Awards & Honours

Professor Javad Mostaghimi, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, has been awarded the Robert W. Angus Medal by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), for outstanding contributions to the management and practice of mechanical engineering. Professor Mostaghimi is the University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering and founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT).

Professor Greg Evans, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, is this year’s recipient of the Northrop Frye Award, one of U of T’s Awards of Excellence. The Northrop Frye Award recognizes those who have gone above and beyond the University’s standard of excellence, setting themselves apart through innovation in teaching and their commitment to conveying the excitement and importance of research to undergraduate and graduate students.

Professor Paul Santerre, Director of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, was awarded a NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation, which honours outstanding achievements in university-industry collaborations. His partnership with Interface Biologics is producing transformative biomedical polymers to make medical devices safer and more effective.

Professors Carol-Anne Moulton, Department of Surgery, and George Porfiris, Department of Family & Community Medicine have been awarded a PAIRO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award by the Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario. The award enables residents to honour clinical teachers who have excelled in their role.

The following faculty members have won a 2013 Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences Award:  Professor Barbara Ballyk, Surgery, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences; Professor Carin Wittnich, Physiology, Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Teaching in Life Sciences; Professor Richard Horner, Physiology, Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences.