D. G. Fisher Award/ Prix D.-G.-Fisher.

Sponsored by / Parraine par The department of chemical and materials engineering, University of Alberta, Suncor Energy Foundation and Shell Canada Limited/ Le departement de genie chimique et des materiaux de la University of Alberta, la Suncor Energy Foundation et Shell Canada Limitee.

The D. G. Fisher Award is awarded to an individual who has made substantial contributions to the field of systems and control engineering. The award is given in recognition of significant contributions to any, or all, of the areas of theory, practice, and education.

Le Prix D.-G.-Fisher est decerne a une personne qui s'est distinguee par ses contributions importantes darts le damaine du genie des systemes et des controles. II couronne les apports importants dans certaias ou tousles domaines suivants : la theorie, la pratique et l'education.

Barry Cott

Shell Canada

Barry Cott received his PhD in chemical engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 1989 after receiving a BASc and a MASc from the University of Waterloo in chemical engineering.

He joined Shell Canada after 1989 and has held a series of positions leading Shell Canada's implementation of process control technologies across its businesses including the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

In 2003, he became the Global R&D team leader for Shell Global Solutions' Process Control, Optimization and Modeling Group, leading the team that researches and develops Shell's advanced process control and realtime optimization software suite. The suite is in use worldwide throughout Shell and in the third-party market through an alliance with Yokogawa Electric.