Mechanical and industrial engineering awards
Alex Ben Yakov receives the CSME gold medal from Ali Dolatabadi, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Marc Bourcier
A lunch, poster session and presentation of awards were held in the departmental offices of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering on April 10. This event is always a warmly anticipated chance to reward students, faculty and support staff.
Alex Ben Yakov was given the CSME gold medal for his activity in the Concordia chapter of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers. Members of the chapter attend conferences and visit industrial sites to enrich their studies. Similarly, undergraduates Ahmed Hussanein, Carolo Pegano and Gergo Szeles were given certificates for their extracurricular activity in professional chapters.
Groups of students were rewarded for their outstanding capstone projects. Ali Akgunduz was given the IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) teaching award, and Martin Pugh, the chair of the department, the CSME teaching award. The department recognized the contributions of Mamoun Medraj for teaching, Subhash Rakheja for research, Sophie Merineau for administrative support and Danius Juras for technical support.
Certificates of appreciation for long service to the department went to Dean Nabil Esmail (10 years), V.S. Hoa (30 years) and Henry Hong (25 years).
Silas Katz Memorial Scholaships went to Xiao Cai and Amal Kassab, and American Society of Materials undergraduate awards went to Didier Wong Mew Wah and Imtiaz Ahmed.
The graduate student presentation competition was won by Mohammad Aljarrah. Srivatsan Rajagopa and Mohamed Fayed came second and third.