Table Of ContentOttawa, Ontario
/ 13th Convocation
Sunday, November 21, 1999
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1999 Convocation
Fall
The Opera, National Arts Centre
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Convocation at Carleton University 2
Sunday, November 21, 10:00a.m.
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Honorary Degree Recipient Leonard G. Lee
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Order of Proceedings 5
Doctor of Philosophy from the Faculty of Engineering and Design, the Faculty of Science, the
Faculty of Public Affairs and Management; Master of Engineering; Master of Science; Master of
Computer Science; Master ofArts from the FacultyofPublicAffairs and Management; Master of
Journalism; Master of Management Studies; Master of Social Work; Diploma in Public
Administration; Certificate in Conflict Resolution; Bachelor of Engineering; Bachelor of
Architecture; BachelorofIndustrial Design; Bachelorof Science (Honours); Bachelorof Science;
Bachelor ofMathematics; Bachelor ofComputer Science (Honours); Bachelor ofArts (Honours)
and BachelorofArts from the FacultyofPublicAffairs andManagement; Bachelor ofCommerce
(Honours); Bachelor of International Business (Honours); Bachelor of Journalism (Honours);
Bachelor of Public Administration (Honours); Bachelor of Social Work (Honours); Certificate in
Law Enforcement Studies; Certificate in Public Service Studies
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Sunday, November 21 2:30p.m.
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Honorary Degree Recipient Ivan P. Fellegi 18
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Order of Proceedings 19
Doctor of Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; Master of Arts from the
Faculty ofArts and Social Sciences; Bachelor ofArts (Honours) and Bachelor ofArts from the
Faculty ofArts and Social Sciences; Bachelor ofMusic (Honours); Certificate in the Teaching of
English as a Second Language; Certificate in French Translation Studies
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Medallists in the Graduating Class 2Q
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Convocation at Can
he Convocation ceremony (the calling together of the academic and the President of the University appear on the diploma: the
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assembly) has its roots in university traditions ofmedieval Europe. Chancellor because ofhis role in conferring the degree, and the
TmO Since Presidentwho, as ChairofSenate, certifies that Senate has enacted
therequiredmotion toawardthedegree.TheSealoftheUniversity
T.h,es.i>ma.1cweeaispoans,tabn1ustyamhbeoilitzhieng16atuhthcoernittyu.ryInittbheecdaamyesosoflkenlyigahstyhmoboodl, isaffixed to thediplomaasamarkofauthentication.
ot authoritv carried In a distinguished memberofan assembly. It is Academic Dress
mi ceremonial occasionstosignify—therightofan individualor TheacademicdressofCarletonUniversityresultsfromacompromise
institution to performacertain function inthecaseofuniversities, betweenthatfoundintheancientfoundationsofBritain—andCanada
to grant degrees. andtheAmericanInterc—ollegiateCode.Allthreehoods bachelors,
master's, and doctor's are of the simple or Oxford shape. The
entersnavnodcalteiaovne,s etahcehmcaecreemiosncya.rriDeudraihnegatdheofctehreemChoannycethlelomraacsehies bachelor's hood is madeofblackstuff; themaster'sanddoctor'sare
displayed on a special stand as an embodiment ofthe authority of madeofblacksilk andallarelinedwithsilversilkwithtwochevrons,
oneofredandoneofblack. From bachelor's todoctor's, thehoods
the University.
are progressivelylongerandopened toshowmoreand moreofthe
Carietons mace was presented to the University in 1976 as a gift lining.
from the Chairofthe BoardofGovernorsatthattime, Mr. Hyman
Thevelvetborderofthehoodsdenotesthedegreesgrantedaccording
Soloway. It is a silver-plated staffapproximately three feet long. At
athremsupapnedrtehendUntihveerresiistyambootwtlomianrbkoetdhwLiattihntahnedUnEinvgelrissiht—y's"cOopateroaf wthoitthee; fcoolmlmoweirncgecoislocuarmeclombbirnoawtni;oncso:mpaurctheirtescctiuerneceisicserriosyea;larbtlsuei;s
Nobis Aeterna" and "Ours the Task Eternal." From the upper engineeringisorange;industrialdesignisdarkcardinal; international
portion ofthebowl risesaphoenix.Traditionaloakleavessurround business is camel brown with a red cord sewn slighdy in from the
the lower end ofthe staff. lowerborder;journalism iswhitewith ablackcordsewnslighdyin
from the lower border; management studies is camel brown with a
C oat ofArms black cord sewn slighdy in from the lower border; mathematics is
The coatofarmswaspresented to the UniversitybyHis Excellency hunter green; music is Venetian pink; public administration is
TheRightHonourableRamonJohnHnatyshyn,Governor-General peacock blue; science is golden yellow; social work is cream; and
of Canada, on November 15, 1992 as part of Carleton's 50th doctor ofphilosophy is purple.
a"nSnaibvleerasamraypcleelelberaaftGiuonlse.sIitrirsaddieastcerdiabenddicnhhaerrgaelddiwcittheramnsoapsefnolbloowosk: The bachelor's gown, to be worn with the above hoods, is offull
Argent; And for a Crest: on a wreath Argent Sable and Gules a length, madeofblackstuff, with agatheredyoke behind, and long
Phoenix Gules quilled and beaked Or issuing from flames proper; open-fronted sleeves. The master's gown is offull style, made of
And foraMotto: Ours theTaskEternal;AndforSupporters: ona black silk or rayon, with a full gathered yoke behind, and closed
grassymounton eithersidearavenSablebeakedand memberedor sleeveswith an openingat theelbows. The doctoral gown is ofthe
same style as the master's, but made offine royal blue cloth with
armed Gules."
facingsoflight blue silk.
Theopen bookon themaple leafsignifies thatCarleton University
ThetwoshadesofblueinthedoctoralgownarethoseoftheUnited
is in the nation'scapitaland thatlearningisopen toallwhowish to
Nations, andaremeant to recognize theUniversity'slong-standing
partake ofit. The phoenix, the legendary eternal bird, symbolizes interest,fromitsearliestyears,ininternationalaffairsandissues.The
the renewing oflearning from older foundations, in recognition of
Henry MarshallTory's role in the foundingofthe Universitywhen colourswerechosenwhen the Universityawarded itsfirsthonorary
degree, in 1954, to the second Secretary General ofthe United
Whehiwtasma7n8pyoeaermseonldt.ide"dO"uPrisonteheersT"asakndEttieersnianl"wiitshttahkeenetferrnoamlqauaWlailtty Nations, the late Dag Hammarskjold. The tradition ofawarding
honorary degrees to Secretaries General ofthe United Nations has
ofthe phoenix.
continuedsincethattime.
And so, the Carleton University coat ofarms symbolizes sound
The gown ofthe honorary Doctor ofLaws, Literature, Science,
learning, goodcitizenship, and the highest hopesofhumanity.
Engineering,ArchitectureorFineArtsisafullrobewithbell-shaped
Tine Diploma sleeves. Itismadeoffineroyal blueclothwith facingsandsleevesin
The diploma the graduates receive at Convocation is thecertificate lightbluesilk.Thehood is madeofthesame material as thegown,
ofqualificationwhichpublishesthefactthatthestudenthasfulfilled has thesame liningas that for thedegreesgranted byexamination,
all the requirements and completed the prescribed course ofstudy and is borderedwithdarkmauve forthedegreeofDoctorofLaws;
for the degree. As the senior academic legislative body of the vibrant blue for the degree of Doctor of Literature; red for the
University, it is the Senate which has determined whether the degree ofDoctor ofScience; orange for the degree of Doctor of
requirementshavebeen met.Thesignaturesofboth theChancellor Engineering, cerise for the degree of Doctor ofArchitecture, and
dark cardinal for the degree ofDoctor ofFine Arts.
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The Presiding OfficerofConvocation is the Chancellor Ruth Lifeso, B.Sc.
ofthe University, Arthur Kroeger, O.C., M.A., LL-D. Faculty Registrar and Assistant Dean ofStudents
University Registrarial Services - Science and
Accompanying him on the podium are: Allan Lumsden, CA., School of Computer Science
B.Comm., Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors (morning
ceremony); Gail Larose, BA., MA., representing the Board of AM. Khan, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng.
Governors (afternoon ceremony); and RichardJ. Van Loon, B.Sc, Associate Dean
MA., Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor. Faculty ofEngineering and Design
Assisting the Chancellorare: June Drayton Callender, B.S.Sc.
Chong H. Chan, B.Sc, M.A.Sc, Ph.D., REng. Carol Corkran
Professor of Engineering, Clerk of Senate, Christina Farago
and Marshal ofConvocation GlendyWong, B.A.
Michael F. Fox, B.A, MA. Registrar's Office, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Associate Professor of Geography, Dianne Baird
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Affairs), Faculty of Susan Dunsmore
Arts and Social Sciences, Elizabeth Krupop, B.PE.
and Assistant Marshal ofConvocation Vicki LeBlanc
Timothy A. Pychyl, B.Sc, B.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Brenda Stewart, B.A, B.P.E., B.Ed., M.Sc.Ed.
Jennifer Van Noort, B.A.
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Ikuko Webster, BA., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Students,
and Assistant Marshal ofConvocation University Registrarial Services - Arts and Social Sciences
Marilyn Baird
John P. Braaksma, B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
Sandra Bauer, B.A.
Associate Professor of Engineering
Mary Casaubon
and Beadle ofConvocation
Dina Elatawi, B.A.
Tullio C. Caputo, B.A, M.A., Ph.D. Chandra Stratton, B.A.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology University Registrarial Services -
and Beadle ofConvocation Public Affairs and Management
Calum M. Carmichael, B.A, M.P.A., Ph.D., Lisa Ralph
Associate Professor of Public Administration University Registrarial Services - Science and
and Beadle ofConvocation School ofComputer Science
Lorraine Dyke, B.A., M.P.A., Ph.D. Marlene Groves
Associate Professor of Business University Registrarial Services - Engineering and Design
and Beadle ofConvocation
Norman Smithley
Katharine D. Kelly, M.A., Ph.D. University Registrarial Services - Records and
Assistant Professor ofSociology and Anthropology Registration Services
and Beadle ofConvocation
Pamela Mallon
Ildi Munro, B.A., M.Sc Patrick O'Brien, B.A, D.P.A.
Instructor of Earth Sciences Gail Stanton
and Beadle ofConvocation Office ofthe President
Susan Whitney, B.A, M.A., Ph.D. Cathy Pearen
Associate Professor of History Corinne Reynolds
and Beadle ofConvocation Senate Office
Also assisting at Convocation Heather Brown, B.A.
Linda Backer Allister Hain, B.A., M.A.
Nanci Jolicoeur
Assistant Dean/Registrar
Tambrae Knapp
Faculty ofGraduate Studies and Research
MaryAnne Pomainville
Denise McKenna, B.A., M.A. Janet Weichel McKenzie, B.A.
Divisional Registrar and Assistant Dean ofStudents Department of University Communications
University Registrarial Services - Arts and Social Sciences,
and Public Affairs and Management
Leonard G. Lee, B.A.
Leonard G. Lee, President of Lee Valley Tools Ltd.,
will be awarded the degree ofDoctor ofEngineering,
honoris causa, at the morning ceremony on Sunday,
November 21, "in recognition of an outstanding
leadership role in developing a nationally and
internationally successful company ofkey importance
to the economy of the Ottawa-Carleton region."
Order ofProceedings
Sunday, November 21, 10:00 a.m.
ChancellorArthur Kroeger, O.C., M.A., LL.D., presiding.
Accompanying him on the podium are
Allan Lumsden, C.A., B.Comra., Vice-Chair ofthe Board ofCovernors,
and Richard Van Loon, B.Sc, M.A., Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor.
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The audience is requested to stand when the Academic Procession arrives,
to remain standing until 'O Canada' has heen sung, and at the
conclusion ofthe ceremony to remain until the Academic Procession has left.
Introductory Music
Mai-Yu Chan, B.A., M.A., L.R.S.M., L.T.S.C.
Processional Music (bagpipes)
John Robert Coghill, Sr., CD.
John Robert Coghill, Jr., B.Mus., CD.
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Canada*
(the audience is invited to sing)
Welcome by the Master ofCeremonies
Richard Van Loon, B.Sc, M.A., Ph.D.
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Conferring ofthe Degree ofDoctor ofEngineering,
honoris causa, upon
Leonard G. Lee, B.A.
(presented by B.P. Burns, B.Sc, M.A., M.Phil.,
Associate Professor and Director of the School of Industrial Design)
Convocation Address
Leonard G. Lee
Conferring ofDegrees by Examination
Warrant
Chong H. Chan, B.Sc, M.A.Sc, Ph.D., PEng.
Clerk ofSenate
Awarding ofMedals
Introduction by the Clerk of Senate
Recessional Music
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O
Canada
O
Canada! Our home anJ native IanJ/
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong andfree!
O
From far and wide, Canada,
We stand on guardfor thee.
Godkeep our landglorious andfree!
O
Canada, we stand on guardfor thee.
O
Canada, we stand on guardfor thee.
Recipients Doctor of Philosophy Shaobo Wu
B.Sc. (Nanjing, China), M.Sc. (Qingdao
ofDegrees, Diplomas, (presented by Professor R.C. Blockley, Ocean, China)
Dean ofthe Faculty ofGraduate Biology
and Certificates Studies and Research) Differential Gene Expression under
Environmental Stress in the Freeze
Tolerant Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica
Michael Alan Greenspan Supervisor: K.B. Storey
B.Sc. (Toronto), B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc. Meredith Susan Curren
(Ottawa)
B.Sc. (Carleton)
Electrical Engineering Chemistry
Geometric Probing for 3D Object Partitioning ofAcidic Solutes between
Recognition in Dense Range Data Water and Supercritical Carbon
Supervisors: B.Pagurek and Dioxide
P. Boulanger Supervisor: R. Burk
Elias Nemer Doreen Elizabeth Ames
B.Eng., M.Eng., M.B.A. (McGill) B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Carleton)
Electrical Engineering Earth Sciences
Speech Analysis and Quality Geology and Regional Hydrothermal
Enhancement Using Higher Order Alteration ofthe Crater-Fill, Onaping
Cumulants
Formation: Association with Zn-Pb-
Supervisors: R.A. Goubran and Cu Mineralization, Sudbury
Mah
S. Structure, Canada
James Gregory Ryan Supervisors: D.H. Watkinson and
B.Eng. (Memorial), M.Eng. (Carleton) H.L. Gibson
Electrical Engineering Arun Kumar
Near-Field Beamforming using
B.Sc, M.Sc. (Lucknow, India)
Microphone Arrays
Earth Sciences
Supervisor: R.A. Goubran
Micropaleontological Applications in
Tao Wan Environmental Studies
B.Sc. (SouthwesternJiaotong, China), Supervisor: R.T Patterson
M.Sc. (Chongqing, China) Mary Sanborn-Barrie
Electrical Engineering B.Sc. (Windsor), M.Sc. (Toronto)
Performance Analysis of Buffered
Earth Sciences
Random Multiple Access Protocols Geology, Geothermobarometry and
Supervisors: M. Devetsikiotis and Geochronology ofthe High-P
Lambadaris
I. Granulite-Facies Kramanituar
Alamgir Muhammed Tito Islam Complex, Western Churchill Province
B.Sc, M.Sc. (Bangladesh) Supervisors: S. Carr and S. Hanmer
Mechanical Engineering James Handson Chalmers
An Experimental and Computational
B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Carleton)
Study ofthe Aerodynamics ofTurbine Mathematics
Blades with Damage The Group ofan N-body Problem in
Supervisor: S.A. Sjolander Celestial Mechanics
Helena Elisabeth Cornelia Rummens Supervisor: A. Mingarelli
B.Sc. (Regina), M.Eng. (McMaster) Yong You
Mechanical Engineering
B.Sc. (Tianjin, China), M.Sc. (Sichuan,
TheThermalhydraulics ofTube- China), M.A. (York)
Support Fouling in Nuclear Steam Mathematics
Generators
Hierarchical Bayes and Related
Supervisor: J.T Rogers Methods for Model-Based Small Area
Estimation
Supervisor: J.N.K. Rao
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Leslie Ihomxs S/amosi Mong Kau Felix Ip Ucana Constantinescu
B.Com.. M.M.S. (Carleton) B.Eng. (Carleton) B.Eng. (PolytechnicalInstitute of
Management Civil Bucharest, Romania)
\ New lVrspectivc on the Compressive Strength and Modulus of Electrical
Organizational Change Process: Elasticity of Masonry Prisms Performance of Object Oriented
Developing a Model ot Revolutionary Song Bo Spencer Lee Design with Patterns
Change and a Measure of B.Eng. (BeijingInstitute ofCivil Abdulabbas Abdullah Hussain
Organizational Support lor Engineering, China) B.Sc. (Basrah, Iraq), M.Sc. (Baghdad,
Revolutionary Change
Supervisor: L Duxbury Civil Iraq), Ph.D. (York, U.K.)
Lingling Liu Electrical
Michael Peter Francis B.Eng. (Chengdu University ofScience and Design, Simulation and Fabrication of
BA. (Flinders, South Australia), Technology, China) a Self-Aligned SiGe Base
MA.
(Carleton) Civil Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors for
Economics Ammonia Removal from Industrial Low Power Operation
Open-Access Resources and
Wastewater -Analysis of Stella Colleen Patterson
International Trade
Photochemical Reactor Performance B.Sc. (Saskatchewan)
Supervisor: L. Schembri
Josh Christopher Lombard Electrical
Vladimir Suchan B.Eng. (Carleton) Feature Extraction from Digital
Dip. (Moscow Institute ofInternational Imagery using the Hough Transform
Civil
Relations),JUDr. (Charles, Seismic Strengthening and Repair of John W. M. Rogers
Czechoslovakia), M.A. (Carleton)
Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls B.Eng. (Carleton)
Political Science Using Externally Bonded Carbon Electrical
Globalization, Postcommunism, and Fibre Tow Sheets Voltage Controlled Oscillators and
tEhceonMoodmeyronfPNriohjielcit:smT,hIetsPColiipthiecrals, Kevin Charles O'Leary High QCopper Inductors
and the Platonic Cave B.Sc, Dip.Eng. (Dalhousie) Sara Marian Stout
Supervisor: P. Dutkiewicz Civil B.Eng. (Technical University ofNova
Source Apportionment ofVolatile Scotia)
Organic Compounds in Urban Electrical
Master of Engineering
Micro-Environments Compact Dielectric-Loaded Patch
(presented by Professor R.C. Blockley, Douglas Allan Raby Antennas for L-band Mobile Satellite
Dean ofthe Faculty of Graduate B.Eng. (Carleton) Applications
Studies and Research) Civil Hamid Mahmood Syed
Development ofa System B.Eng. (NED University ofEngineering
Architecture and Applications for an and Technology, Pakistan)
D. Gilbert Pitre Integrated Computer Software System Electrical
J.
B.Sc. (Waterloo), B.Eng. (Carleton) for the Analysis and Design ofSteel Performance of Internet Applications
CDMA
Aerospace Structures over Wireless
Spinning Mode Algorithms for the Sabbirali Saiyed RawdonJ.W. Taylor
Satellite Attitude Sensor B.Eng, M.Eng. (Baroda, India) B.Sc. (Queen's)
Solly Solaiman Civil Electrical
B.Eng. (Carleton) Development ofNested Logit Models Generic Telecommunications Protocol
Aerospace for Simulating and Evaluating Vehicle Processor: A Programmable
Dynamic Modeling and Stability Occupancy Architecture
Analysis ofa "Smart" Hingeless Mahad Mohamed Ahmed Changgeng Xi
Helicopter Blade B.Eng. (Carleton) B.Eng., M.Eng. (Xi'anJiaotong, China)
John Chester Stephen Waring Electrical Electrical
B.A.Sc. (Toronto) Performance Analysis and Optimization Approaches to the
Aerospace Improvement ofthe Open Shortest Training ofNeural Networks with RT7
Reduction ofDrag ofa Submerged Path First Routing Protocol Microwave Applications
Swimmer Using Vortex Generators Stefan Bayarov Chi-Feng Chiang
Ian James Fuller B.Eng. (Technical University, Bulgaria) B.S., M.S. (Chung Cheng Institute of
B.Eng. (Carleton) Electrical Technology, China)
Civil Resource Functions for Model Based Mechanical
Development ofan Object Oriented Performance Analysis of Distributed Handling Characteristics ofTracked
Handbook and a Numerical Methods Software Systems Vehicles on Non-Deformable Surfaces
Application for Steel Structures
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