Honorary doctorates to be awarded
Clarence de Silva and Gilles Patry will receive honorary doctor of engineering degrees at Waterloo Engineering’s spring convocation. De Silva, a mechanical engineering professor, is a pioneer in the fields of control, robotics and automation. Patry, the University of Ottawa’s president, is the founding president of Hydromantis, Inc., a company that develops and applies computer-based technologies to the water and wastewater industries. [more]