Dineen Memorial Lectures
The Dineen Memorial Lectures began in 1980 and honour former engineering professor and UNB president James O. Dineen. The lectures, which focus on technology and its impact on society, are sponsored by the University of New Brunswick, the Faculty of Engineering in Fredericton, the Department of Engineering in Saint John, and the Associated Alumni of both campuses.
| Date | Name of Lecturer | Title of Lecture | Location |
| 13 November 1980 | Alexander Curran | "Technology - Catalyst of Growth" | UNB Fredericton |
| 19 January 1982 | G. M. Lindberg | "Canadarm" | UNB Fredericton |
| 15 March 1983 | A. J. Mooradian | "Nuclear Power - Where We Are and Where We Are Going"
"Energy - The Creeping Crisis" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 12 March 1984 | George G. Garland | "Modern Ideas on Isostasy and Tectonic Plate Bending From Gravity Data"
"Earthquake Prediction: Fact or Fiction?" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 11 March 1985 | Alan G. Davenport | "Storm Winds and Structures"
"The Rage of the Elements: The Challenge of Wind and Wave to Engineering Design" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 11 March 1986 | Carl S. Ledbetter | "Think Fast: Computing in the 21st Century"
"Future Trends in Large Scale Scientific Computing" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 10 March 1987 | Martin Levine | "Engineering Applications of Robotic Vision"
"Intelligent Robots - Past, Present, Future" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 15 March 1988 | Karl H. Doetsch | "Space Station: A Catalyst for Scientific and Technological Development"
"Space Station: A Gateway to the Planets" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 28 March 1989 | George S. Petty | "Prospects for the Pulp and Paper Industry in New Brunswick under Free Trade"
"The ALCELL Process--Technological Change in the Pulp and Paper Industry" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 4 April 1990 | John S. MacDonald | "Managing Planet Earth: The Role of Spaceborn Earth Observation Systems"
"Technology of Measuring Earth from Space" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 10 April 1991 | Peter Cashin | "Computing: The Foundation of Telecommunications" | UNB Fredericton |
| 10-11 March 1992 | John A. Cherry | "Industrial Contaminants in Aquifers: Their Behaviour, Control and Removal"
"Groundwater Pollution: Nature and the Cause of the Problem" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 9-10 March 1993 | Michael Caughey | "The Information Technology Game - An Ex-New Brunswicker's View" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 1 March 1994 | Gustav J. Olling | "Manufacturing Excellence"
"CAE/CAD/CAM Strategy - Simultaneous Engineering" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 22-23 March 1995 | Terrance E. Rummery | "Scientific and Engineering Research--Who Needs it?" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 28 February 1996 | James K. Simpson | "United Nations Engineering Challenges and Activities int he Former Republic of Yugoslavia"
"An Overview of Conflict in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia from a UN Engineers' Perspective" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 20 March 1997 | Bruce Hutchinson | "A Historical Perspective on Some Canadian Engineering Projects"
"Toll Roads--Economy and Efficiency or Political Abdication" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 23-24 March 1998 | Karl Astrom | "Intelligent Control"
"Automatic Control - The Hidden Technology" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 17-18 March 1999 | James C. Otis | "Knee Replacement Following Tumor Resection as an Alternative to Amputation: Design, Treatment and Evaluation"
"Assessment of External and Internal Knee Devices: An Enhanced Gait Analysis Approach" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 27-28 March 2000 | David Sanborn Scott | "From Steam Engines to Fuelcells: A Story of Civilization-Engineering Intimacy"
"The Architecture of Energy Systems: What's constant, what changes, where we've been, where we are going" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 20-21 March 2001 | Philip Mattos | "Navigation from the Astrolabe to GPS and Beyond"
"GPS from Suitcase to Silicon, from the Chassis of the 80s to the Chip of Today" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 2-3 April 2002 | Kerry Rowe | "Some Remaining Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Challenges of Waste Disposal"
"Landfills: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - an exploration of evolving waste disposal practice and its environmental implication past, present, and future" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 25-26 March 2003 | Peter G. Jollymore | "Telecom: Fragmentation in Progress" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 29-30 March 2004 | John L. Mann | "Forging the Link Between Industry and Academia" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 21-22 March 2005 | Darcy Spady | "Energy and Education - Collaborating for our Future" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 16-17 November 2005 | Caroline Baillie | "Engineering and Society" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 29-30 October 2006 | Pierre Bilodeau | "Geospatial Support to Military Operations" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 2007 | No lecture given | ||
| 18-19 March 2008 | Michael S. Whitford | "Nothing Great Happens Without Enthusiasm" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 24 March 2009 | William O. Kennedy | "St. Clair's Wonderful Curve"
"Keeping my Skis Straight" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 25 March 2010 | Suhas V. Patankar | "Airflow and Cooling in a Data Centre"
"Wonders of Scientific Simulation" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 3 March 2011 | Scott Fogler | "Applying Chemical Engineering Principles to Maintaining Flow Assurance in Off Shore Pipelines"
"Revisiting Asphaltene Precipitation from Crude Oils: A Case of Neglected Kinetic Effects" "Globalization and Cooperation: Chemical Engineers Working to Solve Problems in the Next Decade" |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 2012 | David G. Ullman | Untitled lecture | UNB Fredericton |
| 19-20 February 2013 | Richard J. Marceau | “Canada: Winning as a Sustainable Energy Superpower,” - See more at: http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2013/02/13/unbs-annual-dineen-lecture-to-focus-on-sustainable-energy-in-canada/#sthash.5PropZF3.dpuf"Canada: Winning as a Sustainable Superpower" | UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 16 September 2014 | Yvan Bedard |
“The Power of WHERE: What Should We Know and Why Should We Care About Location-Enabled Devices in Everyday Life?” |
UNB Fredericton UNB Saint John |
| 22-23 March 2016 | Jeff Duda | “Dam Removal on the Elwha River: Salmon, Sediment, and the Rebirth of a River” |
UNB Fredericton |
| 8-9 November 2016 | Levi Hargrove | "Rewiring Humans: Improving the Control of Bionic Limbs" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 24-25 October 2017 | Oyvind Stavdahl | "Diving Deeper, from Diabetes Treatments to Subsea Interventions" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 21-22 November 2018 | Jeanette Southwood | "Leaders Don't Journey Alone: Collaboration, Diversity and Innovation for our Resilient Future" |
UNB Fredericton |
| 19-20 November 2019 | David Novog | "The Grand Energy Challenge: An uncertain future and how nuclear energy can give us hope" |
UNB Fredericton |
Source(s):
- UA Case 211.
- UNB Perspectives, February/March 1994, vol.20, no. 5, p.8.
- UNB Newsroom Blog: 2013, 2014
- UNB Fredericton | Initiatives | The Dineen Memorial Lecture Series
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