Everyday, across our campus, our community, our nation, and globally, University of Windsor faculty, students, and staff are making a difference through research, scholarship, and creative activity. Our nationally and internationally acclaimed researchers are making significant, real-world contributions to the humanities; social, physical, environmental, and biological sciences; business; law, human dignity, and social justice; nursing; engineering; education; and the creative arts. Through research, scholarship, and creative activity and the cross-transfer of knowledge, technology, and expertise, we are advancing understanding of the world around us, maximizing benefits to society, and enhancing quality of life today and tomorrow.
Each year, the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation celebrates the outstanding achievements and contributions of University of Windsor faculty, students, and staff to research, scholarship, and creative activity through its Research Excellence Awards and by highlighting special awards and honours conferred upon our faculty by external organizations.
Please join President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rob Gordon, and Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Dr. K. W. Michael Siu, in congratulating their colleagues, staff, and students on the following research and scholarly achievements in 2021:
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research Scholarship & Creative Activity
Significant Grants & Awards by External Agencies
COVID-19 Research Grants and Awards
Everyday, across our campus, our community, our nation, and globally, University of Windsor faculty, students, and staff are making a difference through research, scholarship, and creative activity. Our nationally and internationally acclaimed researchers are making significant, real-world contributions to the humanitie; social, physical, environmental, and biological sciences; business; law, human dignity, and social justice; nursing; engineering; education; and the creative arts. Through research, scholarship, and creative activity and the cross-transfer of knowledge, technology, and expertise, we are advancing understanding of the world around us, maximizing benefits to society, and enhancing quality of life today and tomorrow.
Each year, the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation celebrates the outstanding achievements and contributions of University of Windsor faculty, student, and staff to research, scholarship, and creative activity through its Research Excellence Awards and by highlighting special awards and honours conferred upon our faculty by external organizations.
Please join President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rob Gordon, and Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Dr. K. W. Michael Siu, in congratulating their colleagues, staff, and students on the following research and scholarly achievements in 2019 and 2020:
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity
Significant Grants & Awards by Canadian Agencies
COVID-19 Research Grants and Awards
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
Patents Issued
Research Board and Committee Contributions
2018 Honourees
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
Professor Reem Bahdi
Dr. Tanya Basok
Dr. Thomas Dilworth
Dr. Dan Mennill
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
Dr. Sean Horton
Dr. Jill Urbanic
Dr. Dilian Yang
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
Dr. Phillip Karpowicz
Dr. Christina Semeniuk
Outstanding Graduate Students
Sara Santarossa (Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Woodruff)
Dr. Eshaan Ghosh (Supervisor: Dr. Narayan Kar)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Emily Stadder (Supervisor: Dr. Jess Dixon)
Outstanding Community Engagement, Knowledge Transfer & Knowledge Mobilization
Dr. Mary Louise Drake
Special Grants & Awards by Canadian Agencies
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
Dr. Charlene Senn
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
Dr. Jennifer Willet
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair Renewal
Dr. Oliver Love
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science Strategic Sector Support Grant
Dr. Roman Maev
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science Early Researcher Award
Dr. Phillip Karpowicz
Dr. Christina Semeniuk
Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund and Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure Small Infrastructure Fund
Drs. Tricia Carmichael, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, and John Trant
CIHR Project Grant
Dr. Phillip Karpowicz
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Dr. Narayan Kar
Dr. Daniel Heath
Drs. Roman Maev, Elena Maeva, and Andrzej Sobiesiak
Dr. Jeff Defoe
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Dr. Rashid Rashidzadeh
Dr. Reza Riahi
SSHRC Insight Grant
Drs. Krista Chandler and Todd Loughead
Dr. Susan Holloway
Dr. Cheryl Collier
Dr. Catherine Kwantes, Professor Jeffery Hewitt and Russell Nahdee
Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award
Dr. John Trant
Ontario Centres of Excellence – Voucher for Innovation and Productivity II
Drs. Narayan Kar, Ram Balachandar, and Ronald Barron
Dr. Ahmet Alpas
Dr. Jeff Defoe
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Dr. Edwin Tam
Mitacs Accelerate
Dr. Catherine Kwantes
Dr. Colin Novak
Public Health Agency of Canada – Preventing Gender-Based Violence Health Perspective Program
Drs. Charlene Senn and Sara Crann
Health Canada – Integrated Urban Modeling Project
Dr. Hanna Maoh
Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers – Ontario Greenhouse Retention Pond Project
Drs. Chris Weisener and Scott Mundle
Significant Philantropic Research Contributions
Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation
Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods
Scotiabank Global Trade Transaction Initiative
Cross-Border Institute
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
Member of the Order of Canada
Dr. Beverly Jacobs
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Theory and Methodology Founder
Dr. Waguih ElMaraghy
University of Guelph Honorary Degree
Dr. Nihar Biswas
2018 David Kelly Award for Community Service
Dr. Lisa Porter
Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation
Dr. Heidi Jacobs, Dave Johnston, and Dr. Miriam Wright
Ontario Council of University Librarians Outstanding Contribution Award
Dr. Heidi Jacobs, Dave Johnston, and Dr. Miriam Wright
Nice International Film Festival Best Director Award
Professor Michael Stasko
Grotius Research Scholar
Dr. Muharem Kianieff
American Psychological Association AMENA-Psy Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Scholarship Award
Dr. Julie Hakim-Larson
Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television Canadian Screen Award – Best Picture Editing in a Documentary
Professor Nick Hector
Byron Bay Film Festival Best Environmental Film Award
Professor Nick Hector
Sharkwater Extinction
Fort Lauderdale Film Festival Best Documentary Award
Professor Nick Hector
Sharkwater Extinction
China International Green Film Week Best Educational Value Award
Professor Nick Hector
Sharkwater Extinction
Grant’s Desi Achiever’s Award
Dr. Siyaram Pandey
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
Patents Issued
United States Patents
Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury (2)
Dr. Roman Maev
Drs. Roman Maev, Bartosz Slak, and Emil Strumban
Dr. Jill Urbanic
Research Board & Committee Contributions
2018 Animal Care Committee
Dr. John Hudson (Chair)
Martin Bakht, Dr. Jerry Cohen, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Jena Edwards, Kitrina Ellwood, Dr. Nigel Hussey, Dr. Anna Kozarova, Dr. Terri Lawrence, Todd Leadley, Nadia Masri, Sherri Lynne Menard, Megan Mickle, Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Dr. Kimberley Quinn, Lillian Scorrar, Linda Sterling, Matthew Stover, Tina Suntres, and Josh Wright
2018 Research Ethics Board
Dr. Suzanne McMurphy (Chair)
Abrahim Abduelmula, Thiemann Ackerson, Professor Reem Bahdi, Dr. Pierre Boulos, Elise Bosson, Sarah Braganza, Laura Chittle, Dr. Janice Drakich, Frank Ely, Dr. Laurie Freeman, Dr. Nicole Freeman, Dr. Glynis George, Leo Gil, Professor Jeffery Hewitt, Dr. Calvin Langton, Dr. Saverpierre Maggio, Dr. Scott Martyn, Sherri Lynne Menard, Dr. Rosanne Menna, Ashlyne O’Neil, Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Harmony Peach, Dr. Kathryn Pfaff, Travis Reitsma, Ina Seviaryna, Dr. Allyson Skene, Dr. Clayton Smith, Dr. Maureen Sterling, Rochelle Stevenson, Cheryl Taggart, and Professor Kristen Thomasen
2018 Research Safety Committee
Dr. Siyaram Pandey (Chair)
Francis Arnaldo, Dr. Tricia Carmichael, Ashley Dadalt, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Dr. Paul Henshaw, Dr. John Hudson, Dr. Alina Jaworska-Sobiesiak, Dr. Dorota Lubanska, Dr. Suzanne McMurphy, Sherri Lynne Menard, Dr. Lisa Porter, Heather Pratt, Dr. Steven Rehse, and Tina Suntres
2017 Honourees
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
Dr. Deborah Cook
Dr. Hugh MacIsaac
Dr. Steven Palmer
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
Dr. Amy Fitzgerald
Dr. Nazim Habibov
Dr. Jennifer Willet
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
Dr. Laszlo Erdodi
Dr. Sujith Xavier
Outstanding Graduate Students
Talysha Bujold-Abu (Co-Supervisors: Dr. Michael Darroch and Dr. Jennifer Willet)
Outstanding Staff
Karen Metcalfe
Outstanding Community Engagement, Knowledge Transfer & Knowledge Mobilization
Dr. Heidi Jacobs, Dave Johnston, and Dr. Miriam Wright
Ingrid Qemo
Professor Myra Tawfik
Special Grants & Awards by Canadian Agencies
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
Dr. Aaron Fisk
Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund and Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure
Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
Drs. Holger Eichhorn, James Green, and John Trant
Drs. Daniel Heath, Oliver Love, and Hugh MacIsaac
Dr. Phillip Karpowicz
Drs. Robert Schurko, Stephen Loeb, and Jeremy Rawson
Drs. Shijing Xu and Zuochen Zhang
Canada Foundation for Innovation, Innovation Fund and Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure
Drs. Aaron Fisk, Douglas Haffner, Daniel Heath, Hugh MacIsaac, and Trevor Pitcher
NSERC-Ford Industrial Research Chair
Dr. Ming Zheng
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Dr. Ihsan Al-Aasm
Dr. Edward (Rupp) Carriveau
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Dr. Xueyuan Nie
Dr. Ming Zheng
NSERC Northern Research Supplement Program Grant
Dr. Nigel Hussey
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Program Grant
Dr. Daniel Green
Dr. Chris Houser
NSERC Water Works Joint Call Grant Program Grant
Dr. Jill Crossman
SSHRC Insight Grant
Dr. Tanya Basok
Dr. Nazim Habibov
Dr. Janice Waldron
Networks of Centres of Excellence – International Knowledge Translation Platforms
Dr. Anne Snowdon
Mitacs Accelerate Cluster Grant
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Agricultural Adaptation Council Greenhouse Renewable Energy Technologies (GRET) R&D Initiative Grant
Dr. Edward (Rupp) Carriveau
Ontario Centres of Excellence – Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP)
Dr. Edward (Rupp) Carriveau (2)
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Dr. Jeff Defoe
Dr. Hongfa Hu
Dr. Jennifer Johrendt
Dr. Gary Rankin
Drs. Ahmadreza Riahi and Afsaneh Edrisy
Dr. David Ting (2)
Ontario Centres of Excellence – TalentEdge
Dr. Sreekanta Das
Dr. Luis Rueda
Dr. Robert Schurko
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Dr. Mehrdad Saif
Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Foreign Member
Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
Dr. Anne Snowdon
World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) 2017 Gold Medal
Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Law Foundation of Ontario 2017 Guthrie Award
Professor Reem Bahdi
American Association for the History of Medicine 2017 George Rosen Prize
Dr. Steven Palmer
Polish Academy of Sciences Dionizy Smoleński Medal
Dr. Andrzej Sobiesiak
Canada 150 Medal
Dr. Trevor Pitcher
2017 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Stevenson Lectureship Award
Dr. Trevor Pitcher
Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential
Dr. Julie Macfarlane
WEST – Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor VIP – New Partner Award
Karen Pillon
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Academic Librarianship Award
Karen Pillon
City of Windsor Mayor’s Health Community Award
Dr. Sarah Woodruff Atkinson
City of Windsor Mayor’s Award for Innovation
Dr. Siyaram Pandey
City of Windsor Mayor’s Heritage Award
Dr. Alan Wildeman
Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
Dr. Jennifer Willet
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Stephen Loeb
Professor David Tanovich
Patents Issued
Canadian Patents
Dr. William Altenhof, Shun Yi Jin, and Amitabha Majumber
Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
Dr. Ming Zheng and Shui Yu (2)
Chinese Patents
Dr. Ming Zheng and Shui Yu (3)
United States Patents
Dr. Lisa Porter, Bre-Anne Fifield, Dorota Lubanska, and Espanta Jalili
Dr. Ming Zheng and Shui Yu
Research Board & Committee Contributions
2017 Research Ethics Board
Dr. Suzanne McMurphy (Chair)
Thiemann Ackerson, Professor Reem Bahdi, Dr. Pierre Boulos, Sarah Braganza, Dr. Nicole Freeman, Dr. Glynis George, Dr. James Jeannette, Dr. Laurie Freeman, Dr. Calvin Langton, Dr. Saverpierre Maggio, Dr. Scott Martyn, Dr. Rosanne Menna, Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Dr. Kathy Pfaff, Travis Reitsma, Dr. Maureen Sterling, Rochelle Stevenson, Cheryl Taggart, and Professor Kristen Thomasen
2017 Animal Care Committee
Dr. John Hudson (Chair)
Dr. Jerry Cohen, Melanie Coulter, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Kitrina Ellwood, Rachel Hasson, Dr. Nigel Hussey, Dr. Terri Lawrence, Todd Leadley, Nadia Masri, Sherri Lynne Menard, Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Dr. Kimberley Quinn, Linda Sterling, Mathew Stover, and Josh Wright
2017 Research Safety Committee
Dr. Siyaram Pandey (Chair)
Francis Arnaldo, Dr. Tricia Carmichael, Ashley Dadalt, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Dr. Paul Henshaw, Dr. John Hudson, Dr. Alina Jaworska-Sobiesiak, Sherri Lynne Menard, Dr. Lisa Porter, Heather Pratt, Dr. Steven Rehse, and Tina Suntres
2016 Honourees
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Ben C. H. Kuo
- Dr. Randy Lippert
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Betty Barrett
- Dr. Michael Darroch
- Dr. Chris Lee
- Professor Gemma Smyth
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Professor Claire Mumme
Outstanding Graduate Students
- Michelle Guererro (Supervisor: Dr. Krista Chandler)
- Chunyan Lai (Supervisor: Dr. Narayan Kar)
- Sirous Tabrizi (Supervisor: Dr. Glenn Rideout)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
- Paige Coyne
- Lauren Miceli
Special Grants and Awards by Canadian Agencies
Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund
and Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario Research Fund –
Research Infrastructure
- Drs. Hugh MacIsaac, Douglas Haffner, and Christina Semeniuk
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant
- Drs. Trevor Pitcher and Daniel Heath
- Dr. Iain Samson
- Drs. Daniel Green and Ahmet Alpas
- Dr. Sreekanta Das
CIHR Project Grant
- Dr. Charlene Senn
SSHRC Insight Grant
- Dr. Jamey Essex
- Dr. Jennifer Willet
Ontario Centres of Excellence – Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) II
- Dr. Xueyuan Nie
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
Order of Ontario
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General David Walter Mundell Medal
- Dr. Julie Macfarlane
Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research from the Canadian Sex Research Forum
- Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Canadian Fulbright Scholar Award 2015-2016
- Dr. Robert Nelson
Hamburg Prize in Personality Disorders Research from the Society for the Research and Treatment of Personality Disorders
- Dr. Andrew TemplerDr. Antonio Pascual-Leone
Canadian Authors Award for Fiction from the Canadian Authors Association
- Dr. Nino Ricci
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care ACE Award
- Dr. Anne Snowdon
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Derek Northwood
Patents Issued
Canadian Patent
- Dr. Majid Ahmadi, Dr. Rashid Rashidzadeh, and Nabeeh Kandalaft
United States Patent
- Dr. Majid Ahmadi, Dr. Rashid Rashidzadeh, and Nabeeh Kandalaft
- Dr. Ronald Barron, Ali Salih, and James Jianmin Situ
- Dr. Richard Caron and Michael Lee
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
- Dr. Bulent Mutus, Arthur Jarosz, Adam Faccenda, and Xueji Zhang
- Dr. Lisa Porter, Bre-Anne Fifield, Dorota Lubanska, and Ingrid Qemo
- Dr. Ming Zheng
- Dr. Ming Zheng, Shui Yu, and Kelvin Xie
Research Board and Committee Contributions
Research Ethics Board
- Dr. Suzanne McMurphy, Dr. Alan Scoboria, Dr. Scott Martyn, Dr. Kathy Pfaff,
- Dr. Pierre Boulos, Professor Kristen Thomasen, Dr. Laurie Freeman-Gibb,
- Dr. Maureen Sterling, Dr. Jane Ku, Dr. Calvin Langton, Dr. Siyaram Pandey,
- Professor Reem Bahdi, Dr. Dusty Johnstone, Thiemann Ackerson,
- Dr. Nicole Freeman, Dr. James Jeannette, Cheryl Taggart,
- Rochelle Stevenson, and Sarah Braganza
Animal Care Committee
- Dr. John Hudson, Dr. Jerry Cohen, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Dr. Oliver Love,
- Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Dr. Kimberley Quinn, Melanie Coulter,
- Dr. Terri Lawrence, Rachel Hasson, Holly Hennin, Mathew Stover,
- Sherri Lynne Menard, Linda Sterling, Todd Leadley, and Nadia Masri
Research Safety Committee
- Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Sherri Lynne Menard, Dr. Alina Jaworska-Sobiesiak,
- Dr. John Hudson, Dr. Lisa Porter, Dr. Ken Drouillard, Dr. Steven Rehse,
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher, Dr. Tricia Carmichael, Sera Sayegh, and Francis Arnaldo
2015 Honourees
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Derek Northwood
- Professor David Tanovich
- Dr. Christopher Tindale
- Dr. Jonathan Wu
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Daniel Green
- Dr. Zhenzhong Ma
- Dr. Lisa Porter
- Dr. Alan Scoboria
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Hanna Maoh
Outstanding Graduate Student
- Matt Hoffmann and his faculty advisor, Dr. Todd Loughead
- Christine Madliger and her faculty advisor, Dr. Oliver Love
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
- Kayla Dettinger
- Marisa Market
Special Grants and Awards by Canadian Agencies
Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Shijing Xu
Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund and Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure
- Dr. Phillip Karpowicz and Dr. Dennis Higgs
CIHR Transitional Operating Grant
- Dr. Lisa Porter
Canadian Cancer Society Innovation to Impact Grant
- Dr. Lisa Porter
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant
- Dr. Nihar Biswas, Dr. Rajesh Seth, Dr. Edwin Tam, and Dr. Keith Taylor
- Dr. Sreekanta Das
- Dr. Narayan Kar
NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for Projects
- Dr. Daniel Heath, Dr. Douglas Haffner, Dr. Rajesh Seth, and Dr. Christopher Weisener
NSERC Discovery Grant Northern Research Supplement Award
- Dr. Oliver Love
NSERC Discovery Grant Accelerator Supplement Award
- Dr. William Altenhof
- Dr. Oliver Love
- Dr. Daniel Mennill
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dr. Subba Rao Chaganti and his faculty advisor, Dr. Daniel Heath
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
2015 Virgil Thomson Fellowship from the Society of American Music
- Dr. Sally Bick
USCAR Team Award
- Dr. Joel Cort
Canadian Association of Physicists and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists 2015 Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics
- Dr. Gordon Drake
Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Dr. Waguih ElMaraghy
2015 PEW Fellowship in Marine Conservation
- Dr. Aaron Fisk
Honorary Life Award from the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA)
- Dr. Andrew Templer
Canadian Operational Research Society First Practice Prize
- Dr. Guoqing Zhang
Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Leslie Howsam
Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
- Professor Reem Bahdi
Patents Issued
Canadian Patent
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
United States Patent
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
- Dr. Lisa Porter, Dr. Dorota Lubanksa, Dr. Bre-Anne Fifield, and Dr. Espanta Jalili
- Dr. Siyaram Pandey and Dr. Deyzi Gueorguieva
- Dr. Mordechay Schlesinger and Dr. Long Jain Liu
2014 Honourees
UWindsor Awards for Excellence in Research Scholarship and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Henry Hu
- Dr. Robert Schurko
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Brent Lee
- Dr. Juan Antonio Pascual-Leone
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher
- Dr. Ali Polat
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic
- Dr. Cheri McGowan
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
- Ms. Laura Chittle
Outstanding Staff
- Ms. Beverley Hamilton
Special Grants and Awards by Canadian Agencies
Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Hugh MacIsaac
Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund
- Dr. Alan Scoboria, Dr. Christopher Abeare, and Dr. Lori Buchanan
- Dr. Sreekanta Das
Ministry of Research and Innovation - Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Oliver Love
Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) Grant
- Dr. Joel Cort
- Dr. Ming Zheng, Dr. Xiang Chen, and Dr. Graham Reader
- Dr. Xueyuan Nie and Dr. Henry Hu
NSERC Collaborative Research & Development Grant
- Dr. Chris Weisener and Dr. Jan Ciborowski
- Dr. Rashid Rashidzadeh
- Dr. Narayan Kar, Dr. Afsaneh Edrisy, Dr. Ahmadreza Riahi, and Dr. Mehrdad Saif
- Dr. Ahmet Alpas
NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grant – Phase I
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
NSERC Discovery Grant Northern Research Supplement Award
- Dr. Aaron Fisk
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
- Dr. Yvette Daniel, Dr. Karen Roland, and Professor Maria Cachon
Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure/Ontario Centres of Excellence Campus-Linked Accelerator Program
- Dr. Francine Schlosser and Ms. Heather Pratt
Ontario Centres of Excellence TalentEdge Fellowship Program
- Dr. Stephen Loeb
- Dr. Vedran (Nick) Vukotic
FedDev Ontario Prosperity Initiative Grant
- Dr. William Anderson
Special Honours Conferred by External Agencies
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. William Conklin
Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Sally Bick
- Dr. Lisa Porter
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Senior Fellowship Award
- Professor Myra Tawfik
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Dr. Iain Baxter&
Patents Issued
Canadian Patent
- Dr. Bulent Mutus, Dr. Arthur Jarosz, Dr. Adam Faccenda, and Dr. Xueji Zhang
U. S. Patent
- Dr. Mordechay Schlesinger and Dr. Robert Andrew Petro
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
2013 Honourees
UWindsor Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Douglas Haffner
- Dr. Marlys Koschinsky
- Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Edward (Rupp) Carriveau
- Dr. Aaron Fisk
- Dr. Robert Nelson
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Sean Horton
- Dr. Kim Nelson
Outstanding Graduate Student
- Melissa St. Pierre (Dr. Charlene Senn)
- Verdan (Nick) Vukotic (Dr. Stephen Loeb)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
- Jennifer Stefanczyk (Dr. David Andrews)
Special Honours
Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Oliver Love
Canada Foundation for Innovation – Leading Edge Fund Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure
- Dr. Daniel Heath (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Ken Drouillard, Aaron Fisk, Brian Fryer, Douglas Haffner, Jerald Lalman, Oliver Love, Hugh MacIsaac, Trevor Pitcher
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure
- Dr. Joel Cort (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: David Andrews, Nadia Azar - Dr. Narayan Kar (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Xiang Chen, Mehrdad Saif - Dr. Daniel Green (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Ahmet Alpas, William Altenhof
NSERC Synergy Award
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Daniel Heath, Dennis Higgs
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
- Dr. Daniel Heath (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Dennis Higgs, Oliver Love, Trevor Pitcher
NSERC Collaborative Research & Development Grant
- Dr. Tricia Carmichael
- Dr. Roman Maev
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Dr. Stephen Loeb
SSHRC Partnership Grant
- Dr. Shijing Xu (Principal Investigator)
Co-Investigators: Jonathan Bayley, Anthony Ezeife, Martha Lee, Geraldine Salinitri, Zuochen Zhang, Guoqiang Zhou
Special Honours Conferred by External Organizations
- Dr. Ian Baxter&, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy, Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Dr. Laverne Jacobs, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, University of California, Berkeley
- Dr. Daniel Mennill, Essex Regional Conservation Authority Conservation Champion Award and Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union
- Dr. Jagdish Pathak, 2013 Outstanding Research Award from the American Accounting Association
Patent Awardees
- Dr. William Altenhof, Shun Yi Jin, Amitabha Majumber
- Dr. Samuel Johnson, Meghan Doster, Jillian Hatnean
- Dr. Jerald Lalman, Srimanta Ray
2012 Honourees
UWindsor Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Ram Balachandar
- Dr. Peter Way
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Maher El-Masri
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Nazim Habibov
- Dr. Oliver Love
Outstanding Graduate Student
- Lakshmi Varaha Iyer (Dr. Narayan Kar)
- Luis Sandoval (Dr. Daniel Mennill)
Outstanding Staff Research Award
- Ms. Annette Demers
Special Honours
Automotive Partnership Canada (APC)
- Dr. Daniel Green
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Chris Lee and Dr. Hanna Maoh
- Dr. Stephen Loeb, Dr. Jeremy Rawson and Dr. Robert Schurko
- Dr. Steven Rehse
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Stephanie Doucet
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher
NSERC Collaborative Research & Development Grant
- Dr. Ming Zheng, Dr. Graham Reader and Dr. Xiang Chen
FedDev/Ontario Brain Institute Awards
- Dr. Elena Maeva
- Dr. Dragana Martinovic, Dr. Christie Ezeife and Dr. Robert Frost
Special Honours Conferred by External Organizations
- Dr. Barry Adam, Community Partner Award from the Ontario AIDS Network
- Dr. Waguih ElMaraghy, Fellow of the Canadian Academy for Engineering
- Dr. Maher El-Masri, Leadership Award in Nursing Research from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
- Dr. Shauna Huffaker, Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Dr. Stephen Loeb, Rio Tinto Alcan Award from the Canadian Society of Chemistry
2011 Celebration of Excellence in Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Daniel Heath
- Dr. Leslie Howsam
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Dan Mennill
- Dr. Steven Palmer
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Melania Cristescu
- Dr. Thecla Damianakis
- Dr. Reza Riahi
- Dr. Janice Waldron
Outstanding Graduate Student
- Tim Burkhart (Dr. Dave Andrews)
- Ariel Guerrero (Dr. Ricardo Aroca)
- Barat Wolfe (Dr. Dennis Jackson)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student (Provided by Mayhew)
- Matt Battiston (Dr. Dan Mennill)
- Renee Meloche (Dr. Sarah Woodruff Atkinson)
Outstanding Staff Researcher Award
- Don Clarke
Special Honours
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Daniel Heath
- Dr. Oliver Love
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Robert Nelson
NSERC CREATE Grant
- Dr. Melania Cristescu
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Grant
- Dr. Robert Schurko
NSERC Strategic Network Grants - CAISN II
- Dr. H. MacIsaac
Ontario Centres of Excellence Experiential Learning Program Grant
- Dr. Francine Schlosser
- Prof. Myra Tawfik
Special Honours Conferred by External Organizations
- Dr. Thomas Dilworth - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Nihar Biswas - 2011 Albert Berry Medal from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
2010 Celebration of Excellence in Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
Established Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Nihar Biswas
Mid-Career Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Krista Chandler
- Dr. Carol Davison
Emerging Scholars / Researchers
- Dr. Stephanie Doucet
- Dr. Jamey Essex
Outstanding Graduate Student Scholars / Researchers
- Benjamin Cooper (Dr. Charles Macdonald)
- Mohammed Golam Sarwer (Dr. Jonathan Wu)
Special Honours
Canada Research Chair and Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Dr. Jeremy Rawson
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy, Dr. Waguih ElMaraghy, Dr. Ahmed Azab
2010 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation and General Motors Research & Development Innovation Award for Fundamentals of Interfacial Tribology
- Dr. Ahmet Alpas
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Christopher Weisener
University of Windsor Research Leadership Chair
- Dr. Dragana Martinovic
Special Honours Conferred by External Organizations
- Dr. Iain Baxter& - Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from NSCAD University
- Dr. Sally Bick - Fellowship from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- Dr. Sheila Cameron - Honorary Doctor of Science from McMaster University
- Dr. Lynda Corkum - Outstanding Achievement Award from the Essex County Field Naturalist Club
- Prof. Emir Aly Crowne-Mohammed - Young Practitioner Award by the South Asian Bar Association
- Dr. Brian Fryer - Peacock Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada
- Prof. Susan Gold/Smith - Arts Leadership Award from Windsor Endowment for the Arts
- Prof. Diana Mady Kelly - Order of Ontario
- Dr. Catherine Kwantes - co-author on a paper that won the Academy of Management's Carolyn Dexter Award for the Best Itnernational Paper in 2010
- Dr. Hugh MacIsaac - The Frank H. Rigler Award from the Society of Canadian Limnologists
- Dr. Roman Maev - Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Dr. Antonio Pascual-Leone - 2010 Distinguished Publication of Psychotherapy Research Award from the American Psychological Association & 2009 New Researcher Award from the Society for Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration
- Dr. Graham Reader - 2010 Engineer of the Year from the Windsor-Essex Chapter of the Professional Engineers of Ontario
- Prof. David Tanovich - 2010 Canadian Law Blog Award in the Non-legal Audience Category by the Canadian Law Blog Awards (The CLawBies)
2009 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor celebrated excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity by honouring over 50 members of faculty for their successes over the past year at the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity event held on February 8, 2010.
University of Windsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Established Scholars/Researchers
- Dr. Majid Ahmadi
- Prof. Bernie Warren
Mid-Career Scholars/Researchers
- Dr. Susan Holbrook
Emerging Scholars/Researchers
- Chitra Rangan
Honours
Special Honours conferred by external organizations
- Dr. Ejaz Ahmed - Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- Dr. Jatinder Bewtra - Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- Dr. Nihar Biswas - Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering
- Dr. Waguih ElMaraghy - Fellow of Engineers Canada
- Dr. Robert Nelson - Humboldt Reearch Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
- Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven - Entomological Society of Canada's C. Gordon Hewitt Award
Canada Foundation for Innovation - New Initiatives Fund
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Canada Research Chair and Canada oundation for Innovation
- Dr. Narayan Kar
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Sreekanta Das
- Dr. Joel Gagnon
- Dr. Marlys Koschinsky, Dr. Michael Boffa
- Dr. Brent Lee, Dr. Nicholas Papador, Prof. Sigi Torinus
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher
- Dr. Zhuo Wang
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation - Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Melania Cristescu
- Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
- Dr. Jerald Lalman, Dr. Nihar Biswas, Dr. Daniel Heath
- Dr. Barbara Zielinski, Dr. Lynda Corkum, Dr. Dennis Higgs, Dr. Stephen Loeb
Recognition by Faculty Deans
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Dr. Marcello Guarini
- Dr. Brent Lee
- Dr. Nicholas Papador
- Dr. Stephen Pender
- Dr. Charlene Senn
- Prof. Sigi Torinus
Faculty of Education
- Dr. Dragana Martinovic
Faculty of Engineering
- Dr. Xiang Chen
- Dr. Edwin Tam
- Dr. David Ting
- Dr. Guoqing Zhang
Faculty of Human Kinetics
- Dr. Marijke Taks
Faculty of Law
- Prof. Laverne Jacobs
- Prof. Emir Mohammed
Faculty of Nursing
- Dr. Susan Fox
Faculty of Science
- Dr. Tricia Carmichael
- Dr. Dan Mennill
- Dr. Alioune Ngom
- Dr. Ali Polat
- Dr. Dilian Yang
Odette School of Business
- Dr. Marjorie Armstrong-Stassen
- Dr. Gokul Bhandari
- Dr. Francine Schlosser
2008 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor celebrated excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity by honouring over 40 members of faculty for their successes over the past year at the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity event held on February 10, 2009.
Faculty Awards
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Dr. Barry Adam
- Dr. Iain Baxter&
- Dr. Carol Davison
- Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
- Dr. Andrew Richter
- Dr. Douglas Walton
- Prof. Jennifer Willet
Faculty of Education
- Dr. Michele Tarailo
Faculty of Engineering
- Dr. Ram Balachandar
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
Faculty of Human Kinetics
- Dr. Patricia Weir
Faculty of Law
- Prof. Richard Moon
- Dr. Christopher Waters
Faculty of Nursing
- Dr. Debbie Kane
Faculty of Science
- Dr. Dan Mennill
- Dr. Siyaram Pandey
- Dr. Chitra Rangan
- Dr. Luis Rueda
- Dr. Otis Vacratsis
GLIER
- Dr. Aaron Fisk
- Dr. Hugh MacIsaac
Odette School of Business
- Dr. Francine Schlosser
- Dr. Anne Snowdon
University of Windsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Established Scholars/Researchers
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
- Dr. Julie Macfarlane
Mid-Career Scholars/Researchers
- Dr. David Andrews
- Dr. Robert Schurko
Emerging Scholars/Researchers
- Dr. Trevor Pitcher
- Dr. Alan Scoboria
Outstanding Graduate Research Award
- Dr. Ahmed Azab Ismail (Student) and
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy (Advisor)
- Dr. Shauna Kashluba (Student) and
- Dr. Joseph Casey (Advisor)
- Mr. Justin Langlois (Student) and
- Prof. Rod Strickland (Advisor)
Honours
Research Leadership Chair
- Dr. Maher El-Masri
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Melania Cristescu
- Dr. Stephanie Doucet
Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy
- Dr. William Anderson
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
- Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven and
- Dr. Edwin Tam
NSERC University Faculty Award
- Dr. Jill Urbanic
Ministry of Research and Innovation
- Dr. Roman Maev
Special Honours and Acknowledgements
- Dr. William Altenhof is the recipient of the Ontario Professional Engineers Award, "Young Engineer of the Year"
- Dr. Wayne Marino is recipient of the Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports designation
- Dr. William McConkey is the recipient of the Order of Ontario
- Dr. Byron Rourke is the recipient of the Distinguished Career Award awarded by the International Neuropsychological Society and the Order of Canada
2007 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor celebrated excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity by honouring over 40 members of faculty for their successes over the past year at the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity event held on December 3, 2007.
Faculty Awards
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Team Award - FASS Heads and Directors
Faculty of Education
- Dr. Benedicta Egbo
Faculty of Engineering
- Dr. Majid Ahmadi
- Dr. Sazzadur Chowdhury
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Faculty of Human Kinetics
- Dr. Todd Loughead
Faculty of Law
- Prof. Richard Moon
Faculty of Nursing
- Dr. Karen Williamson
Odette School of Business
- Dr. Zhenzhong Ma
- Dr. Jagdish Pathak
Faculty of Science
- Dr. Ali Polat
- Dr. Chitra Rangan
- Dr. Doug Stephan
University of Windsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Senior Category
- Dr. Ahmet Alpas
- Dr. William Conklin
Junior Category
- Dr. Ken Drouillard
- Dr. Marcello Guarini
- Dr. Todd Loughead
- Dr. Dan Mennill
- Dr. Biao Zhou
Honours
Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Aaron Fisk
- Dr. Robin Gras
- Dr. Jerald Lalman
Assumption University Chair
- Dr. Lisa Porter
Industrial Research Chair
- Dr. Ahmet Alpas
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Afsaneh Edrisy
- Dr. Andrew Swan
- Dr. Kemal Tepe
- Dr. Christopher Weisener
- Dr. Huiming Zhang
NSERC University Faculty Award
- Dr. Wai Ling Yee
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
- Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
- Dr. Daniel Heath
- Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven
Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Dan Mennill
Special Honours and Acknowledgements
- Dr. Iain Baxter&, Visual Arts, is the recipient of the 2006 Gershon Iskowitz Prize and Officer of the Order of British Columbia.
- Dr. Peter Frise, is recipient of 2007 Ontario Professional Engineers Award in Research and Development
- Professor Emeritus Alistair MacLeod received the Order of Canada
- Dr. Roman Maev, Physics, is the recipient of the Canadian Association of Physicists 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award in Industrial and Applied Physics.
- Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven, Biological Sciences, is named a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award.
2006 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor celebrated excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity by honouring over 60 members of faculty for their successes over the past year at the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity event held on December 4, 2006.
Faculty Awards
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Mr. Michael Bell
- Dr. Tim Donais
- Dr. Josee Jarry
- Dr. Karl Jirgens
- Ms. Mary Medcalf
- Dr. Tom Najem
- Prof. David Palmer
- Dr. Lynne Phillips
- Prof. Cheran Rudhramoorthy
- Prof. Shelagh Towson
Faculty of Education
- Dr. Larry Morton
- Dr. Elizabeth Starr
Faculty of Engineering
- Dr. Ram Balachandar
- Dr. Jerald Lalman
- Dr. Iris Xu
- Dr. Jonathan Wu
- Dr. Ming Zheng
Faculty of Human Kinetics
- Dr. Margery Holman
- Faculty of Law
- Dr. William Conklin
- Prof. Brian Etherington
Faculty of Nursing
- Prof. Lucia Yiu
Odette School of Business
- Dr. Tony Faria
- Dr. Kevin Li
- Dr. Francine Schlosser
Faculty of Science
- Dr. Ihsan Al-Aasm
- Dr. Jan Ciborowski
- Dr. Gordon Drake
- Dr. Brian Fryer
- Dr. Siyaram Pandey
- Dr. Sudhir Paul
- Dr. Doug Stephan
- Dr. Avinash Thadani
University of Windsor Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Senior Category
- Dr. Ricardo Aroca
- Dr. Brenda Francis Pelkey
Junior Category
- Dr. William Altenhof
- Dr. Maher El-Masri
- Dr. Fuschia Sirois
Honours
Research Leadership Chairs
- Dr. David Andrews
- Prof. Jeff Berryman
- Dr. Nombuso Dlamini
- Dr. Craig Fleisher
- Dr. Bulent Mutus
- Dr. Derek Northwood
- Dr. Stephen Pender
Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Steven Palmer
Canada Foundation for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund
- Dr. Tricia Carmichael
- Dr. Rupp Carriveau
- Dr. Shaohong Cheng
- Dr. Daniel Mennill
- Dr. Lisa Porter
- Dr. Chitra Rangan
- Dr. Fuschia Sirois
University Faculty Award
- Dr. Stephanie Doucet
CIHR New Investigator
- Dr. Lisa Porter
Early Researcher Award
- Dr. Tricia Carmichael
- Dr. Charles Macdonald
- Dr. Robert Schurko
Special Honours/Acknowledgement
- Dr. Barry Adam - Career Scientist Award in Risk, Culture and Sexuality from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network
- Prof. J. Anthony Blair and Dr. Ralph Johnson - Founders of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric
- Dr. Giora Ron Frisch - Academic Director of the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre
- Dr. Hugh MacIsaac - Director of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN)
- Dr. Doug Wahlsten - Distinguished Scientists Award from the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society
2005 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor celebrated excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity by honouring over 50 members of faculty for their successes over the past year at the annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship Excellence event held on November 24, 2005.
Special Honourees
Professor Emeritus Iain Baxter&
Visual Arts
Molson Prize and Appointment to the Order of Ontario
Dr. Douglas Stephan
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Honourees for University of Windsor Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
Senior Category
Dr. Charlene Senn
Psychology
Mr. Tad Venkateswarlu
Leddy Library
Junior Category
Dr. Charles Macdonald
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Dan O'Connor
Sociology and Anthropology
Prof. David Tanovich
Law
Dr. Ming Zheng
Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering
Faculty Awards
William Altenhof
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering Research on metallic foam & on mitigating child injuries in accidents
AUTO21 and Ford grants
David Andrews
Kinesiology
NSERC Grant
AUTO21 Grant
University of Windsor Research Leadership Junior Chair
David Antonelli
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Canadian Society for Chemistry
2005 Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
Marjorie Armstrong-Stassen
Business
Excellence in publications, research funding and mentoring
Ricardo Aroca
Chemistry & Biochemistry
CRD Grant
Synthesis, Molecular Modeling And Temperature Programmed Spectroscopy Of Hydrogen Storage Materials
Ata Assaf
Business
2004 Odette New Researcher Award
Reem Bahdi
Law
CIDA Grant
Canadian Palestinian Judicial Education
William Bogart
Law
Book: Good Government Good Citizen?, Courts, Politics, and Markets in a Changing Canada
Krista Chandler
Kinesiology
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant
Imagery Use from a Developmental Perspective
SIRC Community Research Award
Imagery Use in Youth Sport: An Examination of Developmental Differences
Sazzadur Chowdhury
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Bionic Ear – Improving the Quality of Life for the Hearing Impaired”
Significantly increased NSERC Discovery Grant
Jan Ciborowski
Biology
Canadian Natural Resources and Syncrude Canada funding
Stockpiled Coke as a Capping Option for Reclamation of Soft Tailings
Carol Davison
English
Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006
Nombuso Dlamini
Education
Book: Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa, 1990-1994
Multiple collaborative research grants
University of Windsor Research Leadership Junior Chair
Gordon Drake
Physics
Phenomenal publications in the 100th anniversary of Einstein's discoveries
Maher El-Masri
Nursing
ZILA Pharmaceuticals Inc. – Research Grants
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) – Research Grants
Anthony Ezeife
Education
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant
Pilot Study with the Walpole Island First Nations
Craig Fleisher
Business
Two books: Handbook of Public Affairs &
Competitive Intelligence and Global Business
Susan Fox
Nursing
ZILA Pharmaceuticals Inc. – Research Grants
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) – Research Grants
Kevin Gorey
Social Work
CIHR Grant
Canadian Cancer Society Grant
Daniel Green
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering
Canada Research Chair, Tier II - Development and Optimization of Metal Forming Processes
NSERC Grant
AUTO21 Grant - Hydroforming of Advanced High Strength Steels
Noel Harding
Visual Arts
Green Corridor Project
John Hudson
Biology
National Cancer Institute of Canada (Terry Fox Foundation Research Grant)
Identification of the Sak interacting partners and pathways affected by Sak
Howard Lin
Business
2004 Odette Excellence in Research Award
Julie Macfarlane
Law
2005 Award of Excellence
International Academy of Mediators
Roman Maev
Physics
NSERC
Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Radial injection gas dynamic spray technology for advanced coatings
Scott Martyn
Kinesiology
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant
Buying the five rings: television networks, corporate sponsors and Olympic commercialism
Economic impact and tourism behaviour: the case of the 2005 Pan-American Junior Athletics Championships
Xueyuan Nie
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering
NSERC Grants
Siyaram Pandey
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation Grant
Jagdish Pathak
Business
Book: Information Technology Auditing
Two external grants
Linda Patrick
Nursing
PhD research: The Meaning of Type 2 Diabetes for Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes.
Sukanya Pillay
Law
Documentary film: Robbing Pedro to Pay Paul
James Potvin
Kinesiology
Ford Motor Company Research Contract
AUTO21 Grant
Leslie Robertson
Sociology & Anthropology
Finalist - 2005 City of Vancouver Book Award
In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver
Leonard Rotman
Law
Book: Fiduciary Law
Anne Snowdon
Nursing
Transport Canada - Childrens' Safety in Vehicles
DaimlerChrysler Canada and Research in Motion grants
"Bobby Shooster" Education Program
Rod Strickland
Visual Arts
Green Corridor Project
Marijke Taks
Kinesiology
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant
Economic impact and tourism behaviour: the case of the 2005 Pan-American Junior Athletics Championships
Sanjay Talreja
Communication Studies
National Film Board
Cricket and the Meaning of Life
Christine Thrasher
Nursing
Ph.D. research on integration of Nurse Practitioners into Emergency departments
Ministry of Health funding
Jonathan Wu
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Canada Research Chair, Tier I - Automotive Sensors and Sensing Systems
NSERC Discovery Grant
CFI and ORF Infrastructure Grant
Biao Zhou
Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering
NSERC Grant
Study of two-phase flow and transport mechanisms in PEM fuel cells
Barb Zielinski
Biology
NSERC Strategic Grant
Environment and Natural Resources, Research Partnerships Programs
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
2004 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor spotlights accomplishments and achievements of faculty at an annual event held to pay tribute to those who have received significant awards and honours for their research or creative activity. The recipients of the Awards are presented with a plaque at the Celebration of Research and Scholarship Excellence event.
Faculty Honourees
Dr. Uzoamaka Anucha
SSHRC Strategic Grant
Status of Women Canada Grant
Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation Grant
Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement Grant
Prof. Emeritus Iain Baxter
Governor General's Award
Dr. Kevin Gorey
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Grant
Drs. Ralph Johnson and Anthony Blair
SSHRC Strategic Program for Strategic Research Clusters Design Grants
Dr. Brent Lee
Canada Council Grants
Composer-In-Residence with Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Nombuso Dlamini
CESC-SSHRC Education Research Initiative
SSHRC Strategic Grant
Prof. David Wiseman
SSHRC/CURA Grant
Dr. Anne Snowdon
AUTO21 Project Leader
Dr. David Antonelli
NSERC Accelerator Grant for Exceptional New Opportunities (AGENO)
Dr. Daniel Health
NSERC Strategic Grant
Dr. Jianguo Lu
Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO)
Ontario Centre of Excellence Grant
Dr. Roman Maev
NSERC/DaimlerChrysler Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Dr. Elena Maeva
NSERC/DaimlerChrysler Canada Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Prof. Emeritus William McConkey
Will Allis Prize
American Physical Society
Dr. Bulent Mutus
Canadian Diabetes Association Grant
Dr. Siyaram Pandey
Heart and Stroke Foundation Grant
Dr. Douglas Stephan
2004 F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship Award
NSERC Synergy Award (with NOVA Chemicals)
Dr. Alan Trenhaile
The Association of American Geographers' R.J. Russell Award
Dr. Douglas Wahlsten
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Award
Canada Foundation for Innovation Winners New Opportunities Fund
Dr. Uzoamaka Anucha
Social Work
Dr. John Hudson
Biology
Dr. Jennifer Jakobi
Kinesiology
Dr. Wladyslaw Kedzierski
Physics
Dr. Xueyuan Nie
MAME
Drs. Vesselin Stoilov and Guoquing Zhang
MAME
Dr. Panayiotis Vacratsis
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven
Biological Sciences
Dr. Biao Zhou
MAME
Canada Foundation for Innovation Winner Innovation Fund
Dr. Brian Fryer
GLIER
2003 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor spotlights accomplishments and achievements of faculty at an annual event held to pay tribute to those who have received significant awards and honours for their research or creative activity. The recipients of the Awards are presented with a plaque at the Celebration of Research and Scholarship Excellence event.
Faculty Honourees
Dr. Kevin Gorey
American Psychological Association
Article of the Year Award
Dr. Leslie Howsam
J. P. R. Lyell Readership in Bibliography
University of Oxford
Dr. Ralph Johnson
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Contract with Centre for British Teachers
Dr. Steven Palmer
Rockefeller Foundation Grant and Residencey in the History of Basic Medical Research
Dr. Hugh MacIsaac
Acquatic Invasions Biology Research Chair, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Contract with Old Dominion University Research Foundation
Co-applicant, NSERC Collaborative Research Opportunity
Dr. Jan Ciborowski
International Joint Commission Biennial Award for Great Lakes Science
Dr. Phil Graniero
Geotechnical Institu Sensor Technology Network
Dr. Douglas Stephan
2003 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation
NSERC Collaborative Research Opportunity
Drs. Lynda Corkum and Barbara Zielinski
State of Michigan, Great Lakes Protection Fund
Dr. Ricardo Aroca
The Gerhard Herzberg Award from the Spectroscopy Society of Canada
Dr. Waguih Elmaraphy
NSERC Strategic Grant
Dr. Mary Louise Drake
Health Canada, City of Windsor, Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services and United Way - Program funding
Premier's Research Excellence Award (PREA) Winners
Dr. Lori Buchanan
Psychology
Dr. Maria Cioppa
Earth Sciences
Dr. David Fowle
GLIER
Dr. Dan Heath
GLIER
Dr. Ali Polat
Earth Sciences
Canada Foundation for Innovation Winners New Opportunities Fund
Dr. Ken Drouillard
GLIER
Dr. S. Holger Eichhorn
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Amir Fartaj
MAME
Dr. James Gauld
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Dennis Higgs
Biological Sciences
Drs. Jerald Lalman and Rajesh Seth
C&EE
Dr. Charles MacDonald
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Kerry Mazurek
C&EE
Dr. Ali Polat
Earth Sciences
Dr. Timothy Reddish
Physics
Dr. Luis Rueda
Computer Science
Dr. Ewin Tam
C&EE
Dr. Jichang Wang
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Iris Xiaohong Xu
C&EE
Dr. Jianwen Yang
Earth Sciences
Canada Research Chair Award Winners
Dr. Lori Buchanan
Canada Research Chair in Psycholinguistics
Dr. Hoda ElMaraghy
Canada Research Chair in Manufacturing Systems
Dr. David Fowle
Canada Research Chair in Biogeochemistry
Dr. Robert Letcher
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
Dr. Ming Zheng
Canada Research Chair in Clean Diesel Engine Technologies
2002 Faculty Recognition Awards
The University of Windsor spotlights accomplishments and achievements of faculty at an annual event held to pay tribute to those who have received significant awards and honours for their research or creative activity. The recipients of the Awards are presented with a plaque at the Celebration of Research and Scholarship Excellence event.
Faculty Honourees
Prof. William Bogart
SSHRC/Law Commission of Canada Virtual Scholar in Residence Program Award
Dr. Ahmet Alpas
NSERC/General Motors/University of Windsor IRC in Tribology of Lightweight Materials
Dr. Jan Ciborowski
Grant with US Environmental Protection Agency “Trophic Status of Lake Erie Project”
Dr. Gordon Drake
SHARCNET Centre of Excellence
Dr. Robert Letcher
Premiers Research Excellence Award
Dr. Roman Maev
NSERC/DaimlerChrysler/University of Windsor IRC in Applied Solid State Physics and Material Characterization
Dr. Douglas Stephan
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund Award and Humboldt Research Award
Canada Foundation for Innovation Award Winners New Opportunities Fund
Dr. Maria Cioppa
Earth Sciences
Dr. Henry Hu
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Dr. Isaac Luginaah
Sociology and Anthropology
Dr. Angela Sodan
Computer Science
Canada Research Chair Award Winners
Dr. Suzan Ilcan
Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Globalization
Dr. Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Sexual Health
Dr. Stanley Reitsma
Canada Research Chair in Water Resources