Recognizing our Outstanding Students
After words of congratulations to the graduating class from Club Mech President Luke Gallant, Department Head Carl Ollivier-Gooch and Capstone Coordinator Bill Rawlings presented awards for outstanding achievements in academic, leadership and design.
Major Awards
2024 Letson Prize recipients.
Letson Prizes
The Letson Prizes are given to the top graduate within each UBC Mechanical Engineering Option.
The 2024 Letson Prize recipients:
- Simon Jang, Letson Prize for the Flex Option
- Taylor Goldblatt, Letson Prize for Biomechanics and Medical Devices
- David Antoniuk, Letson Prize for Mechatronics
- Razin Zibyan, Letson Prize for Thermofluids
- David Downey, Letson Prize for Aerospace
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal
2024 winners of the Martha Salcudean Prize, JAYA-JAYANT Prize, and Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal.
The CSME Gold Medal is given for overall outstanding achievement.
- 2024 Recipient: David Antoniuk.
Dale CHERCHAS Memorial Prize
2024 Recipient: Nile Waldal
This award is endowed in memory of Dr. Dale Cherchas, and recognizes the top student in the area of Controls & Dynamics.
JAYA-JAYANT Prize in Mechanical Engineering
- 2024 recipient: Behnam Karimi
This prize is endowed by Dr. V.J.Modi, and recognizes a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering for their academic excellence.
Martha Salcudean Prize in Mechanical Engineering
- 2024 recipient: Nafise Faridi Rad
This award is endowed in memory of former Department Head, Dr. Martha Salcudean, and recognizes a doctoral candidate in Mechanical Engineering for their academic excellence.
Design Awards
2024 recipients of awards for excellence in design.
Faculty of Applied Science Design and Innovation Day Capstone Project Awards
These awards recognize the 2024 capstone teams that exemplified stellar performance in innovation and design practice.
- Team 12: Wave-Maker Design for Test Tank
Lanz Bosita, Luke Gallant, Ahmed Ma, Keihl Madrid, Rhys Northcote - Team 19: Fracture Fixation Plate Bender
Patric Berard, Sam Bonnell, Muhammad Hakim Zareer, Brandyn Pataki, Brent Schriemer - Team 21: Prototyping and Validation of the Gosselin Platform
Thomas Curalli, Illya Danilevitch, Mason Hughes, Peter Ljuljovic, Karan Mann, Oliver Moes-Okun
Mechanical Engineering Student Choice Capstone Project Award
- Team 11: 3D Chocolate Printer
Aksh Dadwan, Bedir Goybulak, Danial Haji-Valizadeh, Sangwon Hwang, Thomas Powley, Jesse Sun
David NIKKEL Memorial Prize in Engineering Design
- 2024 Recipient: Brent Schriemer, Fracture Fixation Plate Bender team
This prize is awarded to one graduating student who has excelled in design throughout their final-year MECH 45X Capstone course.
Leadership Awards
2024 Mechanical Engineering Student Leadership Award recipients.
Mechanical Engineering Leadership Awards
These awards recognize the following students for their outstanding leadership within our student community, and continuous contributions to student initiatives, clubs and teams.
- Marc Baroudi
- Luke Gallant
- Alyona Glazyrina
- Reece Haberstock
- Kyle Swoboda
- Jessica Wolf
Outstanding Student Leader Award
- 2024 recipient: Luke Gallant
This award recognizes an undergraduate 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.
Degrees with Distinction
2024 recipients of Degrees with Distinction.
- David Antoniuk
- Thomas Bement
- Sam Bonnell
- Nathaniel Budiardjo
- Wilson Chen
- Brett Clayton
- Raymond Cormier
- Thomas Curalli
- Illya Danilevitch
- Mack Davis
- Aidan de Jong
- Lal Deger
- Graeme Dockrill
- David Downey
- Jeffrey Du
- Arthur Feng
- Giovanni Ferraresso
- Luke Gallant
- Alex Ge
- Didar Gill
- Taylor Goldblatt
- Cory Haberman
- Muhammad Muztahidul Hakim Zareer
- Danny Han
- Miranda Herle
- Joshua Ho
- Matthew Howald
- Matthew Jaffey
- Simon Jang
- Simon Jobst
- Parsa Khodabakhshi
- Tate Kolton
- Douglas Lee
- Benji Li
- Peter Lin
- Sophie Lin
- Devon Lister
- Yifei Liu
- Peter Ljuljovic
- Jack McColl
- Oliver Moes-Okun
- Rhys Northcote
- Ahram Park
- Anastasia Peters
- Quoc Bao Phan
- Angie Pinto
- Bill Qu
- Sarvesh Ramalingam
- Yasin Ranjbar
- Rafael Remo
- Kim Ristimaki
- Nataniel Schmitt
- Aman Shah
- Rhet Vanden Elsen
- Nile Waldal
- Tony Wang
- Lana Whyte
- Justin Wong
- David Yang
- Daniel Youm
- Owen Zeyl
- Jose Zhang
Graduate Academic Achievement
2024 graduate students recognized for academic achievement.
The following graduate students achieved an overall average throughout their program of above 90%:
- Babaee Alireza
- Mohammad Sina Beik Khormizi
- Nafise Faridi Rad
- Behnam Karimi
- Bahram Mammadov
- Pranav Shrestha
- Elcin Ulular
- Mohammad Zandsalimy
Congratulations to all our award recipients, and to all our spring graduates receiving their degrees! We wish you the best as you stride towards your future, and welcome you to our alumni community.
TUUM EST! It is yours!
