The Year 2002 Fellows

To be presented at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sunday, July 14, 2002

Ernest Murray Barber

The quality research he has done has been recognized by NSERC as seen by the $600,000 it has awarded to him in individual grants and $2.2 million in individual and shared research grants and contracts. In addition, he has been involved in about 40 investigations and development projects.

Dr Barber's expertise has been utilized in many committees inside and outside the university. He has served CSAE/SCGR on the Education Committee, the Awards Committee, and as Vice President Regional. Agriculture Canada has benefitted by his expertise on the Expert Committee on Farm Structures, the Expert Committee on Animal Behaviour, the Hazardous Gases Committee, and the Canadian Animal Manure Management Committee.

Ernest Murray Barber P.Eng., P.Ag. is granted the CSAE/SCGR grade of Fellow in recognition of his world renowned expertise and contributions to the field of animal housing and his dedication and skill in teaching and administration. He is currently the Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan and holds a professorial appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering at the same institution. He had previously been head of that department from 1994-1999.

Since receiving B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Alberta, Dr. Barber has devoted 30 years of service in government and university, first in extension engineering as a waste management specialist with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture before taking his doctorate at the University of Guelph and joining the University of Saskatchewan in 1981.

Dr. Barber has taught a wide variety of courses both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of those courses was taught simultaneously, by distance education. at the University of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He has supervised 9 M.Sc. students and 6 Ph.D. students, resulting in more than 40 refereed journal publications and 40 invited and contributed published conference papers and abstracts, in addition to 35 technical reports, 50 invited conference presentations, and 40 non-invited presentations.

 

He served on the NSERC Mechanical Engineering Grant Selection Committee for a three year term. ASAE committees on Structures and Environment and Environmental Air Quality also have benefitted from his dedicated service. He has been a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Society of Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning.

He has received numerous awards in recognition of his academic, professional, and teaching abilities. In 1986 he was awarded the CSAE Young Engineer of the Year award. In 1991 he received the CSAE / Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute (now the John Turnbull) Award and in 2000 received the CSAE/SCGR Maple Leaf Award. The College of Engineering, U of S, twice awarded him the Friend of the Student award. In 1995 the College of Agriculture made him the Professor of the Year, and two years later he received the Teaching Excellence award for the university.

Dr Barber's involvement has extended beyond his professional career. He has served at the local and regional level of the United Church of Canada in Saskatoon chairing several committees. He has also been involved in the Scout organization and the College Park Recreation Association.

 

James Brian McQuitty

In 1966 Brian emigrated to Alberta to take up a position in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Alberta.

He rose to the position of Associate Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and, from 1984 to 1989 served as the University's Associate Vice President (Facilities).

James Brian McQuitty P.Eng., P.Ag., is granted the CSAE/SCGR grade of Fellow in recognition of his leadership in research into the engineering of agricultural buildings, particularly in the area of environments in animal housing, for his teaching and mentorship of practitioners and researchers in the area of agricultural structures and environments; and for his sustained support of, and contributions to CSAE/SCGR over the course of his distinguished career.

Mr. McQuitty has served the agricultural community since 1958 when he was a county advisor in Northern Ireland.

After he obtained his Master's degree from Michigan State University, he returned to Ireland as a farm building specialist and later as Deputy Head of the Agricultural Engineering Division of the Ministry of Agriculture of Northern Ireland.

Mr McQuitty has supervised 16 Masters Degree students and two doctoral students. He has published 61 refereed publications and 78 others in the areas of environmental control and air quality in animal housing; animal response to environmental parameters; animal manure housing; and grain storage.

Mr. McQuitty served CSAE/SCGR as Vice President (Technical) from 1973 to 1975 and was awarded CSAE/SCGR's top recognition, the Maple Leaf Award, in 1988. He also received the CSAE/SCGR Sheet Steel Building Institute Award in 1977 (now known as the John Turnbull Award), the Soutar Farm Building Trust Award of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture in 1984, and was made a Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (U.K.) in 1970.

Since retiring to Vancouver Island, Brian has continued to be active in church and community organizations.