Awards

2022

Alumni Gold Medal Award - Master's awarded to Nicholas Pellegrino for his outstanding academic performance during his Masters program. His research and thesis title: “Developments Towards Chromophore-Selectivity in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy.” (Fall 2022).
Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship in Science & Technology (QEII-GSST) awarded to James Tweel, $25K (Spring 2022).
Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship in Science & Technology (QEII-GSST) awarded to Alex Tummon-Simmons, $25K (Spring 2022).
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral awarded to Benjamin Ecclestone, $35K/year for 3 years (Spring 2022)
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded to Benjamin Ecclestone, $50K/year for 3 years (Winter 2022).
President’s research award for Simon Frew to work in PhotoMedicine labs (Winter 2022).
President’s research award for Vyshna Krishnakumar to work in PhotoMedicine labs (Winter 2022).

2021

University of Waterloo Engineering Society Friend of Natalie Award (fall 2021).
Engineering Research Excellence Award to Dr. Parsin H. Reza from the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Engineering. (fall 2021).
Dean's Entrance Award for Auguste Koh, $5000 (fall 2021).
Engineering Excellence Fellowship for James Tweel, $25k/year for two years, from September 2021 - September 2023.
President's Graduate Scholarship awarded to Benjamin Ecclestone. (spring 2021).
NSERC - Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded to Benjamin Ecclestone. (spring 2021).
President’s Research Award for Amir Roshnakar to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (spring 2021).
President’s Research Award for Inaara Ahmed-Fazal to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (spring 2021).
President’s Research Award for Faraz Ali to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2021).
President’s Research Award for Matthew Lee to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2021).

2020

Parsin H. Reza - Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award from the University of Waterloo
OSA BestPaper Award Recipient to the Research Team from OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics, 2020
Engineering Excellence Fellowship for Benjamin Ecclestone, $25K/year for two years, from May 2020 to May 2022
Dean's Entrance Award for Benjamin Ecclestone, $5,000 (spring 2020).
President’s Research Award for Karam Danial to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2020).
President’s Research Award for Maggie Zhang to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2020).
President’s Research Award for Amanda Hope to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2020).
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research award (USRA) for Alex Tummon Simmons to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (winter 2020).

2019

International Masters Student Award for Jasmine Chan, $2235, from January 2019, to August 2020

President’s Research Award for Serene Abu-Sardanah to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (fall 2019)
President’s Research Award for Daniel Javaheri-Zadeh to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (fall 2019)
University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship for Jasmine Chan, $1145, from May 2019, to August 2019
International Masters Student Award for Saad R. Abbasi, $2,130.00. (winter 2019)
UW Grad Scholarship for Saad R. Abbasi, $1,145.00 (winter 2019)
GRS Award for Saad R. Abbasi, $9,175.00 (winter 2019)
Dr. Haji Reza nominated from the University of Waterloo for the John Charles Polanyi Prizes in physics

2018

President’s Research Award for Natasha Willis to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (fall 2018)
President’s Research Award for Mikaela MacMahon to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (fall 2018)
President’s Research Award for Yun Kim to work in PhotoMedicine labs. (fall 2018)

2015

Parsin H. Reza - FGSR Travel Award, University of Alberta, 2015 ($1300)
Parsin H. Reza -BMO graduate scholarships 2015 (one award is granted each year at the University of Alberta) (Declined).
Parsin H. Reza - Opening keynote speaker of Sixth Annual Graduate Research Symposium at the University of Alberta (July 2015)
Parsin H. Reza as the CEO of illumiSonics Inc. has selected as top 18 semi-finalists in 2015 business-pitch competition by SPIE
Parsin H. Reza as the CEO of illumiSonics Inc., has selected to showcase at HealthKick 2015 as one of Canada’s top startup health companies.
Parsin H. Reza - Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize (16 awards are granted each year to the University of Alberta, $5,000).

2014

Parsin H. Reza -Dissertation Fellowship (20 awards are granted each year to the University of Alberta, $22,000 plus tuition fee).
Parsin H. Reza - The Professional Development Grant, University of Alberta, 2014.
Parsin H. Reza et al. "Glancing angle deposited nanostructured film Fabry-Perot etalons for optical detection of ultrasound," has beenhighlighted as a key scientific Article contributing to excellence in engineering scientific and industrial research by Advances in Engineering (2014).

2013

Parsin H. Reza -Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, $37,500/year (The most prestigious graduate award at University of Alberta, approximately 12 awards are granted each year to the University of Alberta) 2013-2015

2012

Parsin H. Reza -Alberta Innovates -Technology Futures Graduate Student Scholarships $31,500/year (2012-2014)
Parsin H. Reza elected as the president of The ECE Graduate Students' Association 2012-2013 (400 students)
Parsin H. Reza -2012 SPIE Scholarship in Optics & Photonics (among 140 students (from high school to PhD) who have been awarded the international SPIE scholarship.).

2011

Parsin H. Reza -Best Paper Award, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2011, Florida, USA.
Parsin H. Reza -Travel Stipend Award, World Molecular Imaging Congress (San Diego 2011).
Parsin H. Reza -Travel Stipend Award, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011.
Parsin H. Reza -Selected as one of the six semi-finalists for Young Investigator Award, World Molecular Imaging society (WMIC, San Diego 2011)

2010