John McCanny
Sir John McCanny (left) and Sally Wheeler at their Knighthood/ OBE investitures on 16 June 2017
Sir John Vincent McCanny, CBE, FREng,[1] FRS, MRIA (born 25 June 1952) is the Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast,[2] and director of the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.[3]
He earned a BSc from the University of Manchester in 1973, a PhD in Physics from the University of Ulster in 1978, and a DSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Queen's University Belfast in 1998.
He is on the board of Titan IC Systems Ltd.[4]
Honours and awards
- 1999 He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[5]
- 2002 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society [6]
- 2003 He won the "RDS - Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence".[2]
- 2006 He was awarded the Faraday Medal by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
- 2011 He was awarded the Cunningham Medal by the Royal Irish Academy.[7]
- In 1995 He was elected a Fellow[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1]
McCanny was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to higher education and economic development.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "List of Fellows".
- 1 2 Boyle Medal Laureates Royal Dublin Society
- ↑ Business Card Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ John McCanny: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek
- ↑ Prof John McCanny, CBE, FRS, FREng Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today
- ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ Royal Irish Academy | News Archive | Cunningham Medal Awarded to Professor John V. McCanny, MRIA
- ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N2.
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