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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

Highly Cited Researcher: Clarivate (INT'L)
Dr. Aiping Yu
Dr. Michael Fowler
Dr. Roydon Fraser
Dr. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

International Fellow: Engineering Academy of Japan (INT'L)
Dr. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

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

John P. Masten Distinguished Service Award: Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (USA)
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

Lotfi A. Zadeh Pioneer Award: IEEE Systems, Man and Cybermetrics Society (INT'L)
Dr. Keith W. Hipel

Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators (INT'L)
Dr. Milad Kamkar

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

Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award: American Welding Society (USA)
Dr. Norman Zhou

National

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

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

Fellow: Canadian Engineering Education Association
Dr. Nadine Ibrahim

Alfred F. Wong Lifetime Achievement Award: Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
Dr. Reinhold Schuster

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

Fellow: Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Dr. Giovanni Cascante

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

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division Early Career Instigator Award: Chemical Institute of Canada (sponsored by NOVA Chemicals)
Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen

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

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani (renewed)

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Chris Eliasmith (renewed)
Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen
Dr. Luis Ricardez-Sandoval (renewed)
Dr. Rebecca Saari
Dr. Mihaela Vlasea
Dr. Valerie Ward

Acadia Design Excellence Award: Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
Philip Beesley

King Charles III Coronation Medal: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Eric (Rick) Haldenby

Provincial

Ontario Early Researcher Award
Dr. Mahla Poudineh

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