CRC employees continue to be recognized for excellence in their fields and for contributions to innovative communications R&D.

Here are some of CRC's award winners:

	In 2006, CRC's Advanced Radio Systems Group received an "Excellence in Technology Transfer Award" from the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer (FPTT), for its contribution to Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology.
	Gilbert Soulodre, Scott Norcross and Michel Lavoie of the Advanced Audio Systems group (Broadcast Technologies Branch) of CRC have been awarded with the "Best Publication Award" by the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for their paper titled "Objective Measures of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Audio Systems", published in the Journal of the AES in September 2003. The awards were received during an award ceremony held during the 121th Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco, California, Oct. 5-8, 2006.
	CRC's Spectrum Explorer® team has been awarded the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer (FPTT) Technology Transfer Award for 2004. The award recognizes their efforts in the development, transfer and commercialization of Spectrum Explorer®.
	Dr. Stephen Mihailov recently received the NCIT "Under 40" Award for Researchers in Photonics. Stephen received the award for his contributions to the development of photonics science and technology carried out in the Ottawa area. He was presented with a framed scroll and cash award at the April 7, 2004 OCRI Awards Dinner.
	CRC's Technology Transfer Office won a Leadership Award from the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer. Kevin Shackell, Laura Cashen, Sheryle Shelaga, Joe Leblanc, Marg Stanton and their manager, Jeet Hothi were honoured for their outstanding achievements in helping protect and commercialize CRC's intellectual property.
	The Audio Engineering Society awarded Bill Treurniet with its Publication Award for Best Scientific Article, 1999-2000. The article describes a method for the objective evaluation of audio quality, which is now an international standard to which CRC was a major contributor.
	Dr. Gilbert Soulodre received a Fellowship Award from the Audio Engineering Society for his significant role in the development of procedures for the subjective testing of audio systems.
	Student researcher Athena Buckthought won a Donald O. Hebb Award for the best research project by a student at a Canadian university or research institute from the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science.
	Dr. Yiyan Wu has received an Innovator Award from the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer, recognizing his outstanding research in broadcast technology leading to commercialization.
	Mathini Sellathurai received a 2002 NSERC Doctoral Prize for her novel research in increasing wireless capacity.
	Dr. Ken Hill won the coveted Rank Prize in Optoelectronics for his role in inventing and developing fibre Bragg gratings.
	Barry Felstead was one of five Canadian recipients to receive the Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Achievement Award, presented in the Spring of 2001 for contributions in collaborative defence research.
	Yiyan Wu was elected IEEE Fellow 2001 for contributions to digital television research and standards development.
	John Lodge was named the IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineer in May 2000.
	John Lodge (above) and François Patenaude (left) of CRC and professor Jean-Yves Chouinard, University of Ottawa, won IEEE's 1999 Neal Shepherd Best Propagation Paper Award.