Past Recipients
The ASTech awards and prizes recognize some of our brightest minds and greatest achievements in the Alberta science and technology community.
Many of these individuals and groups have since received much wider recognition or achievements.
All honours bring the recipients recognition from their peers and the wider community, profile for their accomplishments and, in most categories, a financial prize.
The ASTech Awards are the foundation's highest overall honours.
The ASTech Prizes recognize achievement in specific industry sectors or areas of innovation and development. Most of the prizes are directly sponsored by an organization.
1990-2008 ASTech Recipients The ASTech Award
- Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Science Award
- Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Applied Technology and Innovation Award
- ASTech Industrial Research Prize
- ASTech Special Award
- Leaders of Tomorrow Award
- Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Technology Community Award
- Shell/ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology and Innovation
- ASTech Societal Impact Award
- Outstanding Commercial Achievement in Alberta Science and Technology Award (To corporations having gross sales less than $25,000,000 per annum)
- Outstanding Commercial Achievement in Alberta Science and Technology Award (To corporations having gross sales equal to or greater than $25,000,000 per annum)
- NRC/ASTech Innovation in Industrial Research Prize (north of Red Deer)
- NRC/ASTech Innovation in Industrial Research Prize (Red Deer and south)
- Syncrude/ASTech Innovation in Oil Sands Research Prize
- AVAC/iCORE/ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Information and Communications Technology and Innovation
- AVAC/ASTech Innovation in Agricultural Science
- AVAC/Dow AgroSciences/ASTech Innovation in Agricultural Science Prize
- Excellence in Science and Technology Journalism (General Public) Prize
- Excellence in Science Journalism: Specialized Publications
- Excellence in Science and Technology Public Awareness Prize
- Alberta Pioneer in Science & Technology Award
Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Science Award
Recipients:
- 2008 Chivers, Dr. Tristam - bio
- 2007 Bundle, Dr. David - bio
- 2006 Currie, Dr. Philip - bio
- 2005 Kubes, Dr. Paul - bio
- 2004 Kolb, Dr. Bryan - bio
- 2003 Sykes, Dr. Brian
- 2002 Weiss, Dr. Samuel
- 2001 Wallace, Dr. John L.
- 2000 The Islet Transplantation Group
- 1999 Schindler, Dr. David W.
- 1998 Peter, Dr. Richard E.
- 1997 Mosmann, Dr. Timothy R.
- 1996 Moody, Dr. Robert V.
- 1995 Hodges, Dr. Robert S.
- 1994 Wang, Dr. Jerry H.
- 1993 Nigg, Dr. Benno
- 1993 Tyrrell, Dr. D.L.J.
- 1992 Bruton, Dr. Leonard T.
- 1991 Cogger, Dr. Leroy
Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology Award
Recipients:
- 2008 Masliyah, Dr. Jacob H. - bio
- 2007 Sutherland, Dr. Garnette - bio
- 2006 Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning (AICML) - bio
- 2005 Beaulieu, Dr. Norman - bio
- 2004 Lachapelle, Dr. Gerard - bio
- 2003 Brett, Dr. Michael
- 2002 Harrison, Dr. D. Jed
- 2001 Allen, Dr. Terry
- 2000 Comeau, Larry J.
- 1999 Grover, Dr. Wayne D.
- 1998 Behie, Dr. Leo A.
- 1997 Moloney, Dr. Maurice M.
- 1997 Noujaim, Dr. Antoine A.
- 1996 Dovichi, Dr. Norman
- 1995 Chuang, Dr. Karl T.
- 1994 Robinson, Dr. Donald B.
- 1993 Unger, Dr. Brian W.
- 1992 Wang, Dr. Lawrence C.H.
- 1991 Tulip, Dr. John
Outstanding Achievement in Applied Technology and Innovation Award
Recipients:
- 2008 DIRTT Environmental Solutions - bio
- 2007 Conematic Heating Systems Inc. - bio
- 2006 No Recipient
- 2005 IMUS Research Team - bio
- 2004 Light Up The World Foundation - bio
- 2003 Belosevic, Dr. Miodrag
- 2002 Saskatchewan Research Council - Pipe Flow Technology Centre
ASTech Industrial Research Prize
Recipients:
ASTech Foundation Special Award
Recipients:
- 2008 Institute for Reconstructive Sciences
in Medicine (iRSM) - bio - 2007 Armour, Dr. Margaret-Ann - bio
- 2006 Libin, Alvin Gerald - bio
- 2005 Clark, Dr. Karl A.
- 2005 Butler, Dr. Roger
- 2003 Ross, Alastair in memoriam
- 2001 Crawford, Dr. Robert J.
- 1999 Stewart, Mr. Fred A.
- 1998 Lougheed, Honorable Peter
- 1996 Alberta Research Council
- 1995 TRLabs
Leaders of Tomorrow Award
Recipients:
- 2008 Murdoch, Travis - bio
- 2007 Chowdhury, Jeeshan - bio
- 2006 Hum, Sean - bio
- 2005 Schneider, Ryan - bio
- 2004 Walus, Konrad - bio
- 2003 Poon, Tim
- 2002 Kallos, Dr. Michael S.
- 2002 Rajwani, Talib
- 2001 Grozic, Dr. Jocelyn
- 2000 Aggarwala, Dr. Rita
Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Technology Community Award
Recipients:
- 2008 Tennant, Dr. Howard E. - bio
- 2007 Smith, Dr. Eldon
- 2006 Kay, Dr. Cyril M. - bio
- 2005 Bridger, Dr. William - bio
- 2004 Lynch, Dr. David T. - bio
- 2003 Spence, Dr. Matt
- 2002 Gilliland, Andrew W.
- 2001 Cochrane, Dr. William
- 2000 Mitchell, David, Q.C.
- 1999 Newell, Mr. Eric P.
- 1998 Murray, Dr. James W.
- 1997 Croft, Mr. William D.
- 1996 Keenan, Dr. Thomas P.
- 1996 Piper, Dr. Martha C.
- 1995 Colter, Dr. John S.
- 1994 Weir, Dr. D.Robert
- 1993 Gunning, Dr. Harry Emmet
- 1992 Church, Dr. Robert
- 1991 Bowman, Dr. Clement Willis
- 1990 Geddes, Dr. Eric A.
Shell/ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology and Innovation
Recipients:
- 2008 Hettiaratchi, Dr. Patrick - bio
Recipients:
- 2008 Madentec Limited - bio
Outstanding Commercial Achievement in Alberta Science and Technology Award (To corporations having gross sales less than $25,000,000 per annum)
Recipients:
- 2008 No Recipient
- 2007 Extreme Engineering - bio
- 2006 Replicon Inc. - bio
- 2005 CV Technologies Inc. - bio
- 2004 Ceapro Inc. - bio
- 2003 Upside Software Inc.
- 2002 Micalyne Inc.
- 2001 BioWare Corp.
- 2000 Matrikon
- 1999 EyeWire Inc.
- 1998 Wi-LAN Inc.
- 1997 SMART Technologies Inc.
- 1996 Revolve Technologies
- 1995 Merak Projects Ltd.
- 1994 Alta Genetics Inc.
- 1993 Valmet Automation (Canada) Ltd.
- 1992 Biomira Inc.
Outstanding Commercial Achievement in Alberta Science and Technology Award (To corporations having gross sales equal to or greater than $25,000,000 per annum)
Recipients:
- 2008 Hemisphere GPS Inc. - bio
- 2007 Intuit Canada Ltd. - bio
- 2006 No Recipient
- 2005 NovAtel Inc. - bio
- 2004 NOVA Chemicals Corporation - bio
- 2003 NOVA Chemicals Corporation - bio
- 2002 SMART Technologies Inc.
- 2001 CSI Wireless Inc.
- 1999 QC Data Internaitonal Inc.
- 1998 Syndrude Canada Ltd.
- 1997 PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd.
- 1996 Tesco Corporation
- 1995 NOWSCO Well Service Ltd.
- 1994 IDACOM Telecom Division
- 1993 CS Resources Limited
- 1992 Sherritt Gordon Limited
NRC/ASTech Innovation in Industrial Research Prize (north of Red Deer)
Recipients:
- 2004 Virexx Medical Corp. - bio
- 2003 Acrodex Inc.
- 2002 BigBangwidth Inc.
- 2001 Russell N.D.E. Systems Inc.
- 2000 SRW Technologies
- 1999 Biotools Inc.
- 1998 Cytovax Biotechnologies Inc.
- 1997 AltaRex Corp.
- 1996 Madenta Communications Inc.
- 1995 Epsilon Chemicals
- 1994 Harding Instrument Company Ltd.
- 1993 Russell Technologies Inc.
- 1992 Z.I. Probes Inc.
- 1991 Axion Spatial Imaging Ltd.
NRC/ASTech Innovation in Industrial Research Prize (Red Deer and south)
Recipients:
- 2004 Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. - bio
- 2003 Spartek Systems Inc.
- 2002 SemBioSys Genetics Inc.
- 2001 Alterna Technologies Group Inc.
- 2000 Mentor Engineering
- 1999 Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
- 1998 Canzyme Corporation
- 1997 Intelligent Databases International Ltd.
- 1996 Travis Chemicals Inc.
- 1995 Yellowbird Products Limited
- 1994 New Era Systems Services Ltd.
- 1993 Malibu Engineering Ltd.
- 1992 SMART Technologies Inc.
- 1991 ITRES Research Limited
Syncrude/ASTech Innovation in Oil Sands Research Prize
Recipients:
- 2008 Zhang, Dr. Hong - bio
- 2007 AACI Research Team, ARC - bio
- 2006 The In Situ Combustion Research Team - bio
- 2005 Rodney Ridley and Patrick Dougan - bio
- 2004 Hamza, Dr. Hassan - bio
- 2003 Paraffinic Froth Treatment Technology Commercialization Team
- 2002 Chung, Dr. Keng H.
- 2001 Sheeran, Dr. Donald
- 2000 Czarnecki, Dr. Jan
- 1999 Maciejewski, Waldemar
- 1998 Scott, Dr. Don
- 1997 Gray, Dr. Murray R.
- 1996 Strausz, Dr. Otto P.
- 1995 Morgenstern, Dr. Norbert R.
- 1994 Shook, Dr. Clifton
- 1993 Masliyah, Dr. Jacob
- 1992 Butler, Dr. Roger
AVAC/iCORE/ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Information and Communications Technology and Innovation
Recipients:
- 2008 Dr. James Hoover and Antony G. Olekshy (University of Alberta and Avra Software Lab)- bio
AVAC/ASTech Innovation in Agricultural Science
Recipients:
- 2002 Good, Dr. Allen
- 2001 Helm, Dr. James H.
- 2000 Kharbanda, Dr. Prem
- 1999 Stringman, Dr. Gary R.
AVAC/Dow AgroSciences/ASTech Innovation in Agricultural Science Prize
Recipients:
- 2008 Howard, Dr. Ronald - bio
- 2007 Moloney, Dr. Maurice - bio
- 2006 Clayton, Dr. George - bio
- 2005 Dr. Thava Vasanthan and Dr. Feral Temelli - bio
- 2004 Cold Regions Geoenvironmental Research Facility - bio
- 2003 O'Donovan, Dr. John
Excellence in Science and Technology Journalism (General Public) Prize
Recipients:
- 2006 Harris, Gregory - bio
- 2004 Struzik, Ed - bio
- 2002 Alberta Venture Magazine
- 1998 Acorn, John
- 1996 McKeen, Scott
- 1994 Heller, Mr. Arthur
- 1993 Jones, Michelle Renne
Excellence in Science Journalism: Specialized Publications
Recipients:
- 2005 Nickle's New Technology Magazine, Editorial Team - bio
- 2001 Kryzanowksi, Tony
- 1999 Bryson, Ms. Connie
- 1995 Urquhart, Dennis
- 1994 Hammond, Ms.Lois
- 1993 Haaland, Rae
- 1992 Lowey, Mark
Excellence in Science and Technology Public Awareness Prize
Recipients:
- 2008 The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (RAO) - bio
- 2007 The Alta Project, Dr. James Pinfold, U of A - bio
- 2006 Kananaskis Field Stations and G-8 Legacy Chair in Wildlife Ecology - bio
- 2005 Shad Valley - bio
- 2004 Biotechnology Training Centre Outreach - bio
- 2003 U of A (FGSR) Outreach Program
- 2002 Pi in the Sky
- 2001 Operation Minerva
- 2000 Edmonton Space & Science Centre
- 1999 Dinosaur Country Science Camp
- 1998 Alberta Women's Science Network
- 1997 Discover 'E' Science Camps
- 1996 The Calgary Science Network
- 1996 WISEST
- 1995 Praxis Society
- 1994 Science Alberta Foundation
Alberta Pioneer in Science & Technology Award
Recipients:
- 1994 McLeod, Dr. Lionel E.
- 1993 Lemieux, Dr. Raymond U.
- 1992 Taylor, Dr. Richard E.
- 1990 Micetich,Dr. Ronald G.