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Past award recipients

Master’s Outstanding Thesis Award recipients

  • 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

  • 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