Royal Society of Canada (External Award)

In order to establish the foundation for multiple initiatives, the Royal Society of Canada elects Fellows and Members while also making awards to highlight specific exceptional achievements. 

After rigorous evaluation and review of their accomplishments, leading individuals may be elected to one of the Society’s three Academies – the Academy of Arts and Humanities; the Academy of Social Sciences; and the Academy of Science. There are currently over 2,460 Fellows.

Recipients

Year Fellows
2022 Carl Haas
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor
2019 Zhongwei Chen
Chemical Engineering Professor
2018 Feridun Hamdullahpur
Mechanical Engineering Professor, President of the University of Waterloo and Vice-Chancellor

Zhou Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor

2017 Weihua Zhuang
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2015 Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2014 Mohamed Kamel
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2012 Claudio Cañizares
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2010 Savvas Chamberlain (Honorary DEng 2007)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor (retired)

Michael Yovanovich
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Professor
2009 Carolyn Hansson
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Professor

En-Hui Yang
Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor
2007 Flora Ng
Chemical Engineering Professor
2003 Adel Sedra
Former Dean, Waterloo Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2001 Ralph C.G. Haas (PhD 1968, Civil)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
1999 Graham M. Gladwell
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
1998 Mohamed I. Elmasry
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor (retired)

Keith Hipel (BASc 1970, Civil; MASc 1972, Systems Design; PhD 1975, Civil)
Systems Design Engineering Professor
1997 Thomas Z. Fahidy
Chemical Engineering Professor (retired)

Murray Moo-Young
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering
1995 Francis A.L. Dullien
Chemical Engineering Professor (retired)
1992 Garry Rempel
Chemical Engineering Professor
1981 Niels C. Lind
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor (retired)
Year College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
2018 Carolyn Ren
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Professor

Alexander Wong
Systems Design Engineering Professor
2017 Frank Gu
Chemical Engineering Adjunct Professor
2016 Zhongwei Chen
Chemical Engineering Professor

Tze Wei (John) Yeow
Systems Design Engineering Professor
2015 Zhou Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor
2014 Chris Eliasmith (Honorary DEng 2007)
Systems Design Engineering Professor (retired)

Susan Tighe
Civil Engineering Professor (former)