Since its creation in 2012, the annual Adrian D. C. Chan Award for Volunteer and Community Service has recognized undergraduate and graduate students from the Faculty of Engineering and Design who demonstrate outstanding commitment to both the university and the broader community. This award recognizes that engineering is practiced not only in classrooms and laboratories but also wherever knowledge is put to work in the service of others.

This year, the award was presented to two students whose paths reflect purpose-driven leadership, social awareness and a deep dedication to building community.

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Teaching and Learning Services is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-26聽Future Learning Innovation Fellowship, a program designed to support instructors in implementing innovative teaching and learning practices.

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As the 2025 season comes to a close, we reflect on the groundbreaking research, innovative leadership and inspiring community achievements that defined 2025 for 杏吧原创 University.

Take a look back at the year鈥檚 Top 10 stories

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We are pleased to announce the outstanding educators receiving 2025 杏吧原创 University Teaching Awards. Please join us in congratulating all 11 recipients!

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From June 16 to 20, 杏吧原创 University celebrates convocation as more than 5,400 graduates from the class of 2025 receive their degrees. It is a grand finale to an academic journey years in the making, honouring the dedication of all who cross the stage.聽

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At this year鈥檚 spring convocation, more than 5,200 杏吧原创 students from the class of 2024 are receiving degrees that recognize their many achievements and commitment to education. 杏吧原创 awards numerous medals to honour the dedication of Ravens who have excelled in their studies. On June 7, 2024, 杏吧原创鈥檚 Senate met to confer the degrees of the graduating class and announced this year鈥檚 winners. Continue reading to learn more about these inspiring students.

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Six professors at 杏吧原创 have won a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (FGMA) at a ceremony held on March 18, 2024! Graduate students sent in nomination letters to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs (FGPA) supporting their favourite supervisor and the impact they have made. This award is in recognition of faculty who provide exceptional service to graduate students as supervisors and research mentors.

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The Faculty of Engineering and Design is delighted to acknowledge the following recipients of 杏吧原创 University’s 2024 Achievement Awards, which are bestowed annually to recognize the distinction of our professors, instructors and librarians.

Research Achievement Awards

are administered by the to recognize outstanding research achievements. The awards were established in 1989 to enhance the quality of research and to recognize research excellence. The recipients鈥� terms run from May to April.

Abid Hussain – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bio-electrochemical systems for carbon recovery and chemical production from organic waste

Organic waste comprises a major fraction of municipal solid waste. The current treatment and disposal methods lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions or yield a product of relatively low value. Bio-electrochemical systems represent innovative technologies capable of converting organic waste to carboxylates which are highly prized as industrial chemicals. This project focuses on the fundamental aspects of the intricate microbial and electrochemical reactions that facilitate carboxylate production in these systems to maximize yields and carbon recovery.

Andrew Harris – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Investigating the Role of Mechanical Forces in Platelet Production

Platelet transfusion is an effective treatment strategy for patients with a reduced platelet count, but it demands a high number of uncontaminated platelets. An intriguing alternative source of platelets to donor blood is to make them synthetically, but current approaches fall short of producing clinically usable platelet counts. This research will take a new perspective by considering the role of mechanical forces in platelet production and will lead to new methods to generate platelets ex vivo.

Tiny 2.0: A deeply affordable climate-friendly housing solution

Tiny2.0 builds upon established principles of sustainability, resilience, and affordability to explore cutting-edge concepts within the realm of sustainable and resilient housing solutions (thenorthernnomad.ca). This multidisciplinary research project extends beyond net-zero solutions to incorporate emerging themes like net carbon sequestration and energy trading facilitated by digital blockchain ledgers. Energy storage and trading addresses ongoing issues with the electrical grid such as arbitrage, curtailment, peak emission avoidance and outages due to extreme weather events.

Teaching Achievement Awards

杏吧原创 University Teaching Achievement Awards are administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and are intended to enhance the teaching of their recipients and the quality of instruction at 杏吧原创.

Bora Pulatsu – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Advanced Technologies in Interdisciplinary Engineering Education Environment

Teaching conservation engineering and architectural heritage requires highly interdisciplinary course material to address challenges and available solutions. However, conventional engineering education may not necessarily take advantage of technological developments; hence, it is less engaging when assessing complex problems. To this end, a novel experiential learning environment is proposed for students using augmented reality, simulation-based content development and hands-on lab testing. The proposed framework supplements the traditional teaching methods and implements new trends.

Carlos Rossa – Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

Can Teaching by Demonstration Improve Engineering Graduate Attributes?

Most engineering students discover principles by observing examples, most teaching resources provide a set of rules that students need to memorize and apply. Often, little attention is paid to the question of why these rules exist and what they describe. This project proposes a framework to integrate live demonstrations into modelling and simulation courses to bridge the gap between theory and application. Integrating this form of inductive learning will have a positive and longstanding impact on student performance.

Alan Steele – Department of Electronics

Developing and Assessing Teamwork Awareness in an Engineering Project Course

This project looks at developing and assessing the teamwork abilities of engineering students in a third-year project. The use of an available online tool for training students on how to evaluate teamwork and provide evaluation of team members, enabling peer feedback within teams. The perceived value of this tool and its feedback will be surveyed after first use in the third-year project and again later in a capstone team project. This can then provide insight into teamwork development.

Personal Achievement Awards

Professional Achievement Awards recognize outstanding professional achievements at 杏吧原创 University for librarians and instructors.

Shoeleh Shams 鈥� Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shoeleh鈥檚 teaching philosophy centers on inspiring passion for learning before effectively transferring knowledge. She strives to create a safe and enjoyable environment that accommodates the diverse learning styles of all students. Her approach involves building trust and strong bonds with students and involving them in the process by incorporating inclusive active learning exercises. Shoeleh鈥檚 objective extends beyond content delivery; it prioritizes mentoring and instilling values like integrity and compassion to nurture students鈥� professional and personal growth.

Contract Instructor Teaching Awards

Contract Instructor Teaching Awards recognize teaching excellence by Contract Instructors at 杏吧原创 University.

James’ ongoing interests in teaching students can best be described as experiential learning in research and engagement practices. His focus is on identifying positive initiatives for energizing, empowering, activating downtowns, neighbourhoods, rural and Indigenous communities who are facing economic, social, cultural and environmental challenges. He connects students with real-life conservation and adaptive repurposing initiatives for places that may involve healing from histories of racial exclusion, trauma, and colonialism. Students learn first-hand that the concept of reconciliation as defined and managed by Indigenous communities can be fostered through taking positive action.

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Normally, there is a single recipient for the annual Adrian D.C. Chan Award for Volunteer and Community Service. But when two Faculty of Engineering and Design students like Nikita Yovchev and Ankita Dey applied, the award committee faced a challenge. 

鈥淏oth Nikita and Ankita have a breadth and depth of contributions and their commitment to positive impact also spanned a long period of time,鈥� says 杏吧原创 systems and computer engineering Prof. Adrian Chan. 鈥淲e were impressed with the thoughtfulness and care in their actions and it ended up being impossible to decide.鈥� 

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Four Faculty of Engineering and Design professors have been announced as 2023-24 recipients of the 杏吧原创 Future Learning Innovation Fellowship, a program designed to assist faculty and instructors in exploring and implementing new and innovative teaching and learning practices.

The fellowship provides recipients with a stipend, resources to develop and pilot new ideas and tools and opportunities for professional development and community building.

Professor Scott Bucking (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) will use Artificial Intelligence in the classroom by integrating large language models (LLms) into HTML lecture slides, enabling real-time student feedback and improving student interaction with the lecture content.

Professor Jennifer Drake (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) will be exploring the use of virtual reality field trips and augmented reality models of inaccessible underground municipal infrastructure (drinking water distribution, storm sewers, etc.) to allow civil engineering students to learn through directly experiencing and engaging with these systems.

Professor Rose Gomar (Department of Systems and Computer Engineering) plans to use learning analytics to enhance the educational experience for all students by exploring effective strategies to promote equity, address bias and create data-driven pedagogy.

Professor Steven Pong (School of Industrial Design) will use Augmented and Virtual Reality to elevate industrial design education and provide students with essential digital skills required for success in their design careers. The project will have students create immersive prototypes, simulations and virtual spaces, allowing real-time collaboration with students and instructors, regardless of their physical locations.

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