Skip to main content

2022 Outstanding Thesis Award winners and nominees

The Outstanding Thesis Award recognizes one graduating master’s student and one graduating doctoral student whose thesis represents an original work that makes a substantial contribution to the discipline.

Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees:

2022 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award recipient

Jennifer Robb, Master of Arts in Education

  • Thesis title: ChangeMakers: Exploring social consciousness through making and the Internet of Things

2022 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award nominees

Zheng Lu, Master of Applied Science in Nuclear Engineering

  • Thesis title: Computational fluid dynamic investigations of flow through an aged CANDU pressure tube

Michael Magnante, Master of Arts in Criminology

  • Thesis title: Exploring the interactional theory: A theoretical exploration of the
    Dark Web’s impact on delinquent behaviour

Bryson Spencer, Master of Science in Computer Science

  • Thesis title: Automatic knobs-tuning for DB2 using deep reinforcement learning

Hao Tan, Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering

  • Thesis title: Electrical impedance tomography for internal radiation therapy

Mitchell Tiessen, Master of Science in Applied Bioscience

  • Thesis title: Forensic electrochemistry: Time since deposition estimation of degrading bloodstains using differential pulse voltammetry

Susan Yousufzai, Master of Health Sciences in Community, Population and Public Health

  • Thesis title: Changes in cannabis consumption behaviours in relation to policy and public health developments and respiratory health of emerging adults in Canada
2022 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award recipient

Holly Fruehwald, PhD in Materials Science

  • Thesis title: Functionalized carbon surfaces for clean electrochemical energy systems

2022 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award nominees

Moataz Ahmed, PhD in Mechanical Engineering

  • Thesis title: Integrated chassis control strategies for multi-wheel combat vehicle

Ali Ismael, PhD in Mechanical Engineering

  • Thesis title: Experimental and numerical investigations of a novel photoelectrochemical reactor for hydrogen production

Isabelle Simard, PhD in Forensic Psychology

  • Thesis title: Neural markers of antisocial behaviour in offenders and their relationship with risk-factors of offending