the areas of analog and digital microelectronic circuit design for high-temperature oil field instrumentation, satellite instrumentation and more recently for radio frequency wireless telecommunications systems. Dr. Haslett received his B.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1966, followed by an M.Sc. and a PhD from the University of Calgary in 1968 and 1970, respectively.

Dr. Haslett has been an active consultant to industry since 1970 and has had his own engineering consulting firm for the past 27 years. He co-developed the first electronic temperature and pressure recorder for downhole measurement of temperature and pressure in oil and gas wells with Dr. Fred Trofimenkoff. The work won an award for engineering innovation from among 162 international competitors. Dr. Haslett continued developing new microelectronic circuits for high-temperature applications in the oil industry over a 28-year period. This work is considered a milestone in silicon high-temperature electronics, and the accomplishment of the first precision CMOS high-temperature autozeroed operational amplifier in the mid-1990s still stands as the state-of-the-art benchmark in this field.

His current research projects include: the design of an ultra-low-power radio chip and sensor system for a wireless patient vital sign monitoring platform; design of an ultra-low-noise CMOS amplifier for use in the proposed international Square Kilometer Array, the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope; and very-high-speed, ultra-low-power analog-to-digital converters for next-generation software-defined wireless communications systems.

Dr. Haslett recently held the TRLabs / iCORE / NSERC senior industrial research chair in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design, a research chair program that is one of the larger RFIC research groups in Canada. In July 2007, Dr. Haslett was awarded a prestigious five-year university professorship from the University of Calgary and in July 2008 was appointed as the principal investigator of the iCORE Advanced Technology Information Processing Systems Research Initiative.

Dr. Haslett has published over 100 papers in refereed international journals and over 100 papers at various national and international conferences, has prepared 35 technical reports for industrial sponsors and holds 13 patents and several technology licenses. Dr. Haslett was head of the Schulich School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1986 to 1997 and has won 21 teaching, research and service awards throughout his career. He has graduated over 40 M.Sc. and PhD students, many of whom have held major national and provincial scholarships to support their research and who have won 21 national and international research awards. Dr. Haslett has also supervised 26 research assistants and postdoctoral fellows during his 38-year career.

Honours, Awards and Distinctions

  • Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Educator Award (2008)

  • Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005-2006)

  • Champion of the Schulich School of Engineering Award (2005)

  • Recognition for 25 Years of Excellence, NSERC (2004)

  • APEGGA Excellence in Education Summit Award® (2003)

  • President's Circle Award for Achievement in Teaching Excellence, University of Calgary (2002)

  • Engineering Students’ Society Teaching Excellence Awards for Electrical Engineering (2002; 2001; 2000; 1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1993)

  • Service Awards, University of Calgary Faculty of Engineering (2001; 1999)

  • Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Awards, Faculty of Engineering (2001; 1997; 1984)

  • Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence Award (1998)

  • Dow Chemical Outstanding Young Faculty Award (1980)

  • Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation (co-recipient with F.N. Trofimenkoff), Houston Offshore Technology Conference (1978)

Professional Affiliations and Activities

  • Member, Executive Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Solid State Circuits Conference (2008-present)

  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (2005)

  • Member, Editorial Review Committees, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Parts I and II, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave and Component Letters (2003-present)

  • Fellow, IEEE (2002)

  • Associate editor, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2001-2004)

  • Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (2001)

  • Member, Internal Review Committee, provincial informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE), (1999-present)

  • Member, APEGGA (1971-present)

  • Extensive involvement, journal and conference paper reviews and technical program committees (1970-present)