National honours for three U-W researchers

Three academics from the University of Waterloo are among Canada’s top natural sciences and engineering researchers for 2015.

The recognition comes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

  • David Blowes (pictured above) won a Synergy Award for Innovation recognizing examples of college or university-industry collaboration that stand as a model of effective partnership. He is a professor in the Faculty of Science and Canada Research Chair in Groundwater Remediation
  • Chris Eliasmith won the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award that honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering. He’s a professor in the Departments of Philosophy, Systems Design Engineering and Computer Science and Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience
  • Michael McTavish won the NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize awarded to the most outstanding candidate in NSERC’s doctoral scholarship competition. He’s from U-W’s Faculty of Environment

“This University is where industries, institutions and governments turn to for answers to their most pressing challenges,” said Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor at the University of Waterloo.

NSERC is the primary funding agency supporting the science and engineering research community in Canada.

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