Congratulations to the Mechanical Engineering Graduation Class of 2015!
The Graduation Reception was held on May 26 in KAIS 1180, right after the convocation ceremony. It was an opportunity to recognize the achievements of exceptional students graduating from the Mech department. Congratulations to all the award recipients!
Photos from the event are below the names of the award recipients.
Letson Prizes (The Letson Prizes are given to the Head of the Graduating Class for each Option): Lee Sutton (General Mechanical), Juan Pablo Gomez Arrunategui (Biomedical Option), Joshua Begin and Ajaydeep Singh (Mechatronics Option), and Anh Mai Nguyet Hoang (Thermofluids Option).
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal (The CSME Gold Medal is given for outstanding achievement.): Emre Tezcan.
APEG Achievement Award (The APEG Achievement Award is given to one graduating student in each Department who shows great promise.): Aiden Sotres.
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student Leader Award (The Outstanding Student Leader Award recognizes the top undergraduate student and the top graduate student who has demonstrated strong leadership skills and has made outstanding contributions to the Department and Faculty, specifically in the realms of student affairs, design competition teams, professional association student chapters, and other related activities.): Ruvie Eto.
Faculty of Applied Science Prize in Academic Excellence: Ajaydeep Singh
Merrill Prindle Book Prize in Engineering: Andrea Palmer
Philipp Krebs Award for Perseverance (The Philipp Krebs Award celebrates undergraduate students who have demonstrated great perseverance and determination throughout their degree. The award is named after one of our former students, Philipp Krebs, who recognized the importance of education and believed that a motivated person could reach great heights through perseverance.): Maitrayee Dhaka
2015 Capstone Design Award – 1st Place: Oil Well Imager Test Tank – Joshua Begin, Katelyn Currie, Anna Gabaldon, Thomas Guerard, Alice Lam, Thomas Littleford
2015 Capstone Design Award – Runner Up: Turning Bottles to Filament – Scott Brown, Sheng Yang Ho, Marcus Horn, Yuya Taniura, Elijah Wong.
Leadership Awards: Katherine Babcock, Bo Bai, Jordan Balanko, Wei Chen, Kevan Cote, Manmohan Daid, Maytrayee Dhaka, Neil Dobie, Ersagun Elacmaz, Kome Eto, Ruvie Eto, Yotam Fogelman, Louis-Pierre Fortin, Adrian Granchelli, John Henderson, Joshua Herman, Alexander Jew, Alice Lam, Neil Lanfranchi, Clayton Lund, Kohle Merry, Eric Moutal, Laura Ng, Andrea Palmer, Szu Yuan Peng, Jae Jin Shim, Aiden Sotres, Alexander Tang, Emre Tezcan, David Tiessen, Andrew Wong, Timothy Lee
Degree with Distinction: Rayan Al-Shaibani, Thomas Antle, Katherine Babcock, Richard Backlund, Jordan Balanko, Joshua Begin, Scott Brown, Ersagun Elacmaz, Ruvie Eto, Paul Fijal, Trevor Fisher, Anna Gabaldon, Juan Pablo Gomez Arrunategui, Adrian Granchelli, Thomas Guerard, Kyle Harland, John Henderson, Sheng Yang Ho, Anh Mai Nguyet Hoang, Geoffrey Hohert, Kai Syh-Yuh Hsieh, Alexander Jew, Haoran Jiang, Christopher Lazatin, Janice Lee, Thomas Littleford, Michael Liu, Yufei Liu, Clifton Lok, Daniel Millar, Eric Moutal, Kaitlin Paris, Colin Scott, Mohamed Shalaby, Ajaydeep Singh, Aiden Sotres, Jason Speidel, Stevan Stewart, Thanatat Sukanjanapong, Lee Sutton, Alexander Tang, Yuya Taniura, Emre Tezcan, David Tiessen, Jordan Traas, Philip Tsui, Guy Wilkins, Elijah Wong
Should you want a higher resolution of any of the photos below, please email studentassistant@mech.ubc.ca.
