At the reception, graduating students gathered with friends, family, faculty, and staff to hear words of congratulations from Department Head Steve Feng, and receive a toast from undergraduate club co-presidents Emilie Ho and Kyle Slade-Kerr. A brief awards ceremony recognized graduating students with outstanding achievements.
Award Ceremony
The Department honoured exceptional students with awards for academic and design excellence, and impactful leadership contributions.
Major Awards
Letson Prizes
The top student graduating in each Option is recognized awarded a Letson Prize. The 2025 recipients are:
- Mechanical Engineering: Karen Liu
- Aerospace: David Li,
- Biomechanics and Medical Devices: Kendall Mooney,
- Energy and Environment: Lin Zhang
- Mechatronics: Lazar Stanojevic
- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering: Massimo Luongo
- Thermofluids: Ahmed Ma
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal
The CSME Gold Medal is given for overall outstanding achievement.
- 2025 CSME Gold Medal: Lazar Stanojevic
Dale CHERCHAS Memorial Prize
Endowed in memory of Dr. Dale Cherchas, a leading researcher in the field of Mechanical Engineering, this award recognizes the top student in the area of Controls & Dynamics.
- 2025 Dale CHERCHAS Memorial Prize: David Li
JAYA-JAYANT Prize in Mechanical Engineering
This prize is endowed by Dr. V.J.Modi, a Professor in Mechanical Engineering, on the occasion of his being awarded the Killam Prize. This award recognizes a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering for their academic excellence.
- 2025 JAYA-JAYANT Prize: Saman Lak
Awards for Capstone Design
These awards recognize the capstone teams that exemplified stellar performance in innovation and design practice this year.
Design and Innovation Day Capstone Project Awards
Team 3: All-in-One End Effector
- Curtis Geffner
- Pablo Islas
- Isaac Mcallister
- Bobsy Narayan
- James Quek
- Kyle Slade-Kerr
Team 21: 6DOF Robotic Hand
- Sina Allen
- Landon Finn
- Braeden Mussato
- Rayan Shahzamani Sichani
- Lazar Stanojevic
- Felix Wilton
Team 22: Continuous Mixer
- Mehar Ahuja
- Brian Erickson
- Andy Peng
- Dawud Qaimari
- Rod Vaziri
Mechanical Engineering Student Choice Capstone Project Award
- Team 3: All-in-One End Effector
David NIKKEL Memorial Prize in Engineering Design
This prize is awarded to one graduating student who has excelled in design throughout their fourth year, and is selected by the instructors of the MECH 45X Capstone course.
- 2025 David NIKKEL Memorial Prize: Dainelle Morales, EEG Device for Children project
Leadership Awards
Beyond the classroom, we would like to recognize the important contributions made by student leaders in the graduating cohort, who on top of their studies have dedicated their time to enriching our vibrant student community and providing opportunities for their peers.
2025 Leadership Awards
- Emilie Ho
- Ashley Kim
- Ian McLennan
- Kendall Mooney
- Kyle Slade-Kerr
- Heming Yuan
- Lin Zhang
- Yichen Zhou
2025 Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student Leader Award
This award recognizes the top undergraduate student who 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.
- 2025 Recipients: Emilie Ho and Kyle-Slade Kerr
Awards for Academic Achievement
Degrees with Distinction
Undergraduates who receive a Degree with Distinction have achieved an overall first-class average in their second through fourth year courses.
- Sina Allen
- Patric Berard
- Owen Byrne
- Mateja Clifford
- Cassia Colbert
- Elizabeth .
- Brian Erickson
- Landon Finn
- Sunny Fu
- Curtis Geffner
- Larry Guo
- Darren Halim
- Ryan Huang
- Pablo Islas
- Bhavita Jindal
- Ryan Leung
- David Li
- Sammy Lin
- Karen Liu
- Wenyi Liu
- Ethan Lodermeier
- Massimo Luongo
- Ahmed Ma
- Kendall Mooney
- Braeden Mussato
- Meet Nandu
- Bobsy Narayan
- Ricky Parmar
- Brandyn Pataki
- Raj Patel
- Nicholas Pradnyawira
- Brent Schriemer
- Lindy Shi
- Kyle Slade-Kerr
- Lazar Stanojevic
- Samuel Stelzl
- Cywin Tapia
- Derek To
- Jamie Tollit
- Elyse Truebridge
- Jules Turries
- Ryan Vanderstoep
- Grayson Vanderzalm
- Rod Vaziri
- Nguyen Vu
- Annie Wei
- Felix Wilton
- Robyn Xiong
- Jack Yaremko
- Lin Zhang
- Yuyang Zhang
Graduate Academic Achievement
The following graduate students achieved an overall average of above ninety percent throughout their program:
- Mobin Abdar Esfahani
- Mouad Boudina
- Kyle Gerrard
- Saman Lak
- Sebastiaan Mainardis
- Sanyogita Manu
- Ehsan Mirzaee
- Cynthia Pham
- Pouya Rostam
- Akash Venkateshwaran
Congratulations to our award winners, and again to all of our graduating students on this momentous occasion.
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