CSBE/SCGAB Awards
Each year, the CSBE/SCGAB presents Awards and Grade of Fellows to celebrate and encourage excellence within the Canadian bioengineering community. Please consider nominating a member.

Jim Beamish Award

This award is given annually to the CSBE/SCGAB member who, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has produced outstanding work in industry, teaching, research, or extension in the area of soil and water, or environmental sciences. The Alumni Committee of Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) sponsors the award. The recipient is selected from nominations from at least three members of CSBE/SCGAB and must have been a member of the Society for at least five years. The Jim Beamish Award was established in 1989 to honour the memory of Jim Beamish, the first president of CSBE/SCGAB and a long-time worker in soil and water, and water management.

Ce prix est décerné chaque année à un membre qui s'est distingué dans le domaine du sol et eau, ou en sciences environnementales par l'enseignment, la recherche, la vulgarisation ou le travail en industrie. Ce prix est commandité par le Comité des anciens du Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA). Le récipiendaire du prix Jim-Beamish est choisi parmi les candidats mis en nomination par trois members et est membre de la SCGAB/CSBE depuis au moins cinq ans. Ce prix, établie en 1989, honore la mémoire du premier président de la SCGAB/CSBE, Monsieur Jim Beamish qui oeuvra longtemps au développement de la gestion de l'eau et des sols agricoles.

Nomination Form

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2024 Jim Beamish Award

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Dr. Daggupati is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph where he has developed research program renowned nationally and internationally for providing sustainable solutions to emerging water quality and quantity challenges across various spatial and temporal scales. His current research receives support from national and provincial funding bodies, independent research funding authorities, and growers’ associations. His research has been widely recognized as evidenced by the substantial number of publications (100+) in high-impact journals and increasing citations (about 5300) in the last few years. Dr. Daggupati has presented at regional, national, and international conferences, including delivering keynote speeches. He has supervised a diverse cohort of students from domestic and international backgrounds, spanning various engineering and agricultural disciplines, totaling over 50 Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) at undergraduate, MSc, M.Eng, Ph.D., postdoctoral, and research associate levels.

In the past decade, he earned various awards such as the Postdoc of the Year at the 2015 SWAT conference, the Young Agricultural Engineer of the Year in 2016 from the Texas ASABE and was part of the team that received the Standard Development Award at the 2018 ASABE Conference. Additionally, he received the Young Engineer Award from CSBE in 2021 and NABEC in 2022. He is currently serving as Associate editor for ASABE journal, Division editor for CSBE journal, Regional director of Ontario for CSBE and have also spearheaded organizing CSBE and NABEC conferences in 2018 and 2023. 

 

M. Daggupati est professeur associé à l'Université de Guelph, où il a développé un programme de recherche reconnu au niveau national et international pour fournir des solutions durables aux défis émergents en matière de qualité et de quantité de l'eau à différentes échelles spatiales et temporelles. Ses recherches actuelles bénéficient du soutien d'organismes de financement nationaux et provinciaux, d'autorités indépendantes de financement de la recherche et d'associations de producteurs. Ses recherches sont largement reconnues, comme en témoigne le nombre important de publications (plus de 100) dans des revues à fort impact et l'augmentation du nombre de citations (environ 5 300) au cours des dernières années. Le Dr Daggupati a fait des présentations lors de conférences régionales, nationales et internationales, y compris des discours d'ouverture. Il a supervisé une cohorte variée d'étudiants d'origine nationale et internationale, couvrant diverses disciplines de l'ingénierie et de l'agriculture, totalisant plus de 50 personnes hautement qualifiées (PHQ) aux niveaux licence, maîtrise, maîtrise en ingénierie, doctorat, postdoctorat et associé de recherche.

Au cours des dix dernières années, il a reçu plusieurs récompenses telles que le Postdoc de l'année lors de la conférence SWAT de 2015, le Young Agricultural Engineer of the Year en 2016 de la part de l'ASABE du Texas et a fait partie de l'équipe qui a reçu le Standard Development Award lors de la conférence ASABE de 2018. En outre, il a reçu le prix du jeune ingénieur de la CSBE en 2021 et de la NABEC en 2022. Il est actuellement rédacteur en chef adjoint du journal de l'ASABE, rédacteur en chef de la division sols du journal de la CSBE, directeur régional de l'Ontario pour la CSBE et a également été le fer de lance de l'organisation des conférences de la CSBE et de la NABEC en 2018 et en 2023.

2020 Jim Beamish Award

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Dr. Zhiming Qi is recognized for his research, teaching and services to his professional engineering societies in the area of soil and water engineering. He has led very strong research programs in modelling the loss of phosphorus from agricultural lands, development of computer models for water quality assessments, and prediction of greenhouse gases from fertilizers and manures. He has published over 65 papers in refereed journals, and has delivered over 60 technical presentations at CSBE, ASABE and CWRA conferences. He has also been invited by Hohai University, China Agricultural University, and Nankai University in China to deliver talks on his research findings. He teaches large undergraduate courses in land development engineering and surveying, and he also attracts large numbers of undergraduate and graduate students to his course in water quality management. Zhiming has so far trained 13 MSc and PhD students and currently supervises 6 graduate students and several visiting scientists. Zhiming has served CSBE and ASABE in many capacities in the soil water technical area, and was the President of the Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOCABFE). Zhiming is a very collegial member of our faculty and collaborates with researchers at McGill, AAFC, China and the US on a range of soil and water engineering topics. Zhiming’s work has social benefits as it seeks to reduce environmental pollution in agriculture, while economically maximizing profits to farmers.



 

2023 Jim Beamish Award

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Jan Adamowski is a Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University where he leads a very strong research program that explores critical engineering, social, economic and management problems in the field of water resources. His research addresses complex water resources problems using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence modeling to improve our understanding of and ability to forecast hydrological processes such as floods and droughts. His research on novel participatory social-ecological modeling approaches is leading to a better understanding of how to sustainably manage water resources systems. Jan has a particular focus on inclusively engaging traditionally marginalized communities such as Indigenous Peoples. He has created a unique interdisciplinary research group at McGill focused on complex water problems.

Jan is very committed to teaching and is Director of the Masters program in Integrated Water Resources Management at McGill. He supervises 20 to 30 students annually from countries around the world; over 300 students have so far graduated from this program.

His research group has published over 340 refereed journal papers, and his h-index (68) and citations (17 000) are outstanding. He has been invited to deliver over 45 invited and keynote talks at international conferences and workshops. Jan was elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and appointed as one of the very few Adjunct Professors at the United Nations University ‘Think Tank on Water’.

Jan is the President of CSBE and served as Vice President (Technical) from 2019-21.

Jan Adamowski est professeur au département d'ingénierie des bioressources de l'Université McGill, où il dirige un programme de recherche très solide qui explore les problèmes critiques d'ingénierie, de société, d'économie et de gestion dans le domaine des ressources en eau. Ses recherches portent sur des problèmes complexes liés aux ressources en eau et utilisent des modèles d'intelligence artificielle de pointe pour améliorer notre compréhension et notre capacité à prévoir les processus hydrologiques tels que les inondations et les sécheresses. Ses recherches sur les nouvelles approches participatives de modélisation socio-écologique permettent de mieux comprendre comment gérer durablement les systèmes de ressources en eau. Jan s'attarde particulièrement à impliquer les communautés traditionnellement marginalisées, telles que les populations autochtones. Il a créé un groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire unique à McGill qui se concentre sur les problèmes complexes liés à l'eau.

Jan est très engagé dans l'enseignement et est directeur du programme de maîtrise en gestion intégrée des ressources en eau à McGill. Il supervise chaque année 20 à 30 étudiants originaires de plusieurs pays du monde entier; plus de 300 étudiants ont à ce jour obtenu leur diplôme dans le cadre de ce programme.

Son groupe de recherche a publié plus de 340 articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture, et son h-index (68) et ses citations (17 000) sont exceptionnels. Il a été invité à donner plus de 45 conférences et discours invités lors de congrès internationaux. Jan a été élu au Collège des nouveaux chercheurs, artistes et scientifiques de la Société royale du Canada et a été nommé l'un des rares professeurs associés à l'Université des Nations Unies "Think Tank on Water".

Jan est le président de la CSBE et a servi en tant que vice-président (technique) de 2019 à 2021.



 

2019 Jim Beamish Award

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Goel is a Professional Engineer and working as a Research Scientist in the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Ontario. His focus is on hydrology, nutrient management, watershed modeling, agricultural BMPs, water monitoring, and climate change.

He obtained his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering (GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, India in 1985) and was awarded the Gold Medal. He holds a M.Tech. degree from IIT (Kharagpur, India in 1986). He was on Dean’s Honors List for his Ph.D. (from McGill University in 2003).

After nine years as a Scientist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, in 1998, he moved to Canada to pursue his Ph.D. studies. His doctoral research, on application of hyperspectral remote sensing for crop monitoring, earned him the PCI Geomatics Award of Geo-Intelligence. After his Ph.D. (2003), he joined the University of Guelph and earned the prestigious NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. After his work at Guelph, he was recruited by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, as a Senior Scientist. He received Ontario Ministry of the Environment - Emerald Awards (2006), Honourable Mention for Emerald Awards (2005), and the Environmental Commissioner Recognition Award (2004) for his contributions. As an Adjunct Professor and an advisory committee member (at the University of Guelph), he continues to inspire and guide PhD and MSc students in their research. He has authored and co-authored over 43 refereed publications, more than a 100 conference presentations and book chapters, and countless technical reports. Dr. Goel is a  worthy recipient of the Jim Beamish Award.

2018 Jim Beamish Award

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Nazim Cicek is a Professional Engineer and Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba. He received his M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1995 and Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering in 1999 from the University of Cincinnati, OH. After working for 2 ½ years in the private sector, he returned to academia in November 2001. Nazim reached the rank of Professor in 2011 and has served as the Associate Department Head since 2009.

Nazim’s research interests are in the area of biological wastewater treatment, wetland treatment for water quality, biofuels and bioenergy production, and biopolymer production processes. Nazim has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has graduated 15 M.Sc. students, 7 Ph.D. students and two Post-Doctoral Fellows and is currently supervising 4 Ph.D. and 5 M.Sc. students.

Nazim received the 2012 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Award in the category of Innovation and Research for Sustainability. He received the 2013 CSBE/SCGAB John Turnbull Award for his contributions in the area of Waste Management. He has been a member of CSBE-SCGAB since 2002 and served as the Program Chair for the CSBE/SCGAB Annual General Meeting and Technical Conference in Winnipeg, 2017.