Class of 2020 Virtual Graduation Reception & Guestbook
Congratulations to the class of 2020! We’re excited for you to celebrate your university achievements, and to embark on your next chapter and the bright future ahead.
If you couldn’t make the Virtual Graduation Reception and Awards Ceremony on June 11th you can watch the recording here, featuring words from Department Head Dr. Steve Feng, Dean James Olson, and Mechanical Engineering PhD Student and FlowO2 Respirator team member Sam Berryman, as well as a toast to the graduating class by Club Mech President Paige Ngo. Faculty members Dr. Sheldon Green, Dr. Tony Hodgson, Dr. Gary Schajer, Dr. Mike Van der Loos, Dr. Lyndia Wu, Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, Professor Jon Mikkelsen, and Lecturer Markus Fengler also offer their congratulatory messages to the class of 2020!
Read below to learn about this year’s Mechanical Engineering award recipients. We also have a guestbook below, and we welcome everyone to leave a message of congratulations for our graduates.
Award Winners
Major Awards
Letson Prizes
The Letson Prizes are given to the Head of the Graduating Class for each program Option. Our 2020 winners are:
Mark Lim – General stream
Jackson Robinson – Biomedical
Ryan Lee – Mechatronics
Brendan Ward – Thermofluids
Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Gold Medal
The CSME Gold Medal is awarded to a student for overall outstanding academic achievement in Mechanical Engineering.
2020 recipient: Bryan Logue
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Achievement Award in Engineering.
This award is given to one graduating student in each Department who shows great promise.
2020 recipient: Ryan Lee
Dale CHERCHAS Memorial Prize
This award is endowed in memory of Dr. Dale Cherchas, a leading researcher in Mechanical Engineering, and recognizes the top student in the area of Controls & Dynamics.
2020 recipient: Jackson Robinson.
Design Awards
Capstone Design Award
This award is given to the best performing team in our 4th year capstone design course. The “Kastrup Lab” team achieved the highest team mark (95%) in the 2019-2020 MECH 45X course and exemplified stellar performance in innovation and design practice.
Sponsor: Michael Smith Labs, UBC
Liaison: Dr. Christian Kastrup, ckastrup@msl.ubc.ca
Project: T14 – “Catheter-based hemostatic powder spray system to stop internal bleeding”
Team members:
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David NIKKEL Memorial Prize in Engineering Design
This award is given to one graduating student who has excelled in creative design throughout their 4th year.
2020 Recipient: Nigel Myers
Student Leadership Awards
The following students have continually excelled in providing leadership and inspiration to their peers throughout their degree, and are being awarded with a Student Leadership Award for their contribution to the engineering community.
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Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student Leader Award
2020 recipient: Paige Ngo
This award recognizes the top undergraduate student who has demonstrated exceptional 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.
Excellence in Academic Achievement
Undergraduate Degree with Distinction
Degree with Distinction is awarded to students who have achieved an overall first-class average in their second through fourth year courses. We are very proud to have so many undergraduate students recognized for their scholastic excellence.
| Mohamed Abdelrahman Aly Joseph Ardell Pranav Arya Walker Bell Jessica Bo Colin Boake Jasmine Yifan Cai Jerry Chen Chris Chiu Jacob Cloutier Natalie Cotton John Crofts Sam Donnelly Shichen Fan Neil Farvolden Cindi Feng |
Matteo Ferraresso Evan Ford Ian Frankenberger Jonathan Fung Jeffery Hou Vita Huang Brett Huemer Oscar Janzen Celinna Ju Yvonne Ku Ryan Lee Tyler Leonzio Yee Voon Liew Mark Lim Olivia Locke Bryan Logue |
Kristopher Matic Camille McJunkin Spencer Neville Justin Park Jackson Robinson Bahram Samiei Maya Schuller Jason Shi Rishabh Singal Landon Stark Jen Sze Kevin Ta Jun Wei Tan Jeremy Ten Sing Luke Trainor |
Melody Hsiao-Mei Tsai Jaskirat Ubhi Evan Wang Weiqiang Wang Brendan Ward Nolan Wark Jessie Wong Yuzhou Wu Katie Xu Raymond Yu Sam Yurkowski Haomiao Zhang Alice Zheng Lawrence Zhou Steve Zimmerman |
Graduate Student Academic Achievement Awards.
These awards are given to graduate students who have achieved an overall average throughout their program of above 90%.
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Congratulations to all of our outstanding award winners!
Guestbook
Thank you to everyone who has left a message in our guestbook for the graduating class of 2020!
