Recognizing Research Excellence

The Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence recognizes excellence in research by academic staff in the Faculty of Engineering. It consists of a certificate of recognition and a monetary award which may be used as salary stipend or to support his/her research, teaching and professional activities.


Recipients

2023
Nathalie Tufenkji (Chemical Engineering)
Lijun Sun (Civil Engineering) – Early Career

2022
Amine Kamen (Bioengineering)
Mary Kang (Civil Engineering) - Early Career
Theodora Vardouli (Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture) - Early Career

2021
Jianyu Li (Mechanical Engineering) - Early Career

2020
Subhasis Ghoshal (Civil Engineering)
Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne (Chemical Engineering) - Early Career

2019
Tal Arbel (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

2018
Roderick I.L. Guthrie (Mining & Materials Engineering)

2017
Xinyu Liu (Mechanical Engineering) - Early Career

2016
Annmarie Adams (Architecture)

2015
Marco Amabili (Mechanical Engineering) 

2014
David V. Plant (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Dimitrios Lignos (Civil Engineering) - Early Career

2013
In-Ho Jung (Mining & Materials Engineering) - Early Career

2012
Wagdi Habashi, (Mechanical Engineering)
Mi, Zetian (Electrical & Computer Engineering) - Early Career

2011
Dennis Mitchell (Civil Engineering)
"I am honoured and grateful to receive the Research Excellence Award from the Faculty of Engineering. The contributions from many graduate students over the years, and the collaboration with Research Associate, Dr. William Cook, have made this possible. I am also grateful to McGill University for providing a stimulating environment for innovative research."

Ahmed M. El-Geneidy (School of Urban Planning) - Early Career
"This award is an honor that I share with the amazing students who have worked with me over the years as part of the Transportation Research at McGill (TRAM) research group, and without whom my research would not have been possible. I wish to thank these current students and alumni, as well as my colleagues in the School of Urban Planning who nominated me for the award. Thank you also to the Faculty of Engineering for this very special recognition. It means a lot to me."

2010
Jorge Angeles (Mechanical Engineering)
"Receiving this award is a honour that I share with all those who have helped me, achieve this recognition. I wish to thank the colleagues who nominated me and those who supported my nomination. My research work has flourished since I joined McGill almost 26 years ago. Thanks to the research support that I found in the McGill environment, I could complete these projects at an unprecedented rate."

Nathalie Tufenkji (Chemical Engineering) - Early Career
"This award is a reflection of the research efforts of the numerous dedicated students I have had the pleasure of working with over the last five years. I am grateful to my colleagues for the nomination and thank the Faculty for this honour."

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