Past award recipients
Master’s Outstanding Thesis Award recipients
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2025
Abraham Amini
Thesis title: Staffing Queueing Systems with Cyclical Demand and Unreliable ServersMaster 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 EngineeringJakob Anderson
Thesis title: Exploring Temporal Volumetric Video Compression using Signed Distance Fields
Master of Science in Computer ScienceRefka Al-Bayati
Thesis title: Bridging the Gap: A Competency Framework for Non-Clinical Simulation Technicians
Master of Health SciencesSarah 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
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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