The Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education recognizes and honors outstanding women engineering educators. The award consists of an honorarium of $2,000 and an inscribed plaque.

Malgorzata S. Zywno
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ryerson University

Malgorzata S. Zywno is recognized for her outstanding record of educational leadership and research and as an expert in innovative pedagogy and the use of technology in engineering education.

Zywno is a 3M Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University. Her areas of expertise are Control Systems and System Models and Identification. Her research interests have included engineering education, particularly active, collaborative learning and teaching and the use of instructional technology and online resources to support learning, as well as recruitment and retention of women in engineering and science. Zywno’s expertise in teaching with technology and her educational research have made her a sought-after speaker. She has conducted seminars and workshops at universities in Canada (Ryerson, University of Toronto, McMaster, Concordia) as well as internationally (Universite D’Artois, France - Polytechnic University of Lodz, Poland – Glasgow Calcedonian University, Scotland, and Wismar University, Germany).

Zywno, who has been teaching for more than 25 years, has received consistently excellent teaching evaluations while at Ryerson. She is a recipient of numerous teaching excellence and achievement awards, including the Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology (2004); The Learning Partnership Technology Innovation Award (2004); Ryerson University Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Teaching Excellence Award (2003); 3M Teaching Fellowship Award (2002); Teaching Award-Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (2002); and the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Silver Badge of Honour (2002).

She is also the recipient of a number of Best Paper Awards, including the ASEE Best Conference Paper Award (2002) and the PIC V Best Paper Award (2002). Zywno is a member of ASEE; a senior member of IEEE; Professional Engineers of Ontario; Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; and the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.

Prior to Ryerson, she served as an instructor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Professional Development Program (1985-1999). She received her Master of Engineer degree (1977) from the Technical University of Lodz, Poland; Master of Engineering degree (1990) from the University of Toronto, Ontario; and Ph.D. degree (2003) from Glasgow Calcedonian University, Scotland, UK.

Nominated by Judith Dimitriu, Ryerson University