External Awards

Many of our faculty and staff have received awards and recognition external to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Below is a list of those people and their respective awards/recognition.

2023

Dr. Trung Duong

  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Next Generation Communication Technologies

Dr. Octavia Dobre

  • Vice-president (Publications), IEEE ComSoc Board of Directors 
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, IEEE Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) Committee
  • N2Women - Star in Communications and Networking Award

Dr. Bing Chen

  • President-elect, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Dr. Kelly Hawboldt

  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering

Dr. Glyn George

  • Vice-chair of the Council of the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador

Dr. Yuri Muzychka

  • Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2022

Dr. Bing Chen

  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • UArctic Chair in Marine and Coastal Environmental Engineering,
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Dr. Octavia Dobre

  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
  • Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AIAA)
  • Featured IEEE Author
  • Technical Recognition Award from IEEE Communications Society Cognitive Networks Technical Committee

Dr. Helen Zhang

  • Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada
  • Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Coastal Environmental Engineering

Dr. Wei Qiu, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Xili Duan, Fellow of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
Dr. Cecilia Moloney, Vice-chair of the Canada Foundation for Innovation's Board of Directors and Chair of its Governance and Nominating Committee
Dr. James Yang, Member of the NSERC Mechanical Engineering Evaluation Group
Dr. Jonathan Anderson, NSERC CRSNG PromoScience Selection Committee
Kathryn Hong, ActuaCanada's Outstanding Leadership in Youth Outreach Award
Anil Raheja, WACE Inc. Global Strategy Council

2021

Dr. Octavia Dobre

  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Dr. Faisal Khan, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Glyn George, Vice-chair of the Council of the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Greg Naterer, AIAA Fellow
Dr. Wei Qiu, Member of the NSERC RTI Committee
Caroline Koenig, University Onshape Educator of the Year Award

2020

Dr. Greg Naterer, K.Y. Lo Medal
Dr. Bing Chen,

  • Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
  • Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Dr. Xili Duan, NSERC's Scholarships and Fellowships Committee
Dr. Kelly Hawboldt, NSERC's Research Tools and Instruments Committee
Dr. Octavia Dobre, Group Chair of NSERC Discovery Grant Evaluation Group for Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Helen Zhang, Member of the NSERC Discovery Grant Evaluation Group for Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dr. Weimin Huang, Section Chair of the NSERC Discovery Grant Evaluation Group for Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Neil Bose, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Brian Veitch, The Society of Naval Architect & Marine Engineers (SNAME) William H. Webb Medal
Dr. Glyn George, Vice-chair of the Council of the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador

2019

Dr. Dennis Peters, CHECE Canadian Leadership Award
Dr. Octavia Dobre

  • IEEE Fellow 
  • IEEE's Women in Engineering Inspiring Member of the Year

Dr. Ray Gosine, CIFAR Fellow
Dr. Yuri Muzychka, CSME's Jules Stachiewicz Medal

2018

Dr. Octavia Dobre, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
Dr. Glyn George, PEGNL's Honorary Membership Award
Dr. Weimin Huang, PEGNL's Teaching Award
Dr. Ian Jordaan, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering's (CSCE's) Casimir Gzowski Medal

  • Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
  • I&EC Research 2018 Excellence in Review Award

Dr. Dennis Peters, PEGNL's Award for Service
Dr. Bruce Quinton, Chair of the ISSC2021 V.1 - Accidental Limit States (Specialist Committee)
Dr. Geoff Rideout, Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) Distinguished Teaching Award
Anil Raheja, Board of Directors of the World Association for Cooperative & Work-integrated Education (WACE)

2017

Dr. Brian Veitch, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Claude Daley, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Yuri Muzychka, Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
, Canadian Research Chair in Offshore Safety and Risk Engineering
Dr. Leonard Lye, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Darlene Spracklin-Reid
, PEGNL's Community Service Award
Lori Hogan, PEGNL's Award for Service
Gordon Jin, Chair of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering's Honour and Fellowships Committee

2016

Dr. Bing ChenRoyal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Dr. Lesley James, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty
Dr. Kevin Pope, CSME I.W. Smith Award

2015

Dr. Yuri Muzychka, Fellow of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Dr. Azizur Rahman, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Dr. Leonard Lye, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Dr. Greg Naterer, Robert W. Angus Medal
Dr. Amgad Hussein, Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Dr. Claude Daley, Fellow of The Society of Naval Architect & Marine Engineers (SNAME)
Dr. Wei Qiu,

  • Fellow of The Society of Naval Architect & Marine Engineers (SNAME)
  • Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)

2014

Dr. Ray Gosine, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Amy Hsiao, PEGNL's Teaching Award
Dr. Leonard Lye,

  • Tetra Society's Lifetime Achievement Award
  • NL Bridging the Gap Award
  • PEGNL's Community Service Award

Dr. Greg Naterer, EIC's Julian C. Smith Medal
Dr. Ross Peters, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

2013

Dr. Kelly Hawboldt, Bantrel Award
Gordon Jin, Engineers Canada Fellow Award
Dr. Greg Naterer, CSME's Jules Stachiewicz Medal
Anil Raheja, Albert S. Barber Award

2011

Dr. Angus Bruneau, Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Ian Jordaan, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

2010

Dr. Dennis Peters, IEEE Canada J.J. Archambault Eastern Canada Merit Award

2009

Dr. Claude Daley, Fellow of Engineers Canada
Prof. Andy Fisher, Fellow of Engineers Canada
Dr. Leonard Lye, Fellow of Engineers Canada
Dr. Aziz Rahman, Fellow for the Canadian Academy of Engineering

2008

Dr. Aziz Rahman, A.D. Dunton Alumni Award