Awards
The Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence
Colton Medal
CMC Microsystems recognizes excellence in Canadian micro-nano research through its annual Douglas R. Colton award. Established in honour of the founding president of CMC Microsystems, this award includes a medal and a monetary prize of $4,500.
Faculty, students or alumni who have successfully completed a Master’s or PhD degree in a Canadian university within the previous three calendar years are eligible for this award.
2025 Deadline: Friday, October 17, 2025
View the Nomination Guidelines
2024 Winner
Dr. Sina Kheiri
Dr. Sina Kheiri has been awarded the 2024 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence.
Dr. Sina Kheiri, now a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), developed a new microfluidic device that shows how a tumour’s shape can predict cancer’s aggressiveness
TEXPO Student Competition and Exposition
Established by CMC Microsystems, TEXPO offers graduate students a unique opportunity to demonstrate their novel applications of micro-nano technologies to industry representatives and academic peers.
Students are invited to apply for TEXPO 2025 and compete for a total of $15,500 in awards in five categories. TEXPO 2025 is part of Accelerated. Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium 2025.
- Award for Excellence in Microsystems CAD Tools and Design Methodology
- Gayathri Singh Award for Microsystems Innovation by Women
- Award for Excellence in Microsystems Fabrication
- Award for Excellence in Quantum Algorithms or Computing
- Brian L. Barge Award for Excellence in Microsystems Integration
TEXPO 2024 Winners
Gayathri Singh Award for Microsystems Innovation by Women
Winner: Batoul Hashemi
Supervisor: Jonathan Bradley
Organization: McMaster University
Title: Amplification in a hybrid rare-earth Silicon waveguide
Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Award for Excellence in Microsystems CAD Tools and Design Methodology
Winner: Milad Seifnejad Haghighi
Supervisor: Behraad Bahreyni
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Title: A New Anti-Spring Mechanism Used in MEMS Inertial Sensor for Improving Sensitivity
Sponsor: COMSOL
Award for Excellence in Microsystems Fabrication
Winner: Jonas Welsch
Supervisor: Edmond Cretu
Organization:University of British Columbia
Title: SenCMUTs, Polymer-based Micromachined Ultrasound Sensors for Acoustic Emission Detection
Sponsor: CMC Microsystems