2008 New Faculty Awards

Belostotski, Leonid, University of Calgary
High-performance wideband integrated receiver design for the world's largest radio telescope

Burg, Theresa, University of Lethbridge
Evolution of resident forest birds

Caplan, Jeremy, University of Alberta
Interference in human memory: its cognitive and neural origin and mechanisms of resolution

Federico, Salvatore, University of Calgary
Theoretical modelling of the physico-mechanical behaviour of soft biological tissues

Gasevic, Dragan, Athabasca University
Model-driven development of families of semantically-enabled service-oriented architectures

Hall, Jocelyn, University of Alberta
Elucidating the basis of fruit diversity in the plant family Brassicaceae

Hayes, Paul, University of Lethbridge
Catalytic functionalization of hydrocarbons and other small molecules: toward the development of new materials, pharmaceuticals and agricultural compounds from petrochemical byproducts

Jiang, Hai, University of Alberta
Exploitation of spectrum agility in broadband wireless communications

Osthoff, Hans, University of Calgary
Laboratory for the study of chemical transformations of trace gases and particles in the atmosphere

Penin, Alexander, University of Alberta
High precision calculations in quantum field theory

Petovello, Mark, University of Calgary
Collaborative signal tracking for improved satellite navigation

Srayko, Martin, University of Alberta
Tracking the activity of nano-motor machines in living cells

Teillet, Philippe, University of Lethbridge
Terrestrial hyperspectral imaging with radiometric scale traceability