The Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research
The Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research is the centrepiece for an annual public lecture, celebrating the accomplishments of the recipient. The prize is a monetary gift, managed by the RMC Foundation, and made possible through the generous endowment in 2000, of Dr. John Scott Cowan, former Principal at RMC (1999 - 2008). The prize was created as a means of highlighting the vast amount of research taking place at RMC. This prize not only increases public awareness of this research but also complements the other major annual academic prize at RMC, the Class of 65 Teaching Excellence Award, bringing symmetry to the university essentials of teaching and research excellence. When choosing recipients, the selection committee recognizes a member of faculty who has earned distinction through their scholarship, demonstrating the quality, originality, impact and quantity of the scholarly productivity of the researcher.
The Prize will be announced at the spring Convocation and will be awarded at a public lecture given by the recipient.
Cowan Prize Committee Members - Spring 2023
Chair:
Dr. Christian Leuprecht - Professor, Political Science
Committee Members:
- Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin
- Dr. Barbara Zeeb
- Dr. Kristine Spekkens
Research Administration Support:
Caroline Boucher
Recipients
2024
Dr Greg Siemens – Department of Civil Engineering
Dr Jill Scott, RMC Principal and Dr Malardier-Jugroot, VP Research would like to take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to Dr Greg Siemens public lecture – the winner of the 2024 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr Siemens lecture will be “ Climate Geotechnics: Learning from the past for a resilient future.”
November 28th 2024, SSM, 1900 hrs.
Webinar ID: 971 0005 9695 https://zoom.us/j/97100059695
2023
Dr Holly Ann Garnett – Department of Political Science and Economics
The Interim Principal, Dr. Phil Bates and the VP Research, Dr. Malardier-Jugroot, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given by Dr. Holly Ann Garnett – the winner of the 2023 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Garnett’s talk will be “Can Money Buy Elections? Campaign Finance in Canadian Elections”. The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
2022
Dr Kristine Spekkens – Department of Physics and Space Science
The Interim Principal, Dr. Phil Bates and the VP Research, Dr. Malardier-Jugroot, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given by Dr. Kristine Spekkens – the winner of the 2022 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Spekkens’ talk will be “Galaxies, Cosmology and the Radio Telescope Revolution” The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
Zoom Meeting ID: 864 9401 8848
2021
Aboelmagd Noureldin – Electrical and Computer Engineering
On Tuesday, 18 January 2022 at 07:00 PM, Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin will present through zoom the public lecture for the Cowan Prize for excellence in Research, entitled: Position, Location and Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles: Research, Innovation and Future Vision. The Principal and the Vice-Principal Research would like to invite all members of the RMC community to join Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin in this celebration of his achievements. The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
Zoom Meeting ID: 992 9172 0982 / Passcode: 776185
2020
Paul Chan – Chemistry And Chemical Engineering
The Principal, Dr. Kowal and the VP Research, Dr. Malardier-Jugroot, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given by Dr. Paul Chan – the winner of the 2020 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Chan’s talk will be “CANDU Fuel: Center of the Universe.” The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
2019
Gregg Wade – Physics
The Principal, Dr. Kowal, the VP Research, Dr. Heffernan, and the AVP Research Dr. Hennessey, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, 25 November 2019 in Currie Hall by Dr. Gregg A. Wade – the winner of the 2019 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Wade’s talk will be “Serendipity, Souls, and The Scientific Enterprise.” All are welcome. The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
2018
Barbara Zeeb – Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
The Principal, Dr. Kowal, and the VP Research, Dr. Heffernan, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, 19 November 2018 in Currie Hall by Dr. Barbara Zeeb – the winner of the 2018 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Zeeb’s talk will be “The Phyte Club: Using Plants to assist with the Remediation of Contaminated Sites.” All are welcome. The support of the RMC Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
2017
Christian Leuprecht – Political Science
Wednesday, October 11
Public lecture by the recipient for 2017 of the Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research
Dr. Christian Leuprecht
Demographics of Defence: Why Canada needs its military colleges
6:30 for 7:00
at the Senior Staff Mess of the Royal Military College
With support of the RMC Foundation
In concert with the reception for the CDAI Graduate Student Symposium, 11-12 Oct
2016
Richard John Bathurst – Civil Engineering and Claude Tardif – Mathematics and Computer Science
Tuesday 8 November 2016
7:00 p.m. in Currie Hall
The Principal, Dr. Kowal, and the VP Research, Dr. Heffernan, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 in Currie Hall by Drs. Richard Bathurst and Claude Tardif – the winners of the 2016 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of Dr. Tardif’s talk will be “Mathematics and Electoral Reform” and the title of Dr. Bathurst’s talk will be “Adventures with Ziggurats, Plastic walls, Earthquakes, Polar bears and Tsunamis.”
Please see the attached poster and forward to all your friends. Parking on the parade square is approved for this event.
The prize was awarded jointly this year to Dr. Richard Bathurst and to Dr. Claude Tardif, who will each give a lecture that evening.
There will be refreshments to follow.
With support of the RMC Foundation.
2015
Yahia Antar - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tuesday, 5 April 2016 - The Principal, Dr. Kowal, and the VP Research, Dr. Heffernan, take great pleasure in inviting all faculty, staff, students and friends of RMC to a public lecture to be given at 1900 hrs on Tuesday, 5 April 2016 in Currie Hall by Dr. Yahia Antar of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – the winner of the 2015 Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research. The title of the talk will be “Waves Toward the Future – How Antennas are Changing Our Lives.”
Dr. Yahia Antar
Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering
Contact: John de Boer/Assistant Professor
(613) 541-6000 ext. 6463
e-mail: John.deBoer@rmc-cmr.ca
Previous recipients
- 2024
Dr Greg Siemens – Department of Civil Engineering - 2023
Dr Holly Ann Garnett – Department of Political Science and Economics - 2022
Dr Kristine Spekkens – Department of Physics and Space Science - 2021
Aboelmagd Noureldin - Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2020
Paul Chan - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - 2019
Gregg Wade - Physics - 2018
Barbara Zeeb – Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - 2017
Christian Leuprecht – Political Science - 2016
Richard John Bathurst – Civil Engineering and Claude Tardif – Mathematics and Computer Science - 2015
Yahia Antar - Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2014
Xiohua Wu – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - 2013
Keith Wilson – History - 2012
David Wehlau – Mathematics and Computer Science - 2011
Adam Chapnick – Defense Studies - 2010
Dhamin Al-Khalili – Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2009
Jane Errington – History - 2008
Ken Reimer – Environmental Sciences Group - 2007
Brent Lewis – Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - 2006
Paul Rochon – Physics - 2005
Joel Sokolsky – Politics - 2004
JC (Brian) McKercher – History - 2003
Yahia Antar – Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2002
Richard John Bathurst – Civil Engineering - 2001
Roy Poitier – Science