Isabella Hearne Wins Ronald Doste Prize for OCIENE Winter 2026 Seminar
On April 9th, Isabella Hearne shared her presentation Impacts of Gas Transport on the Reliability of Near-Surface Detection of Leaking COâ‚‚ at The Ottawa-ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Institute for Environmental Engineering (OCIENE) Winter Seminar, winning her the Ronald Doste Prize for Best Presentation.
Congratulations, Isabella!
As the prize winner, Isabella will receive an award donated by the Air and Waste Management Association and a certificate of appreciation. Read more about Isabella’s research on the detection of leaking COâ‚‚ on ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ News.
Honourable mentions go to Elisabeth Mercier for her talk on Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring for Early RSV Season Detection and Public Health Action and Rachel Parson for her presentation Machine Learning Algorithm to Emulate ISORROPIA within CMAQ. They both received certificates of appreciation.
Professor Paul Simms, Associate Graduate Chair of Environmental Engineering, shares these sentiments in his announcement email:
“Congratulations to all participants! Thank you for sharing your research with the audience. It was great see the results of all your passion and hard work, communicated at such a high level.”
The OCIENE seminar sessions are part of the requirements for the Environmental Engineering degree programs, serving as an important vehicle for technical communication within the institute. They present an opportunity to inform the environmental engineering community in Ottawa about the current research activities of students and faculty in the Institute. A Best Presentation Award is presented at each seminar series.