Our alumni have a long history of distinction; although we are a smaller department in the Faculty of Engineering, Systems Design Engineering alumni have won more awards than any other department.
Anyone can submit a nomination for a UW Engineering alumni award. Please consider nominating other Systems Design Engineering alumni for one of the alumni awards.
2012
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Ilia Kaufman is awarded the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement in recognition of his role as founder, president and CEO of Kaufman Consulting Services Ltd., a world-leading software company that developed language technologies such as multilingual spell checking, grammar and search programs, and localization systems. |
2011
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Stephan F. Matusch is awarded the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as founder of Ionic Engineering, a leader of industrial automation in the mining industry, and his significant contributions to his community as the founding director of SudburyROCKS!!! Race, Run or Walk for Diabetes. |
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Kurtis N. McBride is awarded the Faculty of Engineering Young Alumni Achievement Medal in recognition of his co-founding Miovision Technologies Inc. while a Waterloo systems design engineering master’s student, and for his numerous impressive contributions to the industry and to the community, which include volunteering as a mentor at the Accelerator Centre. |
2010
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John A. Baker in recognition of his impressive entrepreneurial accomplishments as the founder, president and CEO of Desire2Learn, an innovative e-learning business that he started as an undergraduate Waterloo Engineering student. |
2009
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Cameron A. Piron For his innovative leadership as president and co-founder of Sentinelle Medical Inc. in the research and manufacturing of leading-edge MRI technologies that allow physicians to more quickly and accurately diagnose breast cancer and other medical conditions. |
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Kevin Salvadori For his unique combination of skills and compelling vision of the future that as executive vice president of business transformation and technology operations at Telus has helped him lead significant transformational programs. |
2007
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Donald J. Noakes For his outstanding role as a national leader in the protection of Canada’s natural resources and the development of its fisheries, and for his international reputation as a scientist who pushes for greater understanding. |
2006
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Vivienne Ojala For her extraordinary talents and accomplishments as a business professional and an engineer, for her visionary leadership of Brock Solutions and for her generous service to Waterloo Engineering and the Kitchener-Waterloo community. |
2005
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Catherine A. Booth For her outstanding professional achievements as a role model and exceptional leader in the field of information technology consulting, and for her community service as a volunteer dedicated to making her community a better place to live. |
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John M. Seminerio For his remarkable leadership in the volatile high-tech computer industry as one of the top serial entrepreneurs in Canada. His involvement with venture capital groups to invest back into the high-tech communcation. |