Research Excellence
One of the leading Chemical and Materials Engineering Departments in North America, we have strong external research funding from government and industrial sources. Our faculty hold many prestigious international and national awards as well as prestigious industry awards for innovation and contributions to the field.
To learn more about our chairs, professorships and fellowships, please visit the research section of our website.
7T6 Early Career Award
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
American Chemical Society Langmuir Lectureship Award
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow
Arthur W. Rowe Best Paper Award
ASM Engineering Materials Achievement Award
Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC-IUPAC) Travel Award
MS&T Ceramographic Competition--Optical Microscopy
- Dr. John A. Nychka -- 1st Place (twice), 2nd Place (twice)
National Academy of Inventors Fellow (USA)
- Dr. Robert Burrell
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Dr. Patricio F. Mendez
Polymer Processing Society Morand Lambla Award
Society for Cryobiology Fellow
South African Institute of Chemical Engineering Innovation Awards
- Dr. Arno de Klerk
Stanley G Mason Award from the Canadian Society of Rheology
- Dr. Michael Williams
Thomas Alva Edison Award
- Dr. Steven Kuznicki
Time Magazine Canada - Canadians who define the new frontiers of science
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
TMS Young Learder Professional Development Award
- Dr. John A. Nychka
United States National Academy of Engineering foreign associate
World Union of Wound Healing Society Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dr. Robert Burrell
Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists and Engineers Early Achievement Award
- Dr. Hyo-Jick Choi
Canadian Academy of Engineers Fellows
- Dr. Murray Gray
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
- Dr. Zhenghe Xu
- Dr. Hani Henein
- Dr. Fred Otto
- Dr. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar
- Dr. David Lynch
Canadian Academy of Health Fellows
Canadian Dam Association Published Paper Award of Excellence
CCPE Young Engineer Achievement Award
- Dr. Janet A.W. Elliott
CIAR Young Explorer Prize
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
Canadian Institute of Canada Fellow
CIM Fellows
- Dr. Hani Henein
CSChE D.G. Fisher Award
- Dr. Sirish Shah
CSChE R.S. Jane Memorial Award
- Dr. Karl T. Chuang
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
CSChE Syncrude Canada Innovation Award
- Dr. Biao Huang
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
- Dr. Murray Gray
- Dr. K. Nandakumar
- Dr. David T. Lynch
- Dr. Sirish Shah
- Dr. Fraser Forbes
Engineers Canada Fellows
- Dr. John A. Nychka
Honorary Geoscientists Canada Fellows
- Dr. John A. Nychka
IEEE Fellows
- Dr. Kenneth Cadien
Jonas Salk Award
- Dr. Robert Burrell
Killam Research Fellows
- Dr. Hani Henein
Korean Federation of Science & Technology Science & Technology Excellence Award
- Dr. Hyo-Jick Choi
MEDEC Award for Medical Achievement
Meritorious Service Cross
Order of Canada
Royal Society of Canada Fellows
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
University Industry Synergy Award, NSERC and Conference Board of Canada
- Dr. Robert Burrell
Alberta Ingenuity Scholarships
Alberta Order of Excellence
- Dr. Kenneth Cadien
- Dr. Steven Kuznicki
- Dr. David Mitlin
APEGA Summit Excellence in Education Award
APEGA Women in Engineering and Geoscience Champion Award
- Dr. Lianne Lefsrud
APEGGA Centennial Leadership Award
- Dr. Murray Gray
APEGGA Early Accomplishment Award
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
- Dr. Suzanne Kresta
- Dr. Alan Nelson
APEGGA Frank Spragins Technical Award
- Dr. K. Nandakumar
- Dr. Murray Gray
ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Sustainability: Innovative Applications in Environmental Sustainability
- Dr. John A. Nychka
ASTech Outstanding Contribution to Alberta Science and Technology Community Award
- Dr. David T. Lynch
ASTech Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology Award
BioAlberta Award for Scientific Achievement and Innovation
- Dr. Robert Burrell
Syncrude/ASTech Innovation in Oil Sands Research Prize
- Dr. Murray Gray
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
- Dr. Sirish Shah
CAFA Distinguished Academic Early Career Award
- Dr. Lianne Lefsrud
J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
Killam Professorship
- Dr. Jacob Masliyah
- Dr. Douglas Ivey
- Dr. Sirish Shah
- Dr. K. Nandakumar
- Dr. Murray Gray
- Dr. Karl T. Chuang
- Dr. Biao Huang
Martha Cook Piper Research Prize
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott
Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award
- Dr. Phillip Choi
- Dr. David Mitlin
- Dr. Janet A.W. Elliott
- Dr. Biao Huang
- Dr. Hongbo Zeng
University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research Great Supervisor Award
- Dr. Janet AW Elliott