Civil Engineering Grad Student Receives 2nd Place Award

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Civil Engineering grad student, Dina Saad, has received a 2nd place award at the third annual Canadian Society for Civil Engineers (CSCE) conference held in Montreal.

The competition was judged by industry professionals based on 5-minute presentations and posters of students’ research. 38 graduate students participated in the competition from all over Canada and the winners were announced at the CSCE 2013 conference closing ceremony on Saturday June 1st.

Dina’s faculty supervisor Prof. Tarek Hegazy stated “This is a remarkable achievement since my other students (Roozbeh Rashedi and Saied Yousefi) also received awards in the 1st and 2nd competitions of 2009 and 2011.”

Dina Saad, Prof. Tarek Hegazy, Roozbeh Rashedi

(Dina Saad, Prof. Tarek Hegazy, Roozbeh Rashedi)

Two Civil undergrads were also in attendance, Kevin Goorts & Matt Perrone. They participated in the Capstone Competition and attended the Young Professionals program which offered numerous workshops throughout the 4 day event.