professors awarded lakehead’s highest distinction for research

(march 26, 2009 --thunder bay, on) dr. abdelhamid tayebi, associate professor of electrical engineering, and dr. s.s. islam, professor of the department of political science, are the winners of the 2008 distinguished researcher award. the distinguished researcher award is the highest honor conferred by 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 for research and scholarly activity.

criteria for the award is strict, requiring a full career of internationally recognized intellectual contributions, including consistent and significant production of scholarly activity and material as documented by research bodies, professional technical committees, and other professional associations. nominees for the award must also have shown constant and significant direct contributions toward the training of graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and the receipt of research funding.

dr. tayebi's area of expertise is in control and robotics, which is the science and technology of robots and their design, manufacture, and application. he serves as associate editor for three international journals. he has 20 refereed journal papers published in prestigious journals, one book chapter, and 36 papers in the proceedings of international conferences; he is also the founder and director of the automatic control laboratory at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . tayebi has received more than $850,000 in research dollars, and has supervised 8 graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , with an additional three in progress, as well as two post-doctoral fellows.

dr. islam specializes in international politics and law, and third world-politics. he has published nearly 70 research articles in peer-reviewed refereed journals, 4 books written in english, and 4 books written in other languages, 14 book chapters, and 12 book reviews. he has been appointed a member of the advisory committee of times publications, in singapore, and is a member of the editorial board of the bangladesh journal of international affairs, as well as a member of the curriculum review committee of the international islamic university, malaysia. he has supervised several graduate theses and examined ph.d. theses from universities around the world, and has received approximately $70,000 in research dollars.

vice president (research) dr. rui wang says, "there is a special gratification in recognizing and rewarding a job well done. dr. tayebi and dr. islam are exemplars of research activity, and their work brings pride and honor to this institution."


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media: dr. tayebi and dr. islam are available for media interviews. for more information contact lisa pelot, communications officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca

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