Past award recipients

Master’s Outstanding Thesis Award recipients

• 2026

  Adriana Avraam
  Thesis title: Progress in question: a qualitative thematic analysis of disciplinary power, and Black senior leadership in Canadian policing
  Master of Arts in Criminology

  Graziella De Michino
  Thesis title: Developing and evaluating “paraben-free & me”: an educational toolkit that targets parabens exposure reduction from personal care products
  Master of Health Sciences

  Hector Fabian Gualdron Hernandez
  Thesis title: Development and validation of a tangible hybrid MR and VR simulator for forceps-assisted vaginal delivery
  Master of Science in Computer Science

  Long Li
  Thesis title: Development and Evaluation of Wind Tunnel Testing Methodology for ADAS Camera Perception in Rain
  Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering
• 2025
  Abraham Amini
  Thesis title: Staffing Queueing Systems with Cyclical Demand and Unreliable Servers

  Master of Science in Modelling and Computational Science

  Andrew Bondoc
  Thesis title: Developing a Calibrated Low Fidelity Model and an Optimized Sensor Network Using LIVE Digital Twin for Pipelines in Oil and Gas Industries
  Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering

  Jakob Anderson
  Thesis title: Exploring Temporal Volumetric Video Compression using Signed Distance Fields
  Master of Science in Computer Science

  Refka Al-Bayati
  Thesis title: Bridging the Gap: A Competency Framework for Non-Clinical Simulation Technicians
  Master of Health Sciences

  Sarah Kirkpatrick
  Thesis title: Consent and Sexual Assault in Heterosexual versus Same-Sex Sexual Encounters
  Master of Science in Forensic Psychology
• 2024
  Jennifer Nichols
  Thesis title: The identification of novel cys-loop receptor genes in Dirofilaria immitis
  Master of Science in Applied Bioscience
• 2023
  Cassandre Dion Lariviere
  Thesis title: The Effects of Rapport Building on Information Disclosure in Virtual Interviews
  Master of Science in Forensic Psychology
• 2022
  Jennifer Robb
  Thesis title: ChangeMakers: Exploring Social Consciousness through Making and the Internet of Things
  Master of Arts in Education
• 2021
  Maciej Lacki
  Thesis title: Analysis, Development, and Control of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Passive Haptic Devices
  Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering
• 2020
  Samantha Stahlke
  Thesis title: Synthesizing Play: Exploring the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Game User Experience
  Master of Science in Computer Science

Doctoral Outstanding Thesis award recipients

• 2026

  Astrid DeSouza
  Thesis title: Exploring the Prevalence and Factors Associated with Pain-Related Disabilities Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada: A Scoping Review and Cross-Sectional Study of the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
  Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences

  Phillip Frank Vilar Welter
  Thesis title: Operational criteria to enable large-scale deployments in areas affected by a severe environmental emission of radioactive pollutants from a nuclear power plant
  Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering

  Philip Jovanovic
  Thesis title: Exploring the pedagogy of immersive virtual reality (IVR) in higher education: defining a framework for holistic IVR praxis
  Doctor of Education

  Shima Rezasoltani
  Thesis title: Hyperspectral image compression using implicit neural representations
  Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
• 2025
  Akash Samanta
  Thesis title: Cloud and Digital-Twin Enhanced Thermal Safety Framework for E-Mobility Battery Management Systems
  Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2024
  Lin Saleem
  Thesis title: Effects of dietary fiber components and gut microbiota products on the immune system: a focus on grape pomace as a novel source of fermentable substrates and bioactives
  Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Bioscience
• 2023
  Martin Magill
  Thesis title: Opportunities for the Deep Neural Network Method of Solving Partial Differential Equations in the Computational Study of Biomolecules Driven Through Periodic Geometries
  Doctor of Philosophy in Modelling and Computational Science (FSc)
• 2022
  Holly Fruehwald
  Thesis title: Functionalized Carbon Surfaces for Clean Electrochemical Energy Systems
  PhD in Materials Science
• 2021
  Haris Ishaq
  Thesis title: Investigation of Integrated Systems for Clean Ammonia Synthesis
  PhD in Mechanical Engineering
• 2020
  Deepak Ronanki
  Thesis title: High Performance Modulation and Computationally Efficient Control of Modular Multilevel Converters for High Power Traction Motor Drives
  PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering