Janet Ronsky

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Janet Lenore Ronsky is a Canadian biomechanical engineer whose research concerns the mechanics and neurological control of the human musculoskeletal system, and the effects of age, gender, and disease on this system. She is a professor emerita at the University of Calgary, [1] in its Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, a member of the university's McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, and an affiliate faculty member in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Department of Surgery. [2]

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Education and career

Ronsky majored in mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo, graduating in 1983. [2] She was a master's student at Calgary in 1989 when the École Polytechnique massacre of Canadian female engineering students happened; the incident hardened her resolve to stay in academia. [3] She completed a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Calgary in 1994. [2] Her dissertation, In-vivo quantification of patellofemoral joint contact characteristics, was supervised by Benno Nigg. [4]

She continued at the University of Calgary as a faculty member, [5] and was promoted to full professor in 2003. [6] She was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering in 2001, renewed in 2006, and subsequently held the Alberta Innovates iCORE Strategic Chair in Advanced Diagnostics and Devices. [7] In 2003 she became the founding director of the Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education, and she subsequently served as executive director of the Biovantage Alberta Ingenuity Centre, [5] established in 2009. [8]

Recognition

In 2004 Ronsky received the Award for the Support of Women in the Engineering Profession of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. [9]

She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, [7] elected in 2009. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Mechanical Engineering Faculty Members, University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering, retrieved 2025-08-25
  2. 1 2 3 "Janet Ronsky", UCalgary Profiles, University of Calgary, retrieved 2025-08-25
  3. ↑ Platt, Michael (6 December 2018), 1989 Montreal massacre redefined engineering prof's career direction, University of Calgary, retrieved 2025-08-25
  4. ↑ Ronsky, Janet Lenore (1994), In-vivo quantification of patellofemoral joint contact characteristics (Ph.D. thesis), University of Calgary, hdl:1880/30519
  5. 1 2 "Janet L. Ronsky, FCAE", Experts, Council of Canadian Academies, 27 September 2012, retrieved 2025-08-25
  6. ↑ Annual Report 2003, University of Calgary Kinesiology, p. 4, retrieved 2025-08-25
  7. 1 2 "Ronsky, Janet", Directory of Fellows, Canadian Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2025-08-25
  8. ↑ Biomedical centres put Alberta on leading edge (Press release), Government of Canada, 10 November 2009, retrieved 2025-08-25
  9. ↑ "Ronsky Honoured with Canada's Finest Engineers", In The News, University of Calgary, 11 May 2004, archived from the original on 2004-08-23, retrieved 2025-08-25
  10. ↑ Notable alumni and faculty accomplishments: The Canadian Academy of Engineering, University of Waterloo Engineering, retrieved 2025-08-25
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