Awards and honours: 2025–2026 Annual Report

 

 

2025–2026 Annual Report

 

A close-up of a gold medal representing excellence at the NRC.

Recognizing the accomplishments of our people

Many of our researchers, scientists and other professionals were recognized throughout the year for the excellence of their work and career-long contributions to their respective fields.


Individual awards and recognitions

Dr. Yaser Abu‑Lebdeh

Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship Co‑Principal Investigator, National Killam Program

Dr. Éric Baril

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering

Parnia Bastani

Young Scientist Award, Extreme Light Infrastructure

Dr. Adam Bergren

Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship Co‑Principal Investigator, National Killam Program

Dr. Pavel Cheben

Outstanding Engineer Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Canada

Dr. Paul Corkum

James Clerk Maxwell Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Royal Society of Edinburgh; Honorary Doctorate, University of Waterloo

Dr. Peter Hanes

1906 Award, International Electrotechnical Commission

Dr. Rokib Hassan

Award for Recognition of Leadership and Advancement of PIPSC RO/RCO, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Dr. Mohamed Houache

Award for Appreciation of an Exceptional Effort, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Dr. Sateesh Kagale

C.D. Nelson Award, Canadian Society of Plant Biologists

Dr. Maaike van Kooten

New Horizons in Physics Prize, Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. Julie Lefebvre

Honorary Doctorate, McMaster University

Dr. Min Liao

Award of Merit, Advancing Standards Transforming Markets International

Dr. Stephen Mihailov

Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Dr. Khaled Mnaymneh

Award for Contributions to the RO/RCO Community, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Dr. Saif Mohammad

Fellow, Association for Computational Linguistics

Dr. Bryan Muir

Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Dr. Jörg Oberste‑Berghaus

Prix Innovation, Consortium de recherche et d'innovation en transformation métallique

Dr. Byoungyoul Park

Presidential Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technologies Societies

Anya Pejemsky

Award for Promoting Human Rights, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Dr. Jens Schmid

EIC Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada

Dr. Frank Shepherd

King Charles III Coronation Medal, Governor General of Canada

Dr. Luc Simard

President's Alumni Award, University of Victoria

Dr. Rebecca Trueman

King Charles III Coronation Medal, Governor General of Canada

Dr. Giulio Vampa

Early Career, Physical and Engineering Sciences Category, Ingegno Italiano Award

Dr. Priti Wanjara

Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers; Excellence in Profession, Public Service Award of Excellence, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat; Metal Physics Award, Canadian Materials Science Conference

Mark Witzel

Appreciation of an Exceptional Effort Award, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Lei Zhang

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering


Team awards and recognitions

Advanced Autonomy Systems for Challenging Environments (AASCEND) project team

Grover E. Bell Award, Vertical Flight Society

Dr. Muhammad (Naveed) Khaliq and Dr. Zoubir Lounis

Committee Excellence Award, Transportation Association of Canada

Dr. Max Kinateder, Dr. Maxine Berthiaume and Dr. Noureddine Bénichou

Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal, National Fire Protection Association

Dr. Daniel Cusson and Dr. Istemi Ozkan

Aftab Mufti Medal (Best Paper in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring), Society for Civil Structural Health Monitoring

Dr. Farzad Jalei and Dr. Arash Hosseini

openBIM Award (Professional Research Category), buildingSMART International