A
total
of
1,430
Waterloo
Engineering
students
received
their
degrees
as
part
of
the
University
of
Waterloo's
112th
convocation.
There
were
1,071
engineering
undergraduate
degrees
and
359
graduate
degrees
awarded
at two
ceremonies
on
June
18.
Additionally,
students,
faculty
members,
an
alumna
and
distinguished
engineers
were
honoured
with
awards
or
honorary
degrees.
Dylan
Dowling,
a
civil
engineering
graduate,
received
an
Alumni
Gold
Medal.
Alexander
Vena,
a
nanotechnology
engineering
graduate,
was
honoured
with
the
Governor
General’s
Silver
Medal.
Additional
students
recognized
include:
-
Eric
Ng,
an
electrical
engineering
graduate,
who
received
The
Albert
S.
Barber
Medal
for
Best
Overall
Work
Term
and
Academic
Performance.
-
Dilpreet
Singh
Bath,
a
mechanical
engineering
graduate,
who
was
honoured
with
the
Canadian
Society
For
Mechanical
Engineering
Gold
Medal
for
Outstanding
Academic
Achievement
in
Mechanical
Engineering.
-
Varun
Jacob-John,
a
mechatronics
engineering
graduate,
who
received
the
George
Dufault
Medal
for
Excellence
in
Communication.
-
Leila
Joan
Meema-Coleman,
a
mechanical
engineering
graduate,
who
received
the
John
Fisher
Award
for
Leadership.
-
Danni
Luo,
an
electrical
engineering
graduate,
who
was
the
recipient
of
Ontario
Professional
Engineers
Foundation
for
Education
Gold
Medal
for
Academic
Achievement.
-
Allyson
Jean
Francis,
a
mechanical
engineering
graduate,
who
was
honoured
with
the
Roy
Duxbury
Leadership
Award.
Engineering
professors
honoured
Bob
McKillop,
a
Waterloo
civil
and
environmental
engineering
professor,
received
a
Distinguished
Teacher
Award.
McKillop
is
known
simply
as
“Bob”
to
students
and
colleagues
alike.
Since
joining
the
university
full
time
in
1999,
he
has
taught
a
variety
of
courses
at
both
the
undergraduate
and
graduate
levels.
McKillop
is
recognized
for
his
one-on-one
support
of
students,
consistently
high
level
of
preparation,
real
world
relevance
in
his
courses,
and
setting
demanding
but
realistic
standards.
Mark
Pritzker,
a
chemical
engineering
professor,
also
received
a
Distinguished
Teacher
Award.
Pritzker
is
the
Teaching
Champion
for
the
chemical
engineering
department.
Many
nominators
noted
Pritzker’s
natural
ability
to
engage
students,
his
organization
of
lectures,
and
his
enthusiasm
towards
the
course
material
–
“it
is
impossible
not
to
be
impressed.”
One
undergraduate
noted
that
“he’ll
ask
the
students
questions
to
prompt
them
into
thinking,
if
he
observes
that
they
aren’t
retaining
the
material
well.
He
pays
very
close
attention
to
the
students’
body
language
and
adapts
his
teaching
accordingly.”
Paul
Fieguth,
chair
of
Waterloo’s
systems
design
engineering
department,
received
the
Award
for
Excellence
in
Graduate
Supervision.
Fieguth
has
a
distinguished
record
as
a
researcher,
teacher,
graduate
student
mentor
and
supervisor
and
as
an
administrator.
He
joined
the
Waterloo
systems
design
engineering
department
in
1996
and
has
supervised
17
PhD
and
nine
MASc
students;
he
is
currently
supervising
eight
doctoral
students.
Fieguth
is
a
repeat
recipient
of
both
the
Faculty
of
Engineering’s
Outstanding
Performance
Award
and
the
Faculty
of
Engineering’s
Distinguished
Performance
Award.
Magdy
Salama,
an
electrical
and
computer
engineering
professor,
also
received
the
award
for
Excellence
in
Graduate
Supervision.
Salama
has
a
long
and
distinguished
record
of
outstanding
research,
teaching
and
graduate
supervision. He
has
managed
a
large
research
group
and
has
supervised
40
PhD
and
48
MASc
students
and
is
currently
supervising
13
doctoral
students,
three
postdoctoral
fellows
and
six
research
associates.
In
addition
to
managing
a
large
research
program,
he
has
developed
and
taught
a
wide
variety
of
undergraduate
and
graduate
courses
and
has
consistently
achieved
excellent
course
evaluations.
Honorary
doctorates
bestowed
Alison
Brooks,
a
Waterloo
School
of
Architecture
graduate,
received
an
Honorary
Doctor
of
Engineering
and
addressed
convocation.
Brooks
is
one
of
the
leading
architects
of
her
generation,
and
she
has
designed
some
of
the
most
original
and
important
buildings
in
the
United
Kingdom
over
the
last
two
decades.
She
moved
to
England
in
1989
helping
to
establish
Ron
Arad
Architect
before
going
out
on
her
own
to
launch
Alison
Brooks
Architects
in
1996.
Shankar
Sastry,
also
received
an
Honorary
Doctor
of
Engineering
and
addressed the
afternoon
convocation
ceremony.
Sastry
is
dean
and
Roy
W.
Carlson
Professor
of
Engineering
at
University
of
California,
Berkeley
where
he
holds
appointments
in
the
electrical
engineering
and
computer
science
departments
as
well
as
the
department
of
mechanical
engineering.
Having
devoted
decades
to
research
and
technology
advancement,
he
has
a
tremendous
record
of
scholarly
achievement
that
includes
more
than
500
technical
papers,
nine
books,
and
the
supervision
of
more
than
110
graduate
students.
