Dr. Ken Domier works with a radioactive tracer of engine wear in the Engineering Lab.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Kenneth Walter Domier was born 30 August 1933 on the family farm near Norquay, Saskatchewan. He earned his BSc (1955) and MSc (1957) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and his PhD from Michigan State University (1967). After some years of teaching at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Domier moved his family in 1969 to Edmonton as chair of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Alberta. He was a Fellow of Engineers Canada, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and an Honourary Fellow of Geoscientists Canada. Dr. Domier retired at age 60, becoming professor emeritus in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences. He had a strong and lengthy interest in all things Scandinavian. Dr. Domier was awarded the Sankt (Saint) Olav's medal by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway in 2019 for his "important contributions in serving Norway's interest and growing the relations between Canada and Norway in the Province of Alberta." He held a variety of offices of Alberta Scandinavian organizations. Dr. Domier died 7 March 2020 in Edmonton.