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The winner for the June 2015 Convocation is Lydia Terisno, a graduate from the Chemical Engineering program with an outstanding academic record.

Lydia has maintained an academic standing of "Excellent" throughout her academic terms and has achieved high grades in some of her courses.  She consistently ranked as one of the top students in her class. Ms Terisno has remained the Dean's Honour list for her entire undergraduate career and will graduate top of her class.

1^st Prize: Group 4   - $2500 - "A Feasibility Study on Process Alternatives for Benzene Reduction in Gasoline Feedstock"  Team Members: Yustus Cyizere, Llewellyn Human, Zahra Elahipour, Micky Agrawal

2^nd Prize: Group 26 - $1000 - "In-Situ Mixing of Oil Sands Tailing Ponds Water" Team Members: Gareth Price, Kayleigh Kuindersma, Matthew Craig, Jacob Drouillard

that is presented to a Canadian resident by the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Suncor Energy Foundation and Shell Canada Limited for major contributions in the field of systems and control engineering.

Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the Certificate in University Teaching Award, Marzieh Riahinezhad (Chemical Engineering)! Marzieh is a PhD student with Professors Alex Penlidis and Neil McManus

An interview with Marzieh is featured in the CTE blog, and will also be featured in the May edition of the CTE newsletter, Teaching Matters.

For more information please see AC JumpStart Grant

Congratulations to Xuejia Liu recipient of the 2014/15 "Murray Moo-Young Biotechnology Biochemical Engineering Scholarship Award"

Professor Madhuranthakam is a well-known and well-respected professor from the Chemical Engineering department, loved by his students for his evident enthusiasm for his course material and passion for teaching. 

This month, the Iron Warrior took some time to chat with this awesome professor.

Iron Warrior Article - Feb 11, 2015

Associate Professor Zhongwei Chen

Pouyan Sardashti Borealis Award 2014

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