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]

Education and career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Mechanical Engineering Faculty Members, University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering, retrieved 2025-08-25
  2. ^ a b c "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, ISBN 978-0-612-03122-7
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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