The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently held their annual Graduation Reception ceremony.
The event was held in the CHBE atrium. It was an opportunity to recognize the achievements of exceptional students graduating from the Mech department. Congratulations to all recipients!
Letson Prizes (The Letson Prizes are given to the Head of the Graduating Class for each Option):
Stephen Ecklin (General Mechanical), Jennifer Reimer (Biomedical Option), Eric Buckley (Mechatronics Option), Robert Lion (Thermofluids Option)
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal (The CSME Gold Medal is given for outstanding achievement.): Pimchanok Kwang Pithayachariyakul
APEG Achievement Award (The APEG Achievement Award is given to one graduating student in each Department who shows great promise.): Cole Crocker
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student Leader Award (The Outstanding Student Leader Award recognizes the top undergraduate student and the top graduate student who has demonstrate strong leadership skills and have 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.): Amanda Li (Undergraduate), Graeham Douglas (Graduate)
Degrees with Distinction (These students achieved an overall first-class average in second through fourth year courses.): Nicholas Andruschak, Eric Buckley, Keqin Chen, Hen Li Chin, Hung Keat Chua, Cole Crocker, Amanda Deacon, Mark Dyck, Stephen Ecklin, Gordon Evens, Joshua Fong, Song Ji, Mayank Kalra, Ryan Kelly, Philipp Krebs, Cassondra Kurenov, Xiao Li, Robert Lion, Matthew Maguire, Lindsay McInnes, Evan Meyer, Neal O’Grady, Jeffery Oakes, Trent Pehlke, Pimchanok Kwang Pithayachariyakul, Kimmy Poon, Andrew Reimer, Jennifer Reimer, Diego Ribas-Cadle, Ethan Stewart, John Van, Khai Yew, Thanet Ying-Udomrat, Jarrod Yip, Leon Ching Fung Yuen, Leon King Wah Yuen
Mechanical Engineering Student Leadership Award (This award is presented to students who have demonstrated leadership skills and made significant contributions to the Department and Faculty, specifically in the realms of student affairs, design competition teams, professional association student chapters, and other related activities.): Keqin Chen, Cole Crocker, Hamed Hosseini, Tom Huryn, Quang Huynh, Devjit Kanjilal, Cassondra Kurenov, Robert Lion, AJung Moon, Andrew Reimer
Capstone Design Awards (The Capstone Design Award goes to two teams who excelled in engineering design.):
“Mustang Buoyancy Test Chair” – Quang Huynh, Alvin Lam, Greg Looy, Sara Tahermaram
“Mu Chiao Optical Probe” – Richard Aang, Keqin Chen, Mark Dyck, Ian Wan