2018

Master’s Thesis

This award recognizes a graduating master’s student who has written an outstanding thesis that has made or is expected to make a significant contribution to his or her field of study.

2018 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award recipient

Mohammed Alziadeh
Thesis Title: Flow-sound Interaction Mechanism of a Single Spirally Finned Cylind in Cross-Flow
Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering

2018 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award nominees

Nurul Cader
Exploring Experiences of Mental Health in Second-Generation South Asian Canadians
Master of Health Sciences

Brandon Drenikow
Thesis Title: Vixen: A Games User Research Tool for Collection and Interactive Visualization of User Testing Data
Master of Science in Computer Science

Dallas Hill
Thesis Title: Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Desired Skills and Successful Psychopaths
Master of Arts in Criminology

Ulana Pidzamecky
Thesis Title: Investigating the Role of Informal Online Communities of Practice in Professional Learning: The Experience of Second/Foreign Language Teachers
Master of Arts in Education

Doctoral Thesis 

This award recognizes a graduating PhD student who has written an outstanding doctoral thesis that represents a remarkably impactful contribution to his or her field of research.

2018 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award recipient

Amjad Farah
Thesis Title: CFD Determination of Fluid and Geometry Related Localized Heat Transfer Phenomena for Supercritical Water Flow
PhD in Nuclear Engineering

2018 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award nominee

Abdullah Al-Zahrani
Investigation of a Novel Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolyzer for Solar Hydrogen Production
PhD in Mechanical Engineering