COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Outstanding work term experiences celebrated at award ceremony

The Faculty of Engineering’s Co-operative Education Office recognized engineering work term students and employers recently.

The Director’s Awards for Exemplary and Outstanding Work Terms celebrated and recognized the progress and achievements of senior engineering students from the Class of 2023 who have exemplified excellence in both performance and communications on assigned work terms over the course of their program.

The annual event also recognized the employers of the students for providing outstanding work-term opportunities.

Award winners

The Director’s Award for Exemplary Work Terms is the pinnacle award of the engineering co-operative education program and is presented to students who receive a pass with distinction, the highest possible grade, on all of their work terms.

The 2022-23 recipients are Brooklyn Hollett, process engineering; Erin Burt, civil engineering; and Maria Blake, civil engineering

The Director’s Award for Outstanding Work Terms is awarded to one student from each engineering major who receives a grade of pass with distinction on most of their work terms.

The six recipients for 2022-23 are Brooke Mcculloch, electrical engineering; Carla Stephenson, process engineering; Clara Phillips, ocean and naval architectural engineering; Katherine Ledwell, mechanical engineering; Kelsey Smith, civil engineering; and Liam Warren, computer engineering.

Heidi Simpson, a mechanical engineering student in the Class of 2024, received the Director’s Special Recognition Award for her honourable mention at the 2022 Co-operative Education and Work-integrated Learning Canada Student of the Year Awards.

The 2023 Employer Recognition Award Recipients follow below.

• Bell Canada Enterprises

• Bird Heavy Civil Ltd., Bird Construction

• Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board

• Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Cenovus Energy Inc.

• Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Exmar Offshore Company

• Genoa Design International Ltd.

• Hatch Ltd.

• InnovativeNL Engineering and Project Management

• Irving Tissue, member of J.D. Irving Ltd.

• KelCo Construction

• Lake Utopia Paper, member of J.D. Irving Ltd.

• Mysa

• Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

• Nokia Corporation

• Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering, National Research Council of Canada

• PolyUnity Tech Inc.

• SEMiLLA Sanitation

• Suncor Energy Inc.

• Vale

• Vard Marine Inc.

• Vigilant Management

• Wood

Faculty of Engineering Sponsors Regional Science Fair

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science sponsored six awards, one for each discipline, at the Eastern Newfoundland Science and Technology Fair.

The event took place at the Marine Institute on March 31-April 1 with the awards ceremony held on the evening of April 1.

Congratulations to the following:

Civil Engineering: Madison Drover from St. Bonaventure College for their project, “The durability of engineering/architectural design: Wind and weight.”

Computer Engineering: Ryan Cullen from Holy Trinity High for their project, “Simulating Le Chatelier’s Principle.”

Electrical Engineering: Sophia Zhang from St. Bonaventure College for their project, “Triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting wind energy.”

Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering: Benjamin Thomas Gillingham from Lakecrest Independent School for their project, “How fins affect a submarine’s stability.”

Process Engineering: Matthew Pilgrim from Holy Trinity High for their project, “Comparing different biodegradable products decompose.”

Thank you to all the professors who attended as judges. Dr. Dennis Peters, associate dean, undergraduate studies, presented the awards, which came with a $200 prize. ■■■