Engineering honours its own

The winners of this year's Waterloo Engineering awards were honoured at the annual Faculty of Engineering dinner held on October 10.

The Faculty’s Teaching Excellence Award recognizes outstanding teaching and commitment to the enrichment of Waterloo Engineering education. This year’s deserving recipients are David Brush of civil and environmental engineering, Keith Hipel of systems design engineering, and David Wang of electrical and computer engineering.

The Outstanding Staff Performance Award was presented to Rosemarie Guderian in the administrative category for her exceptional contributions as department secretary for chemical engineering and to Rossi Ivanova in the technical staff category for her accomplishments as the lab manager/instructor for nanotechnology engineering.

The En-hui Yang Engineering Research Innovation Award recognizing an outstanding researcher within Waterloo Engineering was awarded to Amir Khajepour of mechanical and mechatronics engineering. The Engineering Research Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding research accomplishment, innovative ideas and dedication to the Faculty’s research, was received by Dana Kulić of electrical and computer engineering in the assistant professor category, Slim Boumaiza of electrical and computer engineering in the associate professor category, and Hamid Jahed of mechanical and mechatronics engineering in the professor category.

Congratulations to all faculty and staff award winners for their outstanding achievements and contributions to Waterloo Engineering!