Carleton University Awards Dr. Azizur Rahman (PhD ’68), The A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction. This is Carleton’s highest alumni honour recognition of outstanding achievement or contribution in any field of endeavour.
Before the hybrid car, there was the interior permanent magnet (IPM) motor drive—used in the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius. Azizur Rahman, one of the founding innovators of modern power engineering and a pioneer in the development and application of IPM motors and associated drive technology, is internationally recognized for his work in developing the IPM motor drive.
More details of the award can be found here.
FSAE pictures from the night can be found here.
