2020 - 2023 awards and honours

Years
2024

National

OPEA Engineering Research and Development Medal (CANADA)
Dr. Boxin Zhao

International

Lifetime Achievement Award: American Institute of Steel Construction (USA)
Dr. Terri Meyer Boake

Fellow: Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (INT'L)
Dr. Ravi Mazumdar

Fellow: American Geophysical Union (USA)
Dr. Nandita Basu

Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists: American Geophysical Union (USA)
Dr. Nandita Basu

Fellow: International Society for Design and Development in Education (INT'L)
Dr. Alexander Wong

Technology Category: J & J Women in STEM2D Scholars Award Program (USA)
Dr. Mahla Poudineh

Early Career Award: Polymer Processing Society (INT'L)
Dr. Milad Kamkar

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

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

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (INT'L)
Dr. Alfred Yu

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (INT'L)
Dr. John Yeow

National

Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Monica Emelko
Dr. Carolyn Ren

Top 100 Award Winner: Canada's Most Powerful Women (Canadian Tire Community Impact category)
Dr. Mary Wells

Top 100 Award Winner: Canada's Most Powerful Women (BMO STEM category)
Dr. Aiping Yu

Fellow: Canadian Engineering Education Association
Chris Rennick

Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research: Canadian Society of Information Technology
Dr. En-Hui Yang

Aspiring Innovators Award: Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR)
Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam

College Member: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Aiping Yu

Fellow: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn

Life Member: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Keith Hipel

Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada
Dr. David Clausi

Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada
Dr. Carolyn Ren

Provincial

Engineering Medal (Entrepreneurship), Ontario Professional Engineers Awards
Dr. Alexander Wong

Professional Engineers Gold Medal, Ontario Professional Engineers Awards
Dr. John McPhee

Outstanding Performance Award (Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Aeronautics)
Dave Dietz

University Professor
Dr. Philip Beesley

Faculty of Engineering

En-Hui Yang Award
Dr. John Zelek

Faculty Outstanding Staff Performance Award
Judy Caron
Sarah Landy
Daniel Delattre
Richard Barber

Faculty Research Excellence Award
Dr. Mahla Poudineh
Dr. Sibel Alumur Alev
Dr. Sean Peterson

Award of Excellence in Grad Supervision
Adrian Gerlich
Peter Huck
Paul Fieguth

Faculty Service Excellence Award
Dr. Maud Gorbet

Pearl Sullivan Outstanding Staff Teaching Award
Carmen Caradima
John Zhang

Unsung Hero Award
Dr. Bill Bishop

Teaching Excellence Award
Rania Al-Hammoud
Simarjeet Saini
George Lamont

Boyce Family Award for Teaching Excellence
Jennifer Howcroft

International

Robert E. Philleo Award: ACI Foundation (USA)
Dr. Carolyn Hansson

Women in Robotics Engineering and Science: IEEE/International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (INT'L)
Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn

2022 INFORMS Prize: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Computing Society (USA)
Dr. Saeed Ghadimi

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (INT'L)
Dr. Zbig Wasilewski

Fellow: Institution of Engineering and Technology (INT'L)
Dr. Alexander Wong

Ambassador: Technical University of Munich (GER)
Dr. Kaan Erkorkmaz

National

Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. David Clausi
Dr. Duane Cronin
Dr. Karim Karim
Dr. Maria Anna Polak
Dr. Zhongchao Tan

Venice Biennale of Architecture, Canadian representative: Canada Council for the Arts
Dr. Adrian Blackwell
Dr. David Fortin

Lifetime Service Award: Canadian Engineering Education Association
Dr. Gordon Stubley

H.A. Krentz Research Award: Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
Dr. Scott Walbridge

Fellow: The Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Zhongchao Tan

Aspiring Innovator of the Year: Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR)
Dr. David Fortin
Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen

Gold Medal of Distinction: Engineers Canada
Dr. Sanjeev Bedi

Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada
Dr. Jonathan Li (cross-appointed)

Science Exposed Jury Prize: NSERC
Dr. Zhao Pan

Synergy Award for Innovation: NSERC
Dr. Norman Zhou

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair: NSERC 
Dr. Nandita Basu (Water)
Dr. Carolyn Ren (Micro and Nano Systems)

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: NSERC
Dr. Ning Jiang (Artificial Intelligence for Human-Centred Human-Machine Interfaces)
Dr. James Craig (Hydrological Modelling and Analysis)
Dr. Stephen Smith

Equality of Opportunity: Ontario Awards of Excellence
Angela Pause

Fellow: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Carl Haas 

Rutherford Medal for Chemistry: Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Aiping Yu 

Provincial

Early Researcher Award: Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Dr. Chris Bachmann 

Jr. Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering: Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Dr. Pejoohan Tavassoti

Ontario Research Chair in Sustainable Energy: Province of Ontario
Dr. Jessie Ma

University of Waterloo

Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Dr. Claudio Cañizares

University of Waterloo Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology
Dr. Kevin Musselman

University Research Chair
Dr. Evelyn Yim 
Dr. Aiping Yu

Faculty of Engineering

Conrad School of Business and Entrepreneurship Research Excellence Award
Dr. Janet Boekhorst

En-Hui Yang Engineering Research Innovation Award
Dr. Costas Tzoganakis
Dr. William Wong

Engineering Research Excellence Award
Dr. Elliot Biro
Dr. Vijay Ganesh
Dr. Omar Ramahi

Faculty Service Excellence Award
Dr. Mario Ioannidis
Dr. Jim Barby

Outstanding Staff Performance
Kari Griffiths 
Shelley Vossen 
Dave Walsh 
Mahindra Sangaranarayanaiyer 

Pearl Sullivan Outstanding Staff Teaching
Dr. Kate Mercer 
Charles (Kim) Pope 

Schlegel Research Chair in Technology for Healthy Aging
Dr. Comsin Munteanu

Teaching Excellence
Dr. Jennifer Howcroft 
David Mather 
Dr. Andrew Morton

Unsung Hero Award
Dr. Manoj Sachdev

Varma Family Professorship in Robotics
Dr. Gennaro Notomista

Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Kyle Daun
John Long

International

Award of Recognition on Fire Standards: American Society for Testing and Materials (USA) 
Dr. Beth Weckman

Test of Time Award: Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval 
Dr. Olga Vechtomova 

Howe Memorial Lecture Award: Association for Iron & Steel Technology (USA) 
Dr. Carolyn Hansson 

Friendship Award: Chinese Government 
Dr. Keith Hipel 

Master Prize Product Design Award: Expo 2020 (INT’L) 
Dr. Elizabeth English 

Distinguished Educator Award: Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society 
Dr. Samir Elhedli 

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (INT’L) 
Dr. Pin-Han Ho 
Dr. Fakhri Karray 

Distinguished Lectureship in Materials and Society: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (USA) 
Dr. Carolyn Hansson 

National

Killam Prize: Canada Council for the Arts 
Dr. Dr. Keith Hipel 

Tier 1: Canada Research Chair 
Dr. Zhou Wang 

Tier 2: Canada Research Chair 
Dongpu Cao 
Dr. Hossein Abouee Mehrizi 
Dr. Sriram Narasimhan 

Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering 
Dr. Peter Huck 
Dr. Pearl Sullivan 

Fellow: Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 
Dr. Susan Tighe

Fellow: Engineers Canada 
Dr. John Yeow 

Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada 
Dr. Fakhri Karray 

A.G.L. McNaughton Award: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Canada 
Dr. Raafat Mansour 

R.A. Fessenden Silver Medal: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Canada 
Dr. Sherman Shen 

Member, Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists 
Dr. Nandita Basu 

Fellow, Royal Society of Canada 
Dr. Zhongwei Chen 

Impact (Connection) Award: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 
Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt 

Provincial 

Education Foundation Award of Merit: Federation of Chinese Professionals Ontario 
Dr. Sherman Shen 

Medal for Engineering Excellence: Professional Engineers Ontario 
Dr. John McPhee 

Early Researcher Award, Province of Ontario 
Dr. Werner Dietl 
Dr. Kevin Musselman 
Dr. Lan We 

Distinguished Professor Emeritus 
Dr. John Chatzis

Distinguished Teacher Award 
Dr. Paul Fieguth 

University Research Chair 
Dr. Nandita Basu 
Dr. Mari Anna Polak 
Dr. John Yeow 

Excellence in Graduate Supervision 
Dr. Hector Budman 
Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya
Andrew Levitt 

Outstanding Staff Performance Award 
Heinz Koller 
Rick Forgett 
Tracie Wilkinson 
Jon Walgate 

Research Excellence Award 
Dr. Kevin Musselman 
Dr. Kyle Daun 
Dr. Alfred Yu 

Teaching Excellence Award 
Dr. Chris Bachmann 
Dr. Marc Hurwitz 
Dr. Andrew Levitt 

National

Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence: Canada Excellence Research Chair 
Dr. Katja Mombaur 

Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering 
Dr. Norman Zhou 

Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada 
Dr. Karim Karim 

Provincial 

E.W.R. Steacie Memorial / Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 
Dr. Aiping Yu

Award for Teaching Excellence: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance 
Dr. Mohammed Nassar 

Distinguished Teacher Award 
Dr. Rajinder Pal 

Faculty Teaching Award
Dr. Allyson Giannikouris 
Dr. Jason Grove
Dr. Jane Hutton Mah 

University Professor 
Dr. Claudio Canizares 

University Research Chair 
Dr. Hany Aziz 
Dr. William Melek 

Faculty of Engineering

Friend of the Society Award: Engineering Society 
Dr. Laura Deakin 
Dr. David Mather 
Sam Vandekerckhove 

Teaching Excellence Award: Engineering Society 
Dr. Sanjeev Bedi 
Dr. Nachiket Kapre 
Anne Allen 

Outstanding Staff Performance Awards 
Colleen Mchler 
Wendy Fleming 
Dennis Herman 
Dr. Chris Rennick 

Research Excellence Award 
Dr. Jeff Gostick 
Dr. Michael Pope 
Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt 

Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering 
Dr. Nadine Ibrahim