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Albert Leung |
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Engineer prized for innovation
Engineering science professor Albert
Leung won the Ernest
C. Manning award, worth $100,000, for a revolutionary accelerometer
microchip deemed to be socially and economically beneficial
to Canada. The accelerometer measures acceleration, motion and
vibration, and is applicable to such household items as game
consoles, air bags, and car alarms. Now it has caught NASA's
attention as the only technology strong and sensitive enough
to enable a probe to penetrate the surface of Mars and measure
its volcanic activity.
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