Several civil engineering students, faculty members and alumni won best paper awards at two recent annual events. At the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference held in Edmonton alumnus Beatrice Yung and faculty members Bryan Tolson and Donald Burn were recognized with the best paper award in the hydrotechnical area published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. The award for the best paper on bridge engineering published in the same journal was won by alumnus Reid Coughlin and faculty member Scott Walbridge. MASc candidate Andrew Northmore and faculty member Susan Tighe were the recipients of the best paper award in the transportation area. At the International Inter-University Symposium on Infrastructure Management held in Atlanta doctoral candidate Mohab El-Hakim and co-author Tighe were the winners of a best paper award.
Friday, June 15, 2012