Congratulations to all of the 2026 TMU award recipients!
May 25, 2026
The Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science celebrates and applauds all of our faculty, staff, alumni, partners and volunteers who received a Toronto Metropolitan University award in 2026. These awards are a reflection of the ongoing dedication and excellence of the individuals that power our organization.
Dean's SRC Award for Pre-tenured Faculty:
- ChungHyuk Lee, Chemical Engineering
Dean's SRC Award for Tenured Faculty:
- Hadis Zarrin, Chemical Engineering
- Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Civil Engineering
Dean's Service Awards:
- Khaled Sennah, Civil Engineering
- Alagan Anpalagan, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Dean's Teaching Award for TFA Faculty:
- Reza Samavi, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Dean's Teaching Award CUPE1 Contract Lecturer:
- Kandasamy Illanko, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
YSGPS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award:
- Sharareh Taghipour, Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering
Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award
- Khaled Sennah, Civil Engineering
Dean’s SRC Activity Award
- Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Civil Engineering
- ChungHyuk Lee, Chemical Engineering
- Hadis Zarrin, Chemical Engineering
- Learn more about the Dean’s SRC Activity award recipients.
Julia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Award
- Ketan Marballi, Postdoc and Graduate Studies Professional Development Specialist, FEAS Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Office
- Learn more about Ketan’s contributions.
Dean’s Service Award
- Alagan Anpalagan, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
- Khaled Sennah, Civil Engineering
25 years of service
- Said Easa, Professor, Civil Engineering
- Heather J. Gardiner, Engineering Admissions and Liaison Officer, Undergraduate Engineering Admissions and Recruitment
- George Kapelos, Professor, Architectural Science
- Jun Cao, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering
- Vadim Geurkov, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
- Daniel Giannitelli, Support Engineer, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
- Melanie Loiselle, Administrative Assistant, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
35 years of service
- Dr. Nagi Mekhiel (external link) (Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering )
- Stacia Van Zetten (Civil Engineering '13): CSO and Co-founder of EXACT Technology
- Christina Esposito (Journalism '17): Director of Marketing, Communications, & Digital at Tundra Technical Solutions
- Jennifer Quaglietta, CEO and Registrar of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- Steve Radewych (Industrial Engineering ’92): Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Operations at SpinMaster
- Vincent Andriano (Architectural Science ’06): Partner at Prodigy Group
- Vincent Travaglini (Mechanical Engineering ’91): retired President and CEO of StackTeck
- Adham El-Khadem, (Master’s of Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship ’21): Founder, CEO, Venu
- Zoë Thomson, (Biomedical Engineering ’21): Co-Founder and Former Chief Innovation Officer, Lucid Therapeutics
- Kritika Vashishtha, (Aerospace Engineering (PhD) ’24): Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University