Awards and honours

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.

2024 awards and honours


International

Fellow: The Geological Society (INT'L)
Dr. Alexander Wong

Housing Design Education Award: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (INT'L)
Adrian Blackwell

Faculty Design Award: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (INT'L)
Lola Sheppard

Emerging Voices Award: Architectural League of New York (USA)
Dr. David Fortin

International Fellow: Engineering Academy of Japan
Dr. Xuemin Shen

Fellow: Electrochemical Society (INT'L)
Dr. Sushanta Mitra

John P. Masten Distinguished Service Award: Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute
Dr. Reinhold Schuster

Market Development Industry Leadership Award: American Iron and Steel Institute (USA)
Dr. Michael Worswick


Fellow: Royal Society of Arts (INT'L)
Dr. Alexander Wong
 

National

Order of Canada
Eric Holdenby

Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award: Canadian Engineering Education Association
Dr. Jennifer Howcroft

Fellow: Canadian Engineering Education Association
Dr. Nadine Ibrahim

Fellow: Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Dr. Giovanni Cascante

Award of Merit: Canadian Operational Research Society
Dr. James Bookbinder

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division Early Career Instigator Award
Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen(Sustainable Multiphase Polymers)
Dr. Valerie Ward (Microalgae Biomanufacturing)

D. G. Fisher Award: Chemical Institute of Canada
Dr. Luis Ricardez-Sandoval

Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Ladan Tahvildari
Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani
Dr. Costas Tzoganakis
Dr. Alfred Yu

P.D. Ziogas Electric Power Award: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya

Provincial

Ontario Early Researcher Award
Dr. Mahla Poudineh

Research and Development Engineering Medal: Ontario Professional Engineering Association
Dr. Boxin Zhao



 

University of Waterloo

Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Dr. Peter Huck

Faculty of Engineering