Waterloo Engineering faculty, staff, alumni, and students receive recognition for their research, teaching, leadership, and dedication to the engineering profession in the form of a record number of awards and grants.
Our achievements increase Waterloo Engineering's visibility around the world, and amongst Canada’s top engineering organizations, including the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and Professional Engineers Ontario.
Here we celebrate the many individuals who have been recognized for outstanding achievements through a variety of external and internal award programs.
2025 awards and honours
International
Early Investigator Award, Polymer Materials: American Chemical Society (USA)
Dr. Milad Kamkar
Carl Hellmuth Hertz Award: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (INT'L)
Dr. Alfred Yu
Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (INT'L)
Dr. Baris Fidan
Golden Core Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (INT'L)
Dr. Ladan Tahvildari
Emerging Faculty Award: Building Technology Educators' Society (INT'L)
Prof. Andrea Atkins
Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (INT'L)
Dr. Claudio Cañizares
Emerging Investigator: Materials Science (INT'L)
Dr. Milad Kamkar
National
Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya
Dr. Shesha Jayaram
Dr. Aiping Yu
Lifetime Achievement Award: Canada's Semiconductor Council
Dr. Adel Sedra
Fellow: Canadian Society of Civil Engineering
Dr. Hassan Baaj
Fellow: Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. John Wen
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Duane Cronin (renewed)
Dr. David T Fortin
Dr. Evelyn Yim
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Mahla Poudineh
Fellow: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. John McPhee
Dr. Norman Zhou
Provincial
Early Researcher Award: Government of Ontario
Dr. Parsin Haji Reza
Dr. Nima Maftoon
Dr. Yimin Wu
Dr. Chul Min Yeum
Prof. Linda Zhang
Engineering Medal - Entrepreneurship: Ontario Professional Engineering Association
Dr. Parsin Haji Reza
Outreach Innovation Award: Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE)
Waterloo Engineering Outreach
University of Waterloo
Distinguished Teacher Award
Dr. Marc Hurwitz
Outstanding Performance Award
Dr. Sibel Alumur Alev
Dr. Nasser Lashgarian Azad
Dr. Michael Benoit
Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya
Dr. William Bishop
Dr. Monica Emelko
Dr. David Fortin
Dr. Jean-Pierre Hickey
Dr. Christopher Holt
Faculty of Engineering
W2025 Friend of Natalie: EngSoc
Marisa Buettel
Friend of Natalie: EngSoc
Ahmad Ghavami (F2025)
Igor Ivkovic Teaching Excellence: EngSoc
Dr. Peter Angelo (F2025)
Dr. David Mather (W2025)