Claude Laguë - Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Claude Laguë was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering August 21, 2006.
Biography:
Dr. Laguë specializes in the engineering of agricultural machinery and manure management systems. From 1989 to 1999 he held a faculty position at Université Laval, where his teaching and research activities focused on agricultural machinery engineering.
In January 2000, Dr. Laguë was appointed Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering.
He has held a number of administrative and management positions in three Canadian universities. Between 1995 and 1996, he served as vice-dean (research) for the Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation at Université Laval where, in 1996, he also headed the newly established Département des sols et de génie agroalimentaire. he was appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 2002 and became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa in 2006.
Dr. Laguë is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. He is a member of a number of engineering societies: ASBE; ASEE; Canadian Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems (CSBE/SCGAB); and SAE. Dr. Laguë is also a member of the Club of Bologna, an international association of experts in agricultural mechanization. He received the Young Engineer of the Year and the Glen Downing awards from CSBE/SCGAB in 1998 and 2001 respectively. In 1995, the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) presented Dr. Laguë with an award for the best extension article written by a university professor.
