Awards & Recognition

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Dr. Carlos Rivera-Gonzalez awarded the prestigious Lee Schipper Scholarship Award

Ross Lawrence

Ross Lawrence, Class of 5T6, to be inducted into Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

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Sarah Heffernan, LME alum and current member of the LME advisory Board recognized as a woman of inspiration by Women in Mining Canada

Negin Houshmand

CivMin PhD candidate, Negin Houshmand, wins a first place at UTERC 2023

Alia Galal (PhD candidate).

CivMin PhD candidate Alia Galal wins Excellence Award in Canada Safest Employers Awards

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Femina Collective Scholarship winners: Negin Houshmand and Katia Ossetchkina

CivMin faculty members receive promotions 

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA; NOVEMBER 3, 2022  — HEADSHOT DAY: Group: Nelly Pietropaolo, Michel Fisse, Mark Pirie and Ming (Xiaoming) Sun — A portrait/headshot/mugshot of Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) personnel on Thursday, November 3, 2022. 
(Photo by Rick Chard for the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto)

New scholarship created in honour of CivMin’s own Nelly Pietropaolo

CivMin undergraduate students receive awards for summer research

Mwendwa Kiko, PhD candidate.

Mwendwa Kiko wins Roschlau Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Mobility

Aly Abdelaziz, PhD candidate.

Aly Abdelaziz wins Murty Devata Graduate Student Scholarship

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Professor R. Douglas Hooton awarded the 2023 Howard Medal by the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) (UK)