Christophe Guy named Engineers Canada fellow

Concordia professor Christophe Guy was named an Engineers Canada Fellow at a ceremony on May 31. The national association elects its members to the fellowship in honour for outstanding service to the engineering profession.

A professor in Concordia’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Guy is considered an authority on the local effects of atmospheric emissions and the treatment of hazardous and municipal waste.

Guy is also Concordia’s Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, providing overall leadership and overseeing strategic planning initiatives, as well as policy and strategy development, for research and research-creation, graduate studies and international activities.

A strong advocate for technology transfer, he has participated in, or supported, the start-up and development of several Quebec-based companies that have resulted from academic research. Active in Montreal's major industrial clusters, he is the co-founder of both the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec, and the Canadian Aerospace Research and Innovation Consortium.

In addition to the Engineers Canada Fellowship Guy is also a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a member of Order of Canada,  an officer of the Ordre national du Québec and a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques of France. Guy also recently received the Prix du Québec’s Armand-Frappier Award for his career-long dedication to research development and promotion.