Notable Alumni
The Â鶹AV Faculty of Engineering, along with the Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning, have a long legacy of fostering talent and shaping many notable engineers and architects. See below to discover some of our many noteworthy alumni.
Engineers
Richard Birdsall Rogers (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™1878)Creator of the Peterborough Lift Lock |
George Hodgson (BEng' 1916)Canadian Olympic swimmer and first Canadian to win two Olympic gold medals |
Val Fitch (BEng'48, DSc'87)American nuclear physicist and co-recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics |
Livio De Simone (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™57)Chairman and CEO of 3M Corporation |
Henry Mintzberg (BEng'61)Acclaimed management thinker, author and iconoclast |
Les Vadasz (BEng'61)Founding member of Intel Corporation |
Jake Eberts (BEng'62)Award-winning movie producer and film financier |
Dr. Andy Benedek (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™66)Founder and CEO of ZENON Environmental Inc. |
Dr. Taro Alepian (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™67)Executive Vice-President of SNC-Lavalin Group |
Dr. Michael Avedesian (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™69)CEO of MAGNOLA Corporation |
Lorne Trottier (BEng'70, MEng'73)Leading philanthropist and co-founder of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. |
Dr. Axel Meisen (±Ê³ó¶Ù’70)President, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
John Wills (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™75)President, Plumbing Products Division of Masco Corporation, makers of Delta faucets |
Dr. Peter Tsantrizos (²Ñ·¡²Ô²µâ€™81)Founder of Pyrogenesis Inc. |
Dr. Noubar Afeyan (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™83)Founder and CEO of Applied Biosystems Inc. |
Julie Payette (BEng'86, DSc’03)Former Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency and current Governor General of Canada. |
Greg Vance (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™87)Vice-President and partner at Procaps Ltd. |
Laurent Levi (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™91)Successful owner of AIREX Manufacturing Corp. |
Motaz Kabbani (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™93)Dancer and choreographer |
Matthew Collyer (MEng '96)Skat musician of Planet Smashers and founder of Stomp Records |
Dr. Jeffrey Karp (BEng'99)Inventor of gecko-tape |
Hicham Ratnani (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™08)Co-founder and chief operating officer of Frank & Oak |
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Architects
Arthur Erickson (µþ´¡°ù³¦³ó’50)Renowned Canadian Architect and Urban Planner |
Moshe Safdie (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’61)Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. |
Raymond Moriyama (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’57)Notable Canadian architect of Japanese descent |
Witold Rybczynski (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’72)Canadian American architect, professor and writer |