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The inaugural CEPS faculty awards were presented to seven faculty members on June 20, 2019.

The 3MT® Competition challenges graduate students to present their thesis in 3 minutes using only one slide.

Physics professor Joanne O’Meara was recently selected as one of ten 3M National Teaching Fellows. This prestigious award is sponsored by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and celebrates extraordinary educational leadership and post-secondary teaching.

Four CEPS Master’s Students have received a Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence (VSAI). 

On December 18, 2018,  University of Guelph engineering professor Mohamed Hassan received the IEEE RTSS Best Paper Award.

On August 28, 2018, The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) announced the recipients of the 2018 NGWA Awards of Excellence. Professor Beth Parker from the University of Guelph's School of Engineering was among the award winners. She was awarded the M. King Hubbert Award—presented to a person who has made a major science or engineering contribution to the groundwater industry through research, technical papers, teaching, and practical applications. Congratulations, Prof. Parker!

Congratulations to Richard G. Zytner, Professor in University of Guelph’s School of Engineering, who has been recognized as a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE).

Fellows of the CSCE have attained civil engineering excellence. They are elected by the CSCE Board of Directors.

“Prof. Zytner’s election as a Fellow of the CSCE reflects the considerable contributions that he has made to civil engineering,” says Prof. Mary Wells, Dean, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Guelph.

Dr. Mary Wells, Professor in the School of Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Guelph, is among the 57 new Fellows who were inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) on June 18, 2018.

CAE Fellows are nominated and elected by their peers, based on their distinguished achievements and career-long contributions to the engineering profession. They are often sought-after to provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada.