As part of this week's fall convocation, Waterloo Engineering will award a posthumous doctoral degree to Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani who died in the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 in January 2020.
Esfahani was conducting his civil engineering PhD research in the field of construction automation and management, focusing on adaptive reuse projects in the circular
Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani will be recognized with a posthumous civil engineering PhD on October 24.
“Mansour was a bright, well-respected young researcher who is greatly missed in our research community,” said Mary Wells, dean of engineering. “We are proud to honour his work and his memory with this degree.”
Faculty of Environment student Marizeh (Mari) Foroutan, who was also killed in the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752, will be honoured this week with a posthumous doctorate in geography.
Last month, an honorary degree was awarded to Jaya Gupta, an undergraduate nanotechnology engineering student who died a short time later from a rare form of cancer.
Jaya Gupta received her iron ring and an honorary engineering degree last month.
“Everyone in the Faculty of Engineering was deeply saddened by Jaya’s passing,” said Wells. “It was an honour to have the opportunity to come together and celebrate her Waterloo Engineering and many other accomplishments. Our hearts are with her family and friends.” [full story]