SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
summit award® recipients
THE L.C. CHARLESWORTH
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
Dr. M. Gary Faulkner, P.Eng.
This award is presented to Members of APEGGA who have served their profession diligently for many years and made substantial contributions to the operation of the Association and the advancement of its professional status.
Dr. M. Gary Faulkner, P.Eng., has led a highly distinguished career in mechanical engineering since graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1969 with a PhD in applied mechanics. He has made outstanding contributions to the engineering community as a whole and to the education of undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering students in particular.
As a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, and as Chair from 1984-1990 and again from 1999-2000, Dr. Faulkner has served on numerous committees within the department and the university. In addition, he has been an evaluator of undergraduate and graduate programs for the universities of Victoria and British Columbia, the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies and the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board programs at McMaster, Waterloo, Concordia, New Brunswick and Windsor universities.
Dr. Faulkner is highly active and visible within the mechanical engineering community. He has been a member of the National Research Council Committee on Machinery Noise, President and Vice-President of the Central Committee for CANCAM, Chair of CANCAM87 at the University of Alberta and a grant selection committee member for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Currently, Dr. Faulkner is a member of the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Committee and also Chair of the APEGGA Board of Examiners (BOE), which he joined in 1989 as an academic examiner in mechanical engineering. Dr. Faulkner has chaired the BOE since 1995, and under his leadership there has been significant growth in both the number of applications reviewed each year and in the size of the board, which now exceeds 40 members.
Dr. Faulkner’s research activities have resulted in over 75 technical papers in the general areas of solid mechanics, dynamics, acoustics and biomechanics. In recent years his emphasis on biomechanical work has been done in collaboration with local and international medical specialists in the area of head and neck reconstruction. This activity has also led to his current involvement in the development of a biomedical engineering program within the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Honours, Awards and Distinction
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APEGGA Excellence in Education Summit Award® (2001)
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Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, U of A (1996)
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Best Paper, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering’s Transactions (1994)
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Undergraduate Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, U of A (1994-1995; 1993-1994; 1991-1992; 1984-1985; 1983-1984)
Professional Affiliations and Activities
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Member, NSERC Grant Selection Committee, Mechanical Engineering (2001-2004; Chair 2003-2004)
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Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (2000-present)
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Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (1994-present)
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Member, APEGGA Board of Examiners (1989-present; Chair 1995-present)
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Fellow, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (1987)
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Member, Alberta Heritage Scholarship Committee (1985-present)
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Member, National Research Council Committee on Machinery Noise (1980-1987)
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Editor, Canadian Acoustics (1978-1980)
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Member, Canadian Acoustical Association (1972-present; Director 1980-1990)
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Member, APEGGA (1970-present)
This award is named for Mr. Lionel C. Charlesworth, P.Eng., APEGGA President, 1924. Mr. Charlesworth was appointed Deputy Minister of Alberta Public Works in 1915 and also served as Deputy Minister of Railways and Telephones until 1921. Until his retirement in 1945, he devoted his life to the highly important work of irrigation in southern Alberta and was instrumental in establishing the Eastern District in 1935.