Suzanne Kresta
Suzanne Marie Kresta is a Canadian chemical engineer known for her research on mixing in turbulent fluids including drinking water, molten metals,[1] and in industrial processes.[2] She is dean of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island,[2] and a professor emerita in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and former dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan.[1]
Education and career
Kresta is originally from Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island; her mother and uncle were on the faculty of the University of Prince Edward Island.[2] She was an undergraduate at the University of New Brunswick, graduating in 1986. After a 1987 master's degree in England at the University of Leeds she returned to Canada for a doctorate at McMaster University, completed in 1992.[2][3]
She was a faculty member at the University of Alberta beginning in 1992,[4][3] promoted to associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 1996. She was McCalla Professor in 2008–2009 and Killam Annual Professor in 2012.[3] She became associate dean of graduate studies there in 2015 before moving to the University of Saskatchewan as dean of engineering in 2018.[2][3] In 2024 she moved again, to her present position as dean of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island.[2]
Books
Kresta co-edited the Handbook of Industrial Mixing: Science and Practice (Wiley, 2003, with Edward L. Paul and Victor A. Atiemo-Obeng).[5] She was the chief editor of Advances in Industrial Mixing (2015), a companion to the Handbook of Industrial Mixing.[1]
Recognition
Kresta is a 2014 Fellow of Engineers Canada, a 2016 Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),[2][3] and a 2018 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.[2][6]
She was a 2004 recipient of the Senior Moulton Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE),[7] the 2006 recipient of the Syncrude Canada Innovation Award of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering,[8] the 2008 recipient of the NAMF Forum Award for Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice of AIChE,[9] and the 2014 recipient of the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education of Engineers Canada.[10]
Her book Handbook of Industrial Mixing was recognized in the 2004 PROSE Awards as the best scholarly or technical book in engineering in 2004.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Suzanne Kresta PhD, PEng, FEC", People, University of Saskatchewan College of Engineering, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ a b c d e f g h "PEI native Dr. Suzanne Kresta appointed Dean of UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering", News, University of Prince Edward Island, 9 April 2024, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ a b c d e f Curriculum vitae (PDF), January 2018, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ "Dr. Suzanne Kresta", Community biographies, AIChE, 29 February 2012, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ Reviews of Handbook of Industrial Mixing:
- Dawson, Michael (August 2004), "Review" (PDF), CEP Magazine, p. 47
- Shea, J. J. (September–October 2005), IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, 21 (5): 48–49, doi:10.1109/MEI.2005.1513439
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- ^ "Suzanne Kresta, dean of the U of S College of Engineering, has been inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering", Education News Canada, 20 June 2018, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ "Moulton Medals", Medals, Prizes and Awards, Institute of Chemical Engineers, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ 2006 CSChE Awards, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, archived from the original on 2006-10-10
- ^ "NAMF Forum Award", Division & Forum Awards, AIChE, 28 March 2012, retrieved 2025-09-04
- ^ "Suzanne Kresta, FEC, P.Eng.", Award Recipients, Engineers Canada, retrieved 2025-09-04
External links
- Home page
- Suzanne Kresta publications indexed by Google Scholar