Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Susan
Tighe,
a
civil
and
environmental
engineering
professor,
and
Chris
Eliasmith,
a
systems
design
engineering
and
philosophy
professor,
are
among
the
inaugural
91
members
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada's
College
of
New
Scholars,
Artists
and
Scientists.Ìý
Together,
the
members
of
the
College
will
address
issues
of
particular
concern
to
new
scholars,
artists
and
scientists,
for
the
advancement
of
understanding
and
the
benefit
of
society,
taking
advantage
of
the
interdisciplinary
approaches
fostered
by
the
establishment
of
the
College.
Respected
experts
in
their
fields
Tighe,ÌýCanada
Research
Chair
in
Pavement
and
Infrastructure
Management
and
theÌýNorman
W.
McLeod
Professor
in
Sustainable
PavementÌý
Engineering,
has
conducted
pioneering
work
in
pavement
engineering
resulting
in
major
changes
to
road
andÌýhighway
technology,
specifications
and
standards
worldwide.
Work
through
novel
integration
of
field
and
laboratoryÌýperformance
has
led
to
improved
safety,
unique
material
usage
and
structural
designs
which
are
cost-effectiveÌýand
resilient
to
climate
and
loading
impacts.Ìý
Eliasmith,
Canada
Research
Chair
in
Theoretical
Neuroscience
and
the
director
ofÌýCentre
for
Theoretical
NeuroscienceÌýat
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵÌýis
wellÌýknown
for
his
expertise
in
the
rapidly-developing
field
of
theoretical
neuroscience.Ìý
He
and
his
team
built
Spaun,
the
world’s
largest
functional
model
of
the
brain.ÌýBehind
³§±è²¹³Ü²Ô’s
success
is
an
influential
body
of
workÌýimplementing
an
innovative
approach
to
the
problem
of
howÌýbrains
encode
meaning.
The
presentation
for
the
first
cohort
of
the
RSC's
College
of
ÌýNew
Scholars,
Artists
and
ScientistsÌýwill
take
place
on
November
21
Ìýin
Quebec
City.
"This is an important moment in the history of the Royal Society of Canada," said RSC President Graham Bell. "The College is Canada's first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of leaders."ÌýRSC President Graham Bell