Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 21, 2013
• Invested on: November 21, 2014

For his contributions as an environmental engineer designing water and energy management systems in northern Canada.

Daniel Smith is the principal authority on environmental engineering in the coldest parts of Canada. As a professor at the University of Alberta for several decades, he has addressed the engineering challenges of distributing drinking water and removing waste water in extremely low temperatures. Notably, he has helped establish the principles of municipal infrastructure design in northern climates, and developed technology to remove disease-causing agents from water. He has also lent leadership to a range of professional organizations including the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.