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Student Awards
Blair Harker convocated in May 2008.
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2007
Stefan Sigurdson convocated in May 2007, and is continuing his studies in the M.Sc. program.
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2006
Brad Seipp convocated in May 2006.
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2005
Craig Twardzik received numerous academic awards in 2004 and 2005 for maintaining the highest average in chemical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2005 he graduated with great distinction.
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2004
Hardi Sulimma convocated in May 2004 and graduated with great distinction.
Congratulations to Jeanna Berg and Sarah Dmytryshyn (Flow Modelling of the Patience Lake Potash Mine) for winning the "SES Student Papers Competition" and to Karen Whitehead and Nicole Sawchuk (Process Design for the Recovery of Nickel, Cobalt, and Copper from the Key Lake Tailings Management Facility) for their strong participation in the "Innovative Design Competition" held March 19, 2003.
1999 Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Conference Scholarship
TECHNOLOGY-IN-ACTION AWARD WINNERS
Quoted from the Saskatoon Sun, Sunday, June 2, 2002 (p. 30)
SNC¨Lavalin Canadian Chemical Engineering Undergaduate Plant Design Award
Student Awards
Graduate Student Recognized for Ethanol Research
Graduate student Nancy Bawa is producing ethanol research so important that she received a scholarship only given to a few students worldwide.
Graduate Student Nancy Bawa
photo by Mark Ferguson
The Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW) scholarship is given to three students each year for their interest in working in the ethanol industry. The scholarship is comprised of two parts ? a trip to the annual Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo and a $5,000 bursary. The workshop from June 16-19 in Nashville, Tennessee will feature some of the largest ethanol and bio-fuel companies from around the world.
?It feels great to win,? said the young woman who moved to Saskatoon from her home in India five years ago. ? I?d like to work in the bio-fuel industry. I?ll be networking at this conference with five to six thousand people.?
Bawa was the first runner up for the scholarship last year and was encouraged to apply again this year by the selection committee. She said her supervisor, Gordon Hill, was a big help in encouraging her along the way with her research involving the use of starches to produce ethanol.
She said that for the past two years, she?s been working non-stop to finish her research and the hard work is paying off.
?Some nights I?d be reading the results of my research every three hours - at three in the morning and then again at six,? she said.
Luckily, the young scientist lives near campus so popping back and forth is a short trip. She said the opportunity to see her family back in India however, only comes once and a while and she?s been home a few times since moving to Saskatoon.
Bawa began graduate studies in the College of Engineering after completing her double honours in biochemistry and biotechnology. Having almost finished her thesis, she is looking forward to working in the bio-fuel industry and eventually getting her PhD.
Although she would like to stay and work in Canada, a lucrative offer from an American company would be hard to pass up, she said.
- Mark Ferguson, On Campus News
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2008
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2007
Innovative Design and Student Paper Competitions, 2007
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On March 21, 2007, the College of Engineering held its annual Innovative Design and Students Paper Competitions, which features presentations by teams of students from all Departments in the College of Engineering. These competitions are sponsored by the Saskatoon Engineering Society and the College. This year, both competitions were won by students in Chemical Engineering. Pictured from Left to Right, Melissa Bromstead, Rhianna Vanin and Mark Berscheid won the Innovative Design competition for a novel process to convert canola oil into biodiesel at the Husky Upgrader in Lloydminister. Pictured from Right to Left, Aurian Campbell, Jasmine Oliver and Sarah Stade won the Students Paper competition for their presentation on the design of a novel reactor to produce sodium silicate Congratulations to these hard-working students. |
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2006
Janice Paslawski was recently awarded a Manulife Financial Scholarship by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE). This prestigious award is given annually to three Professional Engineers returning to University to pursue a Ph.D. in an engineering field. Janice is enrolled in the Division of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering. Her PhD research is in the area of bioremediation of contaminated waste water associated with the mining of the oilsands. Janice?s research is being carried out under the co-supervision of Dr. Gordon Hill and Dr. Mehdi Nemati of the Department of Chemical Engineering together with Dr. John Headley of the National Water Research Institute (Environment Canada). Janice has recently returned to the University of Saskatchewan after working as an Environmental consultant. She currently is enjoying the rewards of research together with the flexible environment that research allows for family commitments.
For further information visit the CCPE website:
or contact Janice Paslawski at janice.paslawski@usask.ca.
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Amanda D'Cruz is a 4th-year Chemical Engineering student who placed second in the Robert Auld Undergraduate Student paper competition held during the 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, October 16-18, 2005. Amanda presented the results of the bio-diesel related research that she undertook with Chemical Engineering Professor Ajay Dalai during summer 2005. Amanda's success firstly reflects her hard work and dedication to the project. It also reflects the many positive features of the Chemical Engineering department and the College of Engineering in general, including the excellence and hard-work of our students, the involvement of undergraduates in our research programs, and the high quality communication skills that we impart to our students. |
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2005
Craig was raised on his family?s beef and grain farm near Tantallon, Saskatchewan. In 1993, Craig graduated Electrical Engineering Technology at SIAST Palliser Campus in Moose Jaw. Before attending the University of Saskatchewan, Craig traveled across Canada and the globe commissioning power and process systems for both multinational and small companies. In 2003, Craig became a junior Partner in Dynamo Electric, an engineering services company performing power systems and controls engineering, commissioning, and testing services.
Craig and his wife Erin now reside in Calgary where he hopes to create an opportunity to use all of his skills in his career, raise a family, and if he has time, work on his golf game.
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2004
He is continuing his studies as a Master's student in Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Dr. A.K. Dalai.
2002-2003 Harry Toop Memorial Prize in Scientific Writing
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Tim McKeen was awarded the 2002-2003 Dr. Harry Toop Memorial Prize in Scientific Writing, recognizing excellence in the use of the English language in his M.Sc. thesis. He received his M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering at the U of S this spring. Tim's M.Sc. project was supervised by Dr. Todd Pugsley and involved the application of computational fluid dynamics for the simulation of flow problems in a fluid catalytic cracker stripper. Since graduation, Tim has joined a consulting engineering firm based in his home town of Fredericton, NB. |
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Jeanna Berg received her Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical, with Great Distinction) at the University of Saskatchewan in April 2003. At that time she was awarded The Society of Chemical Industry, Canadian Section Merit Award, recognizing her academic achievements as the top Chemical Engineering graduate in the Class of 2003.
Jeanna?s childhood was divided between the family farm at Tyner, Saskatchewan and the city of Saskatoon, where she attended elementary and high school. Upon completing Grade 12 at Walter Murray Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon, Jeanna travelled to Denmark where she lived and attended school for one year as a participant in the Rotary Youth Exchange program. Upon her return to Canada, she enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering program at the University of Saskatchewan, after one year of study in the College of Commerce. During her four years as a student in the College of Engineering, academic excellence was a high priority for Jeanna. Her efforts were rewarded with several academic scholarships and awards over the years, including University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Scholarships, the Dr. Edsel Darby Memorial Scholarship, the Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. Scholarship, a Society of Petroleum Engineers Scholarship and a BP Canada Energy Scholarship. During her final year at the University of Saskatchewan, Jeanna Berg, along with Sarah Dmytryshyn, received the Best Presentation Award at the Saskatoon Engineering Society Student Papers Night, 2003.
Extra curricular involvement was also very important to Jeanna during her time as a student at the University of Saskatchewan. She was an active member of both the Chemical Engineering Students? Society (ChESS) and the Saskatoon Engineering Students? Society (SESS). During her final year of study, she held a position on the SESS executive committee and was a member of the organizing committee for the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students Congress, which was hosted by the University of Saskatchewan in January 2003. Jeanna was a proud representative of the U of S College of Engineering at the Western Engineering Conference and Competition (WECC) 2003 where she received the silver medal in the Explanatory Communications competition category. As a result of this achievement, Jeanna was invited to compete on a national level at the Canadian Engineering Competition, which was held at Memorial University in St. John?s, Newfoundland in March 2003. Once again she placed second in her category at this competition.
Jeanna intends to remain in Western Canada to pursue her career as a Chemical Engineer.
Congratulations to Jeanna Berg and Sarah Dmytryshyn (Flow Modelling of the Patience Lake Potash Mine) for winning the "SES Student Papers Competition" and to Karen Whitehead and Nicole Sawchuk (Process Design for the Recovery of Nickel, Cobalt, and Copper from the Key Lake Tailings Management Facility) for their strong participation in the "Innovative Design Competition" held March 19, 2003.
2002 Recipient: Mr. Abhishek Pandey (right); Presenter: Dr. D.-Y. Peng
TECHNOLOGY-IN-ACTION AWARD WINNERS
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| Left to Right: Gerry Brown, Business and Development Manager, SRC; Laurier Schramm, President, SRC; Karthik Selvan; Gaetan Gobeil; Richard Evitts, Professor of Chemical Engineering |
"Two University of Saskatchewan students are the winners of one of Saskatchewan Research Council's (SRC) Technology-In-Action Award for students. Gaetan Gobeil and Karthik Selvan were jointly awarded the $2,500 scholarship in Saskatoon.
'SRC launched the Technology-in-Action Award to recognize and encourage Saskatchewan students who use science and technology to develop innovative and practical solutions to the challenges faced in Saskatchewan,' SRC Director of Business Development Gerry Brown said. 'The work that Gaetan and Karthik did during their studies at the University of Saskatchewan is an example of just that.'
The project the students won the award for is a fuel ethanol plant simulator designed using Microsoft Visual Basic. The simulator encompasses the fields of chemical engineering, biochemistry, commerce and computer programming. It is a unique technological solution which could help in the development of fuel ethanol plants in Saskatchewan.
'The University is very proud to be a part of the Technology-in-Action scholarship program,' University of Saskatchewan Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Richard Evitts said. 'As an educational institution, we want our students to be involved in practical solutions than can benefit society. This fuel ethanol plant simulator has that potential.'
The Saskatchewan Research Council initiated the Technology-in-Action (TIA) scholarship program in 2001 following receipt of a generous doantion from the late Ian Wahn. The TIA program supports students who use science and technology to develop innovative, practical solutions for Saskatchewan."
TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2002
Nadia Luciuk received the highest chemical engineering marks at the University of Saskatchewan in the 2001-2002 academic year and graduated with Great Distinction.| TOP CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 2001 |
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Ryan Spelay received the highest chemical engineering marks at the University of Saskatchewan in both 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years to graduate with Great Distinction; and win the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Silver Medal and the Society of Chemical Industry (UK) Merit Award. He received both financial support and subscriptions to the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and Industry.
Ryan Spelay was awarded The Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan Gold Medal in May 2001. The APEGS Gold Medal recognizes academic achievement in Engineering.
During his time at the University Ryan was also awarded a University of Saskatchewan Entrance Scholarship, College of Engineering Amoco Award, Husky Oil Scholarship, Suncor Energy Foundation Scholarship and Dr. Peter Nikiforuk Scholarship.
Ryan participated in campus recreational sports, was a member of the Chemical Engineering Students' Society and the Knights of Columbus Council #5182, St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church and served on the Student Society and acted as Resident Advisor at the Mohyla Institute.
Ryan will continue his education at the University of Saskatchewan by enrolling in a Master's program.
Ali Al-Saleem (left) and
James Kokonas (center)
receive the 2000 SNC¨Lavalin
Canadian ChemicalEngineering
Undergraduate Plant Design Award
in Montreal from Pierre Duhaime.
Two University of Saskatchewan, chemical engineering, fourth year undergraduate students produced a Canadian award-winning plant design project in 1999-2000. Mr. Ali Al-Saleem and Mr. James Kokonas designed a turboexpander facility to capture both waste thermal and pressure energy from the natural gas letdown station inside the Syncrude Upgrader complex at Fort McMurray, Saskatchewan. Their project was cosupervized by Wayne Schiewe (Syncrude) and Professors Richard Evitts and Gordon Hill. The students used HYSIS to optimize the operation of the proposed facility subject to the fluctuations in the inlet natural gas pressure and waste hot naphtha stream temperature. The design included control and safety considerations to ensure long-term, stable and safe operation. The final design resulted in the steady generation of 2.6 Megawatts of electrical power which was estimated to result in a reduction of 30000 bbl/year of bunker fuel consumption.
James and Ali received their award (SNC¨Lavalin Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Plant Design Competition) at the 50th Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Conference in Montreal, October 15 - 18, 2000. Their project was judged best over the other two finalist teams, one from DalTech and one from McGill. Ali's family resides in Mississauga, Ontario. He transferred into the University of Saskatchewan from the University of Kentucky. Ali currently works for Schlumberger. James obtained his senior matriculation from Lloydminster Comprehensive High School and entered the University of Saskatchewan after spending one year at Athabasca University. James currently works for Crestar Energy.
