Gold Medal Author

Hearty congratulations go out to UOP author Monique Frize,who was selected as the recipient of the Gold Medal which is awarded by Professional Engineers Ontario and the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.  The gold medal will be presented at a ceremony on November 20, 2010.

Frize will be adding the medal to an already enviable list of accomplishments. She began her distinguished career when she  graduated as the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Her credentials, both as an engineer and as an advocate for women’s equality, are simply astounding. Following her undergraduate work, Frize earned a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London (UK), a Master’s of Business Administration at the Université de Moncton, and a doctorate from Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

She has been awarded five Honorary Doctorates, and was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 1992 and Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993. 

For more information, see the news release on Carleton University's website:
http://www2.carleton.ca/newsroom/news-releases/carleton-professor-honoured-by-ontario-engineers/