Scientific Awards
2008
Steven Boyd – First and Second Year Teaching Excellence Award, 2007-2008.
Steven Boyd – Third and Fourth Year Teaching Excellence Award for Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
Neil Eves - RJC Faculty Award
Wayne Giles – Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Medical Scientist Award.
Brandon Hisey – Winner of the NDI New Investigator Award of the North American Congress on Biomechanics (MSc).
Venus Joumaa – Winner of the NDI New Investigator Award of the North American Congress on Biomechanics (Postdoctoral).
Tim Leonard – Winner of the NDI New Investigator Award of the North American Congress on Biomechanics (PhD).
Andrew Marsh - RJC Student Award
Stan Mazursky – First Place, M.Sc. Presentation, Exercise Physiologists of Western Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Hoa Nguyen - RJC Staff Award
Yves Pauchard – Winner of the European Society of Biomechanics S.M. Perren Research Award ($10,000).
Tim Welsh – Graduate Student Association - Outstanding Graduate Supervision Award.
Jay Worobets – Golf Digest Equipment and Technology Research Award at the World Scientific Congress of Golf.
Ron Zernicke – Career Award, Canadian Society for Biomechanics/Société Canadienne de Biomécanique (North American Congress of Biomechanics).
Ron Zernicke – Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Supervision, University of Calgary.
Ron Zernicke – Pease Family Scholar Award, Iowa State University.
Neal Austin Winner of the Student’s Union Undergraduate Research Symposium, Provost’s Award.
Marjolein Blaauboer Winner of The Organon Young Talent Award, Amsterdam.
Steven Boyd RJC Faculty Award.
Jason Cheung Young Investigator Award 2nd place, GOTS Munich, Germany.
Jason Cheung Li Ning Basic Research Award, 8th Symposium on Footwear Biomechanics (ISB), Taiwan.
Carolyn Emery Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award.
Carolyn Emery Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Population Health Investigator Award.
Shane Esau RJC Staff Award.
Salvatore Federico Postdoctoral Young Scientist Award of the American Society of Biomechanics.
Peter Federolf Young Investigator Award, honorable mention, 4th ICSS Congress, St. Christoph, Austria.
Ingrid Field ASME Bioengineering Conference Student Award for Best Poster.
Erik Groves RJC Student Award.
Russel Hepple AHFMR Senior Scholar Award.
Walter Herzog Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics. Blacksburg Virginia (at Virginia Tech). (not reported in 2006).
Walter Herzog Career Award from the Canadian Society for Biomechanics. Waterloo, Ontario. (not reported in 2006).
Benno Nigg 2007 Jim Hay Memorial Award of the American Society of Biomechanics, ASB, Stanford, California.
Venus Joumaa Finalist for the Journal of Biomechanics Award of the American Society of Biomechanics.
Jenelle McAllister Child Health Research Symposium, Calgary – Best Poster Presentation.
Carly McKay Dr. Tom Pashby Award – Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine.
Raylene Reimer Kinesiology Faculty Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contributions in Research.
Vincent von Tscharner Leonard Goldner Award 2006. (not reported in 2006).
2007
2006
Ibrahim Assiri Fellow's Prize at the Department of Surgery Surgeons Day for 2006.
Rita Cheng Governor General's Award for Best M.Sc. Thesis.
Jason Cheung Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers, (HKIE).
Jason Cheung Best Animation Award - 9th Annual International ABAQUS Users' Conference, Boston, USA.
Matt DiSylvestro Clinical Research Award, Canadian Orthopaedic Residents Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Grant Goulet NDI New Investigator Award, Canadian Society of Biomechanics.
Sang Kuy Han Winner of the Best Poster competition, Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Canada (Ph.D. student).
Walter Herzog Career Award, XIVth Biennial Conference for the Canadian Society for Biomechanics. Waterloo, Canada.
Walter Herzog American Society of Biomechanics, Borelli Award. Blacksburg, Virginia, USA .
Jeremy LaMothe LLydia Sikora Medical Research Award. U of C Faculty of Medicine.
Eun-Jeong Lee Kinesiology Graduate Student Science Presentation Award (Ph.D. student).
Brian MacIntosh Outstanding Supervision of Graduate Students, awarded by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, U of C .
Nick Mohtadi O'Donoghue Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA .
Janet Ronsky APEGGA Excellence in Education Award.
Janet Ronsky U of C Top 40 Alumni Award.
Victor Valderrabano Leonard Goldner Award - American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.
Victor Valderrabano Imhaeuser Research Award, German Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society .
2005
Tim Butterfield Winner of the National Athletic Trainers' Association Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation.
Eun-Jeong Lee Winner of the Journal of Biomechanics Award of the American Society of Biomechanics.
Danny Peterson Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dean's Research Excellence Award .
Steve Boyd Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Scholar award (2005 -2010).
Meegan McGillivray 5th Place Young Investigator Award for Poster Presentation. European College of Sport Science Annual Meeting, Belgrade.
Carolyn Emery Tom Pashby Award - Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine.
Schneider, Wakeling & Zernicke Delsys Award for EMG Research Innovation, American Society of Biomechanics.
Ron Zernicke Faculty of Kinesiology, Award of Excellence. Research, University of Calgary.
Janet Ronsky APEGGA AIF Research Excellence Award.
Janet Ronsky Women in Engineering Leadership Institute (Academic Leadership Conference Award)
Jessica Johnson Faculty of Graduate Studies Dean's Research Excellence Award.
Rita Cheng Best Presentation Award: 2nd Annual Schulich School of Engineering Graduate Student Research Conference
Hongfa Wu 2nd place for poster competition. - 3rd Annual Meeting of Alberta Provincial CIHR Training Program in Bone & Joint Health, Banff, Alberta.
Carolyn Emery Alan Bernstein Award-Institute of Child and Maternal Health.
2004
David Baker Outstanding Student Presentation Award, American Physiological Society- Muscle Biology Group.
2003
Carolyn Emery CIHR Senior Research Fellowship Award
Russ Hepple CIHR New Investigator Award
Russ Hepple CIHR Institute of Aging New Investigator Special Recognition Award
Hae Dong Lee Winner of the Faculty of Graduate Studies J.B. Hyne Research Innovation Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, U of C
Benno Nigg Award of Excellence in Research, Faculty of Kinesiology, U of C
Benno Nigg University Professorship Award, U of C
Benno Nigg Award of Excellence in Research, Faculty of Kinesiology, U of C
Benno Nigg Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, U of C
Benno Nigg Special Achievement Award - Health and Wellness, U of C
Benno Nigg Elected Corresponding Fellow: The Swiss Academy of Medical Science
Janet Ronsky Research Excellence Award, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, U of C
Chou, McLaughlin, Frayne, Chapman, Ronsky Best Poster Award 5th Annual Scientific Conference GEOIDE
D.Robu, Poncet, Zernicke, Ronsky Optical Imaging and Stereo Radiography for Assessment of Scoliosis. Best Student Poster Award, 5th Annual Scientific Conference GEOIDE
Anne Mündermann Chancellor's Gold Medal, U of C
2002
Tim Butterfield Bill Robertson Graduate Scholarship by the Northwest Athletic Trainers' Associatio (USA)
Russ Hepple NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Walter Herzog PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND CREATIVITY IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, UofC
Benno Nigg CAREER AWARD: Canadian Society for Biomechanics
Rachel Schachar YOUNG INVESTIGATOR'S AWARD OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOMECHANICS, MSc student
2001
Walter Herzog Canada Research Chair in Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics, Tier I.
Walter Herzog INAUGURAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD, Faculty of Kinesiology, UofC.
Janet Ronsky Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering.
Steve Boyd ISB YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD.
Janice Miller Young ISB ANDRZEJ KOMOR YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD.
Benno Nigg VP RESEARCH AWARD, U of C.
2000
Janet Ronsky YWCA WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARD. Science, Technology & Environment Category
1999
Benno Nigg GUEST OF HONOUR GOTS. Munich, Germany
Janet Ronsky CRHA McCAIG PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AWARD
1998
E. Suter & W. Herzog BEST PAPER FOR 1998 Journal of Applied Biomechanics.
(with K. De Souza & R. Bray)
Benno Nigg RECIPIENT OF THE OLYMPIC ORDER
Walter Herzog RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR BASIC RESEARCH ON THE MECHANICS OF THE SPINE, Canadian Chiropractic Association
Steve Boyd BEST STUDENT PAPER, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Edmonton, Canada.(with J. Ronsky)
Benno Nigg Elected Member of the International Academy of Biology and Engineering in Medicine
1997
Ian Wright BASIC RESEARCH PRIZE, International Society of
Biomechanics Third Symposium on Footwear Biomechanics Tokyo,
Japan.(with R. Neptune, A Bogert, B. Nigg)
1996
Stefan Judex NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD (Ph.D.)
Canadian Society for Biomechanics Vancouver, Canada. (with R. Zernicke)
Steve Hudson YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD, International Pre-Olympic Congress Dallas, U.S.A. (with M. Hawes)
Walter Herzog JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for the years 1993 to 1995
Walter Herzog THE KILLAM RESIDENT FELLOWSHIP
1995
Janet Ronsky CALGARY HERALD NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Beat Hintermann AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS MEDICINE, Swiss Society for Sports Medicine
Joan Vickers CHAIRMANÕS AWARD, IOC Medical Commission Atlanta, U.S.A.
Gerald Cole CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS AWARD, International Society of Biomechanics Jyvaskyla, Finland. (with B. Nigg, K. Gerritsen and A. Bogert)
Boris Prilutsky POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD, American Society of Biomechanics Stanford, U.S.A.(with W. Herzog)
Christoph Reinschmidt PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD, American Society of Biomechanics Stanford, U.S.A. (with A. Bogert and B. Nigg)
Walter Herzog CENTENNIAL RESEARCH AWARD, The Canadian Chiropractic Association
G. Kawchuk & W. Herzog BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARD, International Conference of Spinal Manipulation
G. Kawchuk & W. Herzog FIRST PRIZE FOR SPINAL RESEARCH DONE BY A PRIVATE PRACTITIONER, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
1994
Joan Vickers Inducted into the American Academy of Kinesiology
Janet Ronsky NSERC WOMAN FACULTY AWARD
Maitland, Herzog & Mohtadi RESEARCH AWARD, Canadian Association for Sports Medicine
J. Gal & W. Herzog BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH AWARD, International Conference of Spinal Manipulation
Janet Ronsky NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD (Ph.D.) Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Calgary, Canada. (with A. Bogert and B. Nigg)
Grant Brooks NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD (MASTER), Canadian Society for Biomechanics Calgary, Canada. (with W. Herzog)
1993
Karin Gerritsen A. KOMOR NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD, International Symposium on Computer Simulation Montlignon, France. (with A. Bogert)
Benno Nigg ALBERTA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARD (ASTECH) Calgary, Canada
1991
B. Nigg & G. Cole NOVEL AWARD, Novel-EMED Munich, Germany
1990
Delia Roberts ARCHIMEDES AWARD, International Society of Biomechanics Japan
David Smith SPORT CANADA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Canadian Association of Sport Science
1989
Benno Nigg WARTENWEILER MEMORIAL LECTURE, International Society of Biomechanics Los Angeles, U.S.A.
David Smith GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for Contributions to Exercise Physiology Edmonton, Alberta
Delia Roberts J.C. KENNY MEMORIAL AWARD, Ontario Medical Association Canada
M. Morlock & B. Nigg CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS AWARD, International Society of Biomechanics Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1987
D. Smith & T. Maxwell AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, Association for Media and Technology Toronto, Canada
D. Smith & T. Maxwell FIRST PRIZE BLUE RIBBON, American Film Video Festival New York, U.S.A.
1986
Benno Nigg MICHAEL JAEGER AWARD, Society for Orthopaedy and Traumatology in Sports (GOTS) Munich, Germany
Fred Yeadon BORELLI AWARD, American Society of Biomechanics Montreal, Canada
1985
Joan Vickers YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD, Canadian Society of Motor Learning and Sport Psychology
1983
Benno Nigg Inducted into the American Academy of Physical Education
Fridl Schlaepfer YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD, International Society of Biomechanics Waterloo, Canada.(with F. Magerl, S. Perren and B. Nigg)
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