Both Spring 2012 Governor General's Gold Medals for Waterloo graduate studies have been won by engineering students. Matthew Day, a mechanical engineering MEng student, has been selected as the master's medal winner and Rongxing Lu, an electrical and computer engineering doctoral candidate, has been chosen as the doctoral medal winner. Both will be honoured at spring convocation.
Daly's innovative master's research involves the application of a novel laser processing technology to enhance the functional properties of conventional smart materials. He was the recipient of the Sanford Fleming Foundation teaching Assistant Excellence Award and has made several contributions to the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining.
Lu's research focuses on wireless network security. He has designed novel security and privacy preservation protocols for new vehicular communications and has also developed mathematical tools in general analytical frameworks. During his doctoral studies he has co-authored 23 refereed publications in highly-respected journals, of which he is first author on 10.