Faculty of Engineering, Friday, June 12, 2015, 2:30 pm
ORDER OF EXERCISES Musical Prelude The Graduand Procession The Academic Procession The Chancellor’s Procession C Five hundred and forty-seven for conferring degrees The Provost's Welcome Dr. David Wilkinson The Chancellor’s Welcome Dr. Suzanne B. Labarge The Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Science honoris causa on P. Thomas Jenkins Citation: Dr. Patrick Deane The Convocation Address Dr. P. Thomas Jenkins Presiding Chancellor Suzanne B. Labarge B.A., M.B.A., D.Litt. (Hon.) President and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Ph.D. The Conferring of Degrees In-Course Musical Interlude The Presentation of the Graduates The Valedictory Address Sam Virtue Awards of the 2014-2015 Session The Alumni Address McMaster Alumni Association The President’s Address Dr. Patrick Deane Announcements The National Anthem Convocation ceremonies will be recorded, broadcasted live and archived at http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/grad Follow @McMasterConvo on Twitter and tweet with #MacGrad2015 The President’s academic regalia is a gift of the McMaster University Alumni Association. The Convocation Music Supervisor...................................... Arlene Wright (Piano) Convocation Trumpeters....................................................... Bob Grim and Valerie Cowie Piper...................................................................................... Jamie Connolly Vocalist................................................................................. Emily Rebekah Taub Immediately following Convocation, graduates and their guests are invited for a reception in Hamilton Convention Centre, Wentworth Room C. Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 1 THE RITUALS OF CONVOCATION The procession of the graduands in plain black gowns and of faculty and officers of the University in colourful and varied regalia; the blue-robed Bedel with his ornate silver Mace; the conferring of degrees by the Chancellor; these are among the rituals of Convocation that stand in a tradition that has a history of more than 700 years. McMASTER UNIVERSITY: The University’s Mace is carried to and from the Convocation platform by the University Bedel and during the ceremony is splendidly displayed on the Mace Table, resting on a velvet cushion. The cushion is maroon with a piping of grey, the McMaster colours. The Mace symbolizes the authority of the University Senate to confer degrees, this authority being exercised by the Chancellor. 1892 – 1895 Theodore H. Rand Bedels were functionaries and maces were weapons hundreds of years before universities emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries. So it is that McMaster’s Bedel carries the University Mace directly in front of the Chancellor, symbolically to protect her. CHANCELLORS 1887 – 1890 Malcolm Mac Vicar 1895 – 1905 Oates C. S. Wallace 1905 – 1911 Alexander C. McKay 1911 – 1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon 1922 – 1941 Howard P. Whidden The University Mace was a gift in 1950 from the class of 1900 1941 – 1950 George P. Gilmour 1950 – 1955 E. Carey Fox 1955 – 1960 Roy L. Kellock 1960 – 1965 Charles P. Fell The Chancellor sits on a massive oak ceremonial chair that bears a carved representation of an early version of the University Seal. She requests that members of the graduating classes rise from their seats and then admits them to their respective degrees. The graduating classes are then invited to join the Chancellor on stage. Once a graduate’s name is called, they are hooded facing the audience, and then are congratulated and welcomed to the community of scholars by the Chancellor and President. 1965 – 1971 D. Argue C. Martin 1971 – 1977 Lawrence T. Pennell 1977 – 1986 H. Allan B. Leal 1986 – 1992 John H. Panabaker 1992 – 1998 James H. Taylor 1998 – 2007 Melvin M. Hawkrigg The academic hood is symbolic of admission to a university degree and carries colours specific to a particular degree. It is derived from clothing worn in medieval times, when a hood was similar to that of a modern parka and served the same purpose of protection in inclement weather. The hood that the Registrar or pro-Registrar deftly puts over a graduand’s head is a link to the dress of students of at least seven centuries ago. The backdrop to the Convocation platform displays McMaster’s Coat of Arms. The symbol of the stag and tree, constituting the crest of these Arms, was the personal emblem of Senator William McMaster, whose munificent benefaction made possible the founding of the University in 1887. Handcrafted by Dorothy Gregson and Margaret Wallace, this banner celebrated 30 years of service at McMaster Convocation ceremonies in 2014. The President of the University attends Convocation but it is the Chancellor, the titular head of the University, who presides over this ancient ceremonial. Her seniority is indicated by her robe being more elegant than the President’s. The President relieves the Chancellor of making announcements, may present an honorary graduand for his or her degree and, as Vice-Chancellor, confers degrees when the Chancellor is unable to do so. 2007 – 2013 Lynton R. Wilson 2013 – Suzanne B. Labarge PRESIDENTS 1949 – 1961 George P. Gilmour 1961 – 1972 Henry G. Thode 1972 – 1980 Arthur N. Bourns 1980 – 1990 Alvin A. Lee 1990 – 1995 Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace 1995 – 2010 Peter J. George 2010 – Patrick Deane A Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Bedel and Registrar share with a seal, mace, colours, robes and coat of arms a history of hundreds of years of association with universities. Each of these traditional inheritances is a part of McMaster University and all of them come together on the platform of its Convocations. 2 Faculty of Engineering PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Convocation is an exciting time in the calendar of any university; a time to celebrate achievement, to reflect on the past, and to anticipate the future and the path that lies ahead. It also represents a time of liberation, the ending of one phase of life and a last, symbolic statement of the discipline to which students have been required to submit themselves throughout their studies. While it is impossible at such events not to celebrate the infinite promise of individual lives, it is important to be aware of the communal significance of convocation. In the ancient English universities, convocation was the legislative body that oversaw operations of the institution, and to be admitted to a degree was to be admitted to membership. By extension, therefore, convocation was a reaffirmation of not an individual but a joint enterprise. Students today have learned the importance of collaboration and partnership, and more than ever understand that the future health, prosperity and cultural vitality of our society depends upon our ability to cooperate, to act together, and to learn from one another. My fervent hope is that graduating students will see their convocation not as an end of growing together, but rather as an opportunity for deepening that process. As alumni they will have many opportunities to renew existing partnerships, and they will be well prepared to forge new ones in the greater community beyond our own. Personal fulfillment through community: this is indeed one of the longstanding paradoxes of university life, but it is surely also a sound principle for us all to pursue in the world at large. In wishing today’s graduating students good luck, I feel great confidence in our joint future and great anticipation of everything that, collectively, they will achieve. Patrick Deane President and Vice-Chancellor ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GREETINGS On behalf of your fellow McMaster alumni, I offer you sincere congratulations for having successfully earned your degree. In addition to growing through the challenges of obtaining your formal education, I hope you have taken full advantage of everything McMaster has to offer outside the walls of the classroom. As an alumnus or alumna you are entering a new phase in your relationship with McMaster. Graduation is merely a milestone in your life-long association with our University. As alumni, you can play a continuing role as supporters of McMaster’s excellence by sharing your time, expertise, and enthusiasm with your alma mater. As your Alumni Association, we are committed to providing you with many opportunities to maintain and grow your links with McMaster. McMaster’s alumni network, events, offerings, experiences, and programs will be great resources in your post-degree endeavours. I welcome you to the next step in a rewarding and dynamic relationship with our world-class university. Sandra Stephenson ‘78 President, McMaster Alumni Association Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 3 SUZANNE B. LABARGE Chancellor, McMaster University After earning her BA in Economics from McMaster and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Suzanne Labarge joined the Royal Bank in 1971. She became an executive officer eight years later. In 1985, she left the private sector to become assistant auditor-general for the Government of Canada. In that capacity, she made notable advances in the field of government risk management and served as a member of the BIS Committee for Bank Supervision during the time it finalized the Basel I regulatory capital regime. She joined the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada in 1987 as deputy superintendent, policy. She also served as deputy superintendent, deposit-taking institutions. Labarge returned to Royal Bank in 1995 as executive vice-president, corporate treasury and assumed global responsibility for balance sheet management, funding, liquidity and market risk management. She retired as chief risk officer and vice-chairman of RBC Financial Group in 2004. An active corporate director, Labarge is a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Coca-Cola Enterprises, a member of the supervisory board and risk committee of Deutsche Bank and a member of the Board of XL Group Plc. Previously, she has been a director and chair of the audit committee of Novelis Inc. and a member of the board of the Bank of China, Beijing. Labarge is also an engaged volunteer, particularly at McMaster where she has served on the University’s Board of Governors and the cabinet of The Campaign for McMaster University. Her McMaster-based philanthropy created the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging as well as the multi-faceted Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative. She is also a director of the Ontario Brain Institute. McMaster granted Labarge an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2011. She began her service as the University’s chancellor on September 1, 2013. 4 Faculty of Engineering PRESENTERS OF DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES Dr. Ishwar Puri Dean, Faculty of Engineering Dr. Kenneth Coley Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Engineering Dr. Michael Thompson Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Engineering) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Xiaojun Liang Thesis: Analysis and Compensation of Nonlinear Impairments in FiberOptic Communication Systems Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Medra Thesis: Linear Precoding in Wireless Networks with Channel State Information Feedback Reza Pournaghi Thesis: Coded Acquisition of High Speed Videos with Multiple Cam Collection Kenneth Leung Thesis: Effect of Flow Blockages on Interfacial Area in Two-Phase Flows MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Hamedhossein Afshari Thesis: The 2nd-Order Smooth Variable Structure Filter (2nd-SVSF) for State Estimation: Theory and Applications SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Jason Anthony Jaskolka Thesis: On the Modelling, Analysis, and Mitigation of Distributed Covert Channels ENGINEERING PHYSICS Jason John Ackert Thesis: High-Speed Silicon Detector Structures for Photonic Integrated Circuits Sandra Jean Gibson Thesis: Ga-Assisted Nanowire Growth on Nano-Patterned Silicon Lucian Mircea Patcas Thesis: Implementability of Requirements for Safety-Critical Embedded Systems Morteza Yousef-Sanati Thesis: A Metric Interval-based Temporal Description Logic MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Qiudi Ding Kavya Prabha Divakarla Zeyu Hu Taralyn Schwering Yuxiang Shen ENGINEERING PHYSICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Fouad Ramzi Hejazi Edilson Nogueira Jacinto Peihai Li Salma Mahzooni Michael Scriven Alexander Shlomo Shneider Teng Guo Yakoob Hana Xiang Hu Mahmoud Ahmed Ali Ismail Buddy Joseph Ledger Mohamed M. Mohamed Omar Kai Yang Alex Yip Aaron Zaretsky Behzad Akbari Monika Bialy Sasan Vakili Mattias van de Hoef Marvin Zuzarte Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 5 MASTER OF ENGINEERING ADVANCED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE Yao Ding Daniel Alexander Matzeg COMPUTER SCIENCE Xiaoxiao Ma Sayed Salman Qaiser ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Neda Abagherymahabady Imad Al-Omeri Claudio Esteban Angius Gurbir Antaal Osama Ahmed Aziz Haris Bilal Matthew Howard Cott Saswati Das Thayalan Gnanasoundram Astrik Golendukhin Babita Jaura Vishwindera Singh Kailey Omid Kheirollahi Ji Gang Li Niharika Mittal Mohammad Irshaad Oozeer Devin Lawrence Packer Dip Patel Irina Reznikova Maria Daniela Sandoval Jasmine Shant Bhavin Shukla Dilpreet Singh Sidhu Hardeepkumar Solanki Zhuxi Sun John Kabemba Tshimbalanga Yan Wang Krystien Wolff SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Mohamed Nabil AbouElNaga Merhawit Berhane Habte Ye Li UNIVERSITY NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING Vladimir Liviu Costiuc Sharon Kaufman Yunkon Kim Danielle Major-Carriere Charles Derek Malcolm Vikram Sharma Dinesh Kumar Singh BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT ★Richard Andrew Bartens......................Mechanical ★Matthew Mitra Boodoo.......................Mechanical Harmanpreet Singh Brar........ Engineering Physics Brandon Vincent Cantwell...................Mechanical ★Taylor Andrew Chapman......................Mechanical ★Daniel Conrad Chaput...................... Mechatronics Zhe Chen..................................................Electrical Nicholas Paul Cianflone................... Mechatronics ★Joseph Daniel Maxim Cirtwill.............Mechanical ★Adam Dorlan Dickson............ Engineering Physics ★Clement Julian Emmanuel............... Mechatronics ★Omar Enan............................................Mechanical ★Peter Eng..................................................Software Michael Frassetto................................Mechanical Jeffery Charles Freeman......................Mechanical Adam Fry..............................................Mechanical Cameron Martin Galipeau...................Mechanical Ammar Hakim..........................................Electrical Neal Henry...............................................Electrical Don Dinesh Hettiarachchi....................Mechanical ★Derek Man-Jun Ho...............................Mechanical Tony Huynh..............................................Computer ★Muhammad Jamil................................Mechanical Asim Kamran........................................Mechanical 6 Mahmoud Khattab................. Engineering Physics John Mathew Kuruvilla.......................Mechanical Eric Labrie............................................Mechanical ★Joy Lama..............................................Mechanical Zachary Lanoue....................................Mechanical ★Matthew Sheldon Legacy....................Mechanical ★Haoding Li................................................Electrical ★Ryan Martin.............................................Software Zackary Kenneth Marych....... Engineering Physics Gurpreet Singh Matharu......................Mechanical Cameron McCullough..............................Electrical Sumit Mistry............................................Electrical Shayan Mukhtar.......................................Electrical John Matthew Murphy........................Mechanical Tareq Nabil Nassar..............................Mechanical Shawn Craig Neely..............................Mechanical ★Jeff Ong........................................... Mechatronics Lloyd Gladden Pinto.............................Mechanical Nazim Mohammad Quasimuddin............Electrical Jonathan Rajasingam..........................Mechanical Burkeley John Ramsay.........................Mechanical ★Muzamil Mohammad Rashid...................Electrical ★Michael William Reid..........................Mechanical ★Paul Richard Ricciuti............................Mechanical Benjamin David Riddell........................Mechanical ★Mitchell Rohrer....................................Mechanical Faisal Dahir Said..................................Mechanical ★Joshua Sammut.......................................Electrical ★Joshua Segeren............................... Mechatronics ★Mark Shanks............................................Electrical Shoaib Mohammed Shariff......................Electrical Mandeep Singh Sidhu.............................Electrical Joshua Alexander Simon....... Engineering Physics (Minor in Economics) ★Harjot Singh Sirpal...................................Electrical Alexander Small...................................Mechanical ★Alejandro Soto.........................................Software Marko Spasojevic................................Mechanical Kyle Robert Stott.................... Engineering Physics Kaichen Su...............................................Electrical ★Edward Vincent Sullivan..........................Software (Minor in Japanese Studies) Michael Tiberio....................................Mechanical Robert John Van Gemeren..... Engineering Physics ★Paul Jonathan Vanoostveen................Mechanical Ross Clark Willett....................................Electrical Scott Edward Yurek..............................Mechanical Xiao Xu Zheng..........................................Electrical Faculty of Engineering BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING & SOCIETY Doreen Abraham.............................. Mechatronics (Minor in Music) Dustin Carl Cowan...................................Electrical Ian Alexander Currie................................Software Benjamin Willem Debruyne.....................Electrical (Minor in Business) Abbey Marie Desjarlais...........................Electrical (Minor in Business) Elizabeth Barrett Hodgson...................Mechanical (Minor in French) Jennifer Maxine Hutt...............................Software Paula Leigh MacDonald.......................Mechanical Daniel James Perlman............................Computer Marcus Daniel Secor............. Engineering Physics Fraser John Taylor................................Mechanical BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING Yasaman Abdolmaleki.............................Software ★Esam Abdulsatar......................................Electrical ★Trevor Louis Ablett........................... Mechatronics Muhammad Esaad Afaque......................Electrical Faisal Raees Ahmed................................Software ★Nima Akhbari................................... Mechatronics Mohammad A. Al Faiyaz..........................Software Mohammad Al Shadfan.......................Mechanical Sufyan Al-Amad......................................Computer Yaser Al-Saad...................Electrical & Biomedical Nahar Aboud Alamoudi...........................Electrical Hussam Abdulrahman Albulushi.............Software Scott Timothy Allen..............................Mechanical Naeem Ally..............................................Electrical Dinu Kalana Amarasinghe.......................Electrical ★Daniel Andronache................ Engineering Physics Daniel Arias Bohorquez...........................Software ★Amir Bin Ariffin........................................Software Amro Hani Atiyeh.....................................Electrical Tyler Christopher Atkin.............................Software Emily Au.........................Electrical and Biomedical ★Zi Hao Bai.................................................Electrical ★Nicholas Graham Bandiera..................Mechanical Joshua Barkovic.......................................Software Kurtis Berg...........................................Mechanical Danish Aftab Bhatti.................................Electrical Roshaan Hafeez Bhatti.................... Mechatronics ★Shray Bheda.........................................Mechanical ★Shivam Bhojak.........................................Electrical Kulwinder Singh Billen............................Software Kendall Boniface.................... Engineering Physics Sahiti Reddy Bonthu................................Software ★Alan David Bot....................... Engineering Physics ★Michael Ryan Bot.....................................Electrical ★Joseph Robert Boudreau....... Engineering Physics ★Jeffrey Charles Boughton.......................Computer Bartosz Brewinski....................................Software ★Austin Brown......................... Engineering Physics Keely Brown.............................................Software ★Graeme Henry Aitken Browning..............Software Adam Bysice............................................Software Jordan Matthew Cabral...........................Electrical Bradley Stephen Callaghan.................Mechanical Melike Candemir...............Electrical & Biomedical Jun Cao....................................................Electrical ★Nathan Shane Chadder............................Software Gareth Shui-Yun Chan.......Electrical & Biomedical Angad Channa......................................Mechanical Ann Chazhoor................................... Mechatronics Jiapeng Chen...........................................Software ★Jingnan Chen...........................................Electrical Kuanyun Chen..........................................Software Liangdong Chen...................................Mechanical Xiao Chen.............................................Mechanical Zheng Xia Chen........................................Electrical ★Shaun Chiasson...................................Mechanical ★Moagi Karabo Chimidza................... Mechatronics Wilfred Yau-Chuen Cho....................Electrical and Biomedical Jonathan Alexander Chong.....................Electrical ★Devyn Estevez Clement........................Mechanical Graeme Cliffe...........................................Software Sarah Elaine Core....................................Electrical Kurt William Crawford........... Engineering Physics Nathan Richard Cutler.............................Software Gagandeep Dhamrait...............................Electrical ★Yinghao Ding............................................Electrical John Donnan........................................Mechanical Tyler Symen John Doodeman............. Engineering Physics Mitchell William George Doughty.......Electrical & Biomedical Alexander Ranko Dragojlov.................Mechanical Daniel Ebere.........................................Mechanical ★Rachel Lynn Eddy..............Electrical & Biomedical Ahmed Eleish....................Electrical & Biomedical Ahmed Mahmoud Elmeligi Rateb.....Electrical and Biomedical David Adam Erdos..........Electrical and Biomedical ★Avery Matthew Facca..........................Mechanical Ashton Savio Fernandes.................. Mechatronics Maureen Fitzpatrick............... Engineering Physics Matthew Arthur Fluder............................Software Nicholas Christopher Ford.......................Software Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Paul Albert George Fossenier..............Mechanical ★Joshua David Friedland....Electrical & Biomedical Gregory Paul Gabourie.........................Mechanical ★Rebecca Gagnon...............Electrical & Biomedical Nancy Gerges................................... Mechatronics ★Gurbhej Singh Gill............................ Mechatronics ★Karl Good.................................................Software Yajurvin Govindraj.................. Engineering Physics Samuel Bernd Habicht..................... Mechatronics ★Mujda Hakime...................Electrical & Biomedical ★Alexander Halliwushka............................Software John Hanna..............................................Electrical Ismail Hegazi.....................Electrical & Biomedical Sameh Helmy.......................................Mechanical Janelle Hinds.................Electrical and Biomedical Salma Hindy...................Electrical and Biomedical ★Michael Ross Hissink...........................Mechanical Andrew Hoang.........................................Electrical Simon William Holden........... Engineering Physics ★Christopher William Hollingshead...... Engineering Physics Gregory Hong.................Electrical and Biomedical (Minor in Music) ★Jian Qi Huang..........................................Electrical Jonathan Huber............................... Mechatronics Patrick Hung.............................................Electrical Khanh Huynh...........................................Computer Fady Ibrahim.............................................Electrical (Minor in Economics) Ali Idrees..................................................Electrical Benjamin Isherwood................................Software Marcus David Jacob........................ Mechatronics Jonathan Andrew Janosi.........................Software Michael Patrick Jansen...........................Software Vighram Jogarasan.......................... Mechatronics Erik Johanson...........................................Software Keshav Vinay Joshi..................................Electrical Alina Kaas............................................Mechanical (Minor in Linguistics) Pratham Kapoor...................................Mechanical Jasoth Kathirgamanathan..... Engineering Physics Monthusi Keabetswe....................... Mechatronics ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) 7 BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (CONTINUED…) Piriyatharsan Kengkarasa.......................Computer ★Fahmi Khairul Azmi..............................Mechanical ★Ahmed Khan.............................................Electrical Muhammad Wasif Khan......................Mechanical Usman Ali Khan...................................Mechanical Young-Min Kim...................... Engineering Physics ★Benjamin Gerald Kinsella.................Electrical and Biomedical Michael Naseem Kirolos.........................Electrical Monica Kochofar......................................Software Daniel Kokoszka.......................................Electrical George Koranteng-Asante............... Mechatronics Gopal Krishnan.........................................Software Mukund Kumar.....................................Mechanical Janarth Kumaresan..................................Software Raminder Labana.....................................Software Eric Raymond Labelle...........................Mechanical Amando Jose Mangahas Lacsamana.....Computer Nilay Lad..................................................Electrical Thomas William Langille....... Engineering Physics Wesley Kwokleung Lau............................Software Zachary Ethan Lau............................ Mechatronics Vincent Dan Le.........................................Software Andy Lee..................................................Electrical Sang Yeob Lee.........................................Electrical Gilbert Yiu Loen Leung............................Computer Wesley Leung................................... Mechatronics Haoyu Li...................................................Electrical ★Jianglin Li.............................................Mechanical Kevin Pui Wang Li....................................Software ★Xinyu Li.....................................................Electrical Seung Gul Lim..........................................Electrical Fred De Xiong Lin.....................................Electrical ★Hsiao-Hong Lin........................................Computer Ivan Kah Liang Lin....................................Electrical James Siu-Foo Lin....................................Software Benjamin Christopher Linzel....................Software Chang Liu......................................... Mechatronics David Lobsinger......................................Computer Daniel Perry Lochbihler.......... Engineering Physics Eric Logeman.......................... Engineering Physics John Louka...............................................Electrical Sean Alexander Low................................Electrical Ziyang Lu..................................................Electrical (Minor in Economics) Andrew Chandradatt Mahabal............Electrical & Biomedical Rachel Sylvia Mailach.............................Software Purvil Majmudar.......................................Software Paul Stanley Malcolm.......................Electrical and Biomedical Connor Michael Maloney....................Mechanical Jack Ryan Marsh.................................Mechanical ★Michael Stephen Marshall.....................Computer ★Nurul Kamilah Mat Kamil.Electrical & Biomedical 8 Jeffrey McKay......................................Mechanical ★Nabeela Merchant................. Engineering Physics Ryan Sean Millward...............................Computer ★Nicholas Mio............................................Software ★Gregory William Misner......................Mechanical Jack Edward Mitchell.............................Computer Muhammad Irfan Mohamed Noordin..Mechanical Thanus Mohanarajan...............................Software Maano Moilwa........................................Electrical Liam John Morrow...................................Electrical (Minor in Business) ★Daniel Muirhead..................................Mechanical Tyler J Munn........................................Mechanical ★Jason Michael Munro............ Engineering Physics ★Jordan Robert Dean Munroe........... Mechatronics Nisshanth Navaratnam............................Electrical Peter Willem Thomas Nearing........... Engineering Physics Matthew Gaetano Nero...........................Software Alexander Jeremy Newton.....................Computer Michael Minh Ngo...................................Software David Nguyen.......................................Mechanical Shane Ali Noormohamed.........................Software Alejandro John Octubre..........................Computer Jerry Oku..................................................Software ★Hebatalla Osman...........Electrical and Biomedical Matthew Paine........................................Software Meet Maheshkumar Pandya................Mechanical (Minor in Business) ★Melissa Judith Parisi...........................Mechanical Alexander Yesung Park........................Mechanical Prerakkumar Patel....................................Electrical Garrett Patriquin......................................Software ★Garik Gregory Patterson......... Engineering Physics Warren Steven Pawlikowski....................Electrical Brendan Robert Perusco......................Mechanical (Minor in Business) Sarkis Platis.........................................Mechanical ★Kabo Elliot Pule................................ Mechatronics Rajiv Puri................................ Engineering Physics David Richard Puttock..............................Electrical Jim Anthony Rabaya................................Software Abdus Rabbi.............................................Electrical Bryan Ramoul...........................................Software Aziz Rana........................Electrical and Biomedical Thaksena Rangarajan....Electrical and Biomedical Andrew Raudys........................................Software Samuel Geoffrey Robert Rawson............Electrical Didier Alain Launay Renault................Mechanical ★Selena Rikley...........................................Software Jordan Daniel Robinson...........................Electrical (Minor in Economics) ★Michael Rowinski............................ Mechatronics Magy Salib........................Electrical & Biomedical ★Navjit Singh Sandhu......Electrical and Biomedical ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) Eric Robert Schoffro.................................Electrical Matthew Schweitzer...............................Software Monthusi Segau............................... Mechatronics (Minor in Economics) Keenan Sequeira.....................................Computer Syed Asim Shah............................... Mechatronics ★Ammar Basir Shaikh............................Mechanical Nan Shang..............................................Computer Ravish Sharma.....................................Mechanical Xianglu Shi...............................................Electrical Brian James Shillingford.....................Mechanical ★Mohammad Sharif Siddiqui.................Mechanical ★Brendan Sim.............................................Software Michael Jon Simion................................Computer Renee Ho Sin Chee...........Electrical & Biomedical Nathan Sinnathurai..................................Electrical Purussoth Sivarajan......................... Mechatronics ★Evan Leighland Skeete.............................Software Douglas Craig Sloggett............................Electrical Mathew Henry Smith............. Engineering Physics Sonny Solanki..........................................Electrical Sagarkumar Soni.................... Engineering Physics Taylor Richard Sorgini...................... Mechatronics Taran Jose Sousa............................. Mechatronics Michael David St. Germain......................Electrical Justin William Staples.......... Engineering Physics Kevin Stendzis......................................Mechanical Kyle James Stewart.............................Mechanical Zhemin Su................................................Electrical Soorath Suliman...............Electrical & Biomedical ★Zhuoyu Sun..............................................Software Ragavan Sundaran...................................Electrical ★Harsimran Singh Suppal......................Mechanical ★Wasi Syed............................................Mechanical Maliha Tabassum............................. Mechatronics Daniel Joseph Tadla............... Engineering Physics ★Daniel Tajik........................Electrical & Biomedical ★Chen Tang.................................................Electrical Pirashath Thadchanamoorthy..................Electrical (Minor in Economics) Ryan Philip Thomas................ Engineering Physics ★Eric Thompson......................................Mechanical ★Hao Tian...................................................Electrical Blayne William Roy Tilban.......................Software Tanya Tipnis..........................................Mechanical Miles Anthony Tjandrawidjaja................Software Ali Toseef.............................................Mechanical Chuan Pao Tran.......................................Computer Adam Trela....................................... Mechatronics Ho Yan Howin Tsui...................................Software Brandon William Russell Tyler.............Electrical & Biomedical Rishaad Rusi Unvala............................Mechanical Diego Valdivia..........................................Software Benjamin Jacob Veerman....................Mechanical Faculty of Engineering BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (CONTINUED…) Ryan Albertus Veldhuizen................ Mechatronics Garrett Vermey...............Electrical and Biomedical Karun Vij.........................Electrical and Biomedical ★Samuel Virtue........................ Engineering Physics Joshua Robert Gordon Wagstaff.............Electrical Chang Kai Wang..................................Mechanical Jiu Xin Wang...........................................Computer ★Li Wang....................................................Electrical Minghao Wang....................................Mechanical Xiao Wang................................................Electrical Alexander Thomas White........................Software ★Dickson Yi On Wong.........Electrical & Biomedical Kevin Wong..............................................Electrical Thomas William Woudenberg.................Software Siyao Xiao............................................Mechanical ★Mengying Xie...........................................Electrical Yayun Xu..................................................Electrical Amany Mohamed Yaakoub......................Electrical Jinbin Yang..........................................Mechanical ★Tian Run Yang..........................................Electrical Long Yao...............................................Mechanical Yiyu Yao....................................................Software ★Dennis Yazhemsky............Electrical & Biomedical Xiao Bo Yi.............................................Mechanical Peng Hui You............................................Electrical Brandon R Youmans......................... Mechatronics ★Simon Younan........................ Engineering Physics Omid Allah Yousufi...................................Electrical Chuan Yu................................ Engineering Physics ★Mingzhi Yu................................................Electrical Vinay Yuvashankar........................... Mechatronics ★Alexander Zaranek...................................Software MengXue Zeng.....................................Mechanical Hangtian Zhan..........................................Software Chao Zhang..............................................Electrical Rex HaoYu Zhang.....................................Electrical (Minor in Economics) ★Wei Zhang................................................Electrical Runze Zhao...............................................Electrical ★Yukun Zhao...........................................Mechanical ★Cheng Zhou..............................................Electrical ★Yiliang Zhou.............................................Electrical BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE ★Zahraa Abbas R. Alshammasi.................. Business Informatics Andrew Azores.......................... Computer Science Noel Brett.................................. Computer Science Brandon Michael Byskov.......... Computer Science (Minor in Business) Hanwen Cao.............................. Computer Science Brandon Christian Da Silva...................... Business Informatics Kartikay Dani............................. Computer Science ★Gaurav Dawar........................... Computer Science Justin Deschamp...................... Computer Science (Minor in Mathematics) Xuchao Ding.............................. Computer Science David Hany Adel Elsonbaty....... Computer Science (Minor in Business) ★Ashley General.......................... Computer Science ★Julian Glenesk......................Business Informatics Dmytro Golubyev....................... Computer Science Edward James Guloien............. Computer Science Joy Evelyn Hopper................Business Informatics Richard Ibanga.......................... Computer Science Sasitha Piyasara Kaludeva....... Computer Science Jazz John Adam Kersell............ Computer Science (Minor in Mathematics) Darren Kitamura........................ Computer Science Michael Lawson........................ Computer Science Manfred Li................................. Computer Science Michael Adam Liut.................... Computer Science Zaahir Ahmed Moolla...........Business Informatics Emikele Emilia Oseni-Elamah.................. Business Informatics (Minor in Economics) Barane Paramanathan.............. Computer Science Pawel Paszko............................ Computer Science ★Natalie Perna............................ Computer Science Herry Rigoroso.......................... Computer Science Karol Julian Serkis.................... Computer Science (Minor in Physics) Aman Sharma........................... Computer Science Atullya Singh............................. Computer Science Kirisanth Subramaniam............ Computer Science (Minor in Mathematics) Humza Muhammed Tariq......Business Informatics Amandeep Singh Uppal............ Computer Science Pulkit Vij.................................... Computer Science Ihejiamatu Chineme Wogu....... Computer Science Ximeng Zhou............................. Computer Science (Minor in Economics) Matthew Zoratti....................Business Informatics Names of graduands listed in this program are those recommended to Senate as of June 3, 2015. We regret that late additions to the graduation lists could not be included in this program. Some names of graduands may not be included in this program at the request of these individuals. Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place ★ with distinction (achievement of a minimum Grade Point Average of 9.5/12) 9 UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS (2014-2015 SESSION) MEDALS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL Elizabeth Culp Matthew Jessome THE E. H. AMBROSE GOLD MEDAL Zejiang Chen THE BASU MEDAL Steven Dueck THE BINKLEY MEDAL Natalie Perna THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDAL Paul Ricciuti THE DEAN’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE HUMANITIES Kendra Oudyk Alison McNeil Sierra Smith Chloe Sukkau Emma Bridgwater THE ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GOLD MEDAL Simon Younan TROPHIES AND MERIT AWARDS THE AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN BOOK PRIZE Jeremy Angelini THE BURKE MEMORIAL RING Nicole Rakowski THE CSEP/SCPE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD Aaron Kipp THE IROQUOIS TROPHY Mitchell Rohrer THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD Kalia Akkad Thomas Mcgill Sanjay Sonney THE DR. RUDOLF DE BUDA SCHOLARSHIP Joshua Sammut THE JOHN DEERE LIMITED SCHOLARSHIP Paulminder Brar THE LAURA DODSON PRIZE Michael Skinnider THE BRUCE M. HAMILTON AWARD Philip Badawy THE JENNIFER HEADLEY SCHOLARSHIP Christina Vietinghoff THE BURTON R. JAMES MEMORIAL PRIZE Zejiang Chen THE W. NORMAN JEEVES SCHOLARSHIP Chloe Sukkau THE FRANK E. JONES PRIZE Philip Badawy THE DR. JEAN JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Wenda Debicki THE J. E. L. GRAHAM MEDAL Deborah Rimay SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES THE AMELIA HALL GOLD MEDAL Hanah Itner THE ANTHROPOLOGY PRIZE Charlene Mohammed THE HUMANITIES MEDALS FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Katrina Owens Amanda Nash Sara King Anna Kozak Hanah Itner THE WILLIAM AND LIDA BARNS MEMORIAL PRIZE IN HISTORY Sara King THE KINESIOLOGY PRIZES Jem Cheng THE REV. ALLISON M. BARRETT SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Case THE RUTH LANDES PRIZE Andrea Bankova THE ABE BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZES Christopher Galano Siqi Huang Scarlett Mackay THE FELIKS LITKOWSKI PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Chantal Cino THE LEONE BETTY BLACKWELL MEMORIAL BOOK PRIZE Chelsi McNeill-Jewer THE BERT MacKINNON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Devra Charney CFUW-HAMILTON MEMORIAL PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE PRIZE Lindsay Robinson THE AGNES AND JOHN MacNEILL MEMORIAL PRIZE Margaret Inman THE DAWSON PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY Lori vandenEnden THE CATHERINE MacNEILL PRIZE Madeleine Bondy THE HURD MEDAL Jessie Lu THE JENSEN MEDAL Brian McPherrin THE GERALD L. KEECH MEDAL Ashley General THE MAPS GOLD MEDAL Mark Coenen THE R. C. McIVOR MEDAL Peter Demaio 10 THE KARL KINANEN ALUMNI PRIZE IN GERONTOLOGY Kendra Wait Faculty of Engineering UNDERGRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS (CONTINUED …) THE ESTHER McCANDLESS MEMORIAL PRIZE Elizabeth Culp THE HARRY L. PENNY PRIZE Irene Minaji THE SOCIOLOGY PRIZE Deborah Rimay Lois Allen THE A.G. McKAY PRIZE IN CLASSICAL STUDIES Emily Herron THE PIONEER ENERGY LP GERONTOLOGY PRIZE Jillian Goltz Kendra Wait THE JOHN H. TRUEMAN PRIZE Emily Herron THE WALTER SCOTT McLAY SCHOLARSHIP Margaret Inman THE PIONEER ENERGY LP PRIZE IN NURSING Ayla Vreman Katherine Prain THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY FUTURES FUND GRADUAND SCHOLARSHIP Christopher Galano Miles Couchman THE POLITICAL SCIENCE PRIZE Scott Miranda THE McMASTER NURSING ALUMNI MEMORIAL PRIZE Amanda Soukvilay THE AUDREY EVELYN MEPHAM AWARD Emily Cichonski Rebecca Wardlaw Michelle Simeoni Taylor Heffering THE MIDDLETON/WALKER PRIZE IN SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY Rebecca Englert THE E. S. MOORE PRIZE Craig Allison THE P. L. NEWBIGGING PRIZE Alexandra Paris Phil-Sun Paek THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS PRIZES Irene Minaji Wenda Debicki THE POLITICAL SCIENCE HONOURS ESSAY PRIZE Christopher Telford THE LLOYD REEDS PRIZE Alanna Smolarz Kimberly Dowell Emily Schutz Kristin Clements THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES PRIZE Andrew Case THE ABRAHAM ISAAC ROSENBERG MEMORIAL PRIZE Stephen Petrina THE SHELL CANADA PRIZES IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Clement Emmanuel Paul Ricciuti Kalia Akkad THE HARRY WAISGLASS BOOK PRIZE Lindsay Robinson THE ALVINA MARIE WERNER SCHOLARSHIP Victoria Dorey M.B.A. MEDALS AND AWARDS THE D.M (MIKE) HEDDEN GOLD MEDAL Matthew Bell THE BASU MEDAL Adam Prokop THE ALLAN J. GREVE – ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH CARE MEDAL Claire Seymour THE LITVAK MEDAL IN MARKETING Raza Khan THE R.J. SPENCE MEMORIAL MEDAL Robert Macrae THE RICHARD SLOBODIN PRIZE Andrea Bankova Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 11 HONORARY DEGREES Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Business Julian Davies, Doctor of Science Richard Buckingham, Doctor of Laws Julian Davies is a professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and principal investigator of the Davies Lab at the University of British Columbia (UBC). His earlier academic appointments include serving as director of the Life Sciences Institute at UBC and as a department chair at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Described by the journal Nature Biotechnology as “an icon of the European biotech industry and a pioneer of metagenomics,” he has made significant contributions to the understanding of antibiotics, bacterial resistance and recombitant DNA. He has more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and has served on a number of scientific boards and committees, including chairing the External Scientific Board of the National Institutes of Health Human Microbiome Project. Davies also established a distinguished career in the private sector. He has been executive vice-president of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, president and CEO of TerraGen Diversity and president of Biogen SA. A member of the Scientific Advisory Board of McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Davies has earned the recognition of his peers in Canada and internationally. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Canada and the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. He has received numerous honorary degrees and several prominent awards including the American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award and the Society of General Microbiology Gold Medal. A native of Manitoba who spent his teens in Burlington, Ontario, Richard Buckingham graduated from McMaster University and Harvard Law School. After practicing law in New York City with the global firm Graham & James (now Squire Patton Boggs), he began a successful career in private investment banking. He worked with Echelon Ventures LP of Boston, was managing director of Inter-Market Capital Associates and president of Integrated Capital Associates. As he has built a career that has taken him from Canada to New York and now London, Buckingham has remained remarkably dedicated to and engaged with McMaster, his undergraduate alma mater. His service began with his leadership of the Friends of McMaster, the University’s American charitable arm, and the New York Branch of the McMaster Alumni Association. He has been a diversely interested philanthropist at McMaster, making significant gifts to areas including engineering, music, athletics, philosophy, the McMaster University Student Centre, the Bertrand Russell Centre, and the James Stewart Centre for Mathematics. He also served on the volunteer cabinet for The Campaign for McMaster University. Buckingham’s signature contribution to McMaster, however, has been through his service to the Board of Governors. Currently an honorary governor and a member of the board’s Human Resources Committee, he served for many years on the board and was an exemplary vice-chair from 2009 to 2010 and chair from 2011 to 2013. School of Nursing & Medical Radiation Sciences Judith Shamian, Doctor of Science Judith Shamian is a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Toronto, president emeritus of VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) Canada and the 27th president of the International Council of Nurses, Shamian is the second Canadian to hold this post. She was president and CEO of VON Canada for eight years after serving in a series of key leadership positions including as executive director of nursing policy for Health Canada, president of the Canadian Nurses Association and vice-president of nursing for Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto where she established a World Health Collaborating Centre for Leadership Development – the first collaboration of its kind. Shamian is a respected researcher whose work has influenced nursing-related policy both in Canada and internationally. She has led the Canadian Nurses Association’s National Expert Commission on Healthcare, served as co-chair of the Health Care Innovation Working Group of the Council of the Federation (of Canada’s premiers) and been a member of the board of directors for the Canadian Home Care Association. Shamian, who has been named one of Canada’s one hundred most powerful women, has received numerous honours including three honorary degrees, the Top Cited Award 2006-2008 from the International Journal of Nursing Studies and the Canadian Nurses Association Centennial Award. She is a lifetime member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, and international fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 12 Faculty of Engineering HONORARY DEGREES (CONTINUED…) Faculty of Humanities and Arts & Science Program Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony) Joseph Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws Toby Tanenbaum, Doctor of Laws Catherine Frazee, Doctor of Laws Joseph (Joey) and Toby Tanenbaum have established one of Canada’s most important philanthropic legacies through a series of organization-defining gifts primarily to the arts, cultural institutions and healthcare. Joseph is the founder and chair of Jay-M Enterprises and Jay-M Holdings Ltd., past chairman of Hydro-Pontiac Inc. and Pembroke Electrical Light Co., and the former president and CEO of the Bridge and Tank Company in Hamilton. Together, the Tanenbaums have given landmark gifts to organizations including the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the National Ballet of Canada, Music Canada and the Toronto Symphony. They are also important donors to hospitals and medical research, the Jewish community and universities. They are best known, however, for building public art collections with gifts to – among many others – the National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Hamilton where their gift established arguably the most important collection of nineteenth-century French art in Canada. The Tanenbaums have jointly received a number of awards including the Opera Canada Award and Doctors of Commerce Honorary Degrees from Ryerson University. Joseph has been presented the Arbor Award and an Honour and Distinction Award from the University of Toronto. A member of the Order of Canada, he has also received the Roy A. Phinnemore Award from the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, the Lescarbot Award and been named a fellow of the Society for Civil Engineering. Toby received the Order of Ontario in 2014. Catherine Frazee is a Professor Emerita at Ryerson University, where prior to her retirement she served as Professor of Distinction and Co-Director of the RBC-Ryerson Institute for Disability Studies Research & Education. Through her scholarship, activism, teaching, art and public service, she has challenged barriers to the full social inclusion of people with disabilities and created identifiable change in everything from artistic opportunities to legislation. The Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1989 to 1992, Frazee has worked for decades to advocate for human rights through her involvement with numerous organizations including the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Abilities Arts Festival. She has provided expert testimony before Federal and Provincial Courts on human rights and disability disadvantage and has contributed actively in Supreme Court of Canada interventions of strategic concern to disabled Canadians. She has contributed to a wide array of texts and journals in both academic and literary spheres, and has published numerous opinion pieces in Canada’s national news media. Frazee has been particularly active in the arts sector, helping to cultivate opportunities for showcasing the disability experience through her role as a director of the Abilities Arts Festival, co-curator of the award-winning exhibition Out From Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember and her prominent role in the 2006 National Film Board film Shameless: The ART of Disability. Frazee has received a number of awards including honorary degrees from Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in December 2014, for her advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities, and as an advocate for social justice. Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony) Ela Bhatt, Doctor of Laws Ela Ramesh Bhatt born in 1933, Padmabhushan Ela R. Bhatt, a Gandhian, is widely recognized as one of the world’s most remarkable pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development. Known as the “gentle revolutionary,” she has dedicated her life to improving the lives of India’s poorest and most oppressed women workers. In 1972, she founded the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union with more than 2 million members now. She founded SEWA Cooperative Bank in 1974 which has an outreach of 3 million women now. She was a Member of the Indian Parliament Rajya sabha and subsequently a Member of the Indian Planning Commission. She founded and served as Chair for Women’s World Banking, the International Alliance of Home-based Workers (HomeNet), Street Vendors (StreetNet) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing, Organizing (WIEGO). She also served as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation for a decade. She has received several awards, including Padmashree, Padmabhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Right Livelihood Award, George Meany-Lane Kirkland Labour Rights Award by AFL-CIO, US and Légion d’honneur by France, Madrid Creatividad Award, CGAE Human Rights Award by Spain, Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development as well as honorary doctorates from Harvard, Yale, Natal, McMaster, M.S. Baroda and other Universities. Member of the Council of The Elders brought together by Nelson Mandela (2007). Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), (2011). She has authored “We Are Poor but So Many” book published by Oxford University Press, NY (2006). Currently she has been nominated as Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920. Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 13 HONORARY DEGREES (CONTINUED…) Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony) Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony) Peter Calamai, Doctor of Science George Roter, Doctor of Science Peter Calamai’s journalism career began at McMaster’s Silhouette and continued professionally at The Hamilton Spectator. Working for more than forty years with Southam News and at leading Canadian newspapers as a photographer, reporter and editor with postings in Ottawa, Vancouver, London, Nairobi and Washington, he covered armed conflicts around the world and the Supreme Court of Canada. He was the editorial page editor of The Ottawa Citizen and the national science reporter for The Toronto Star. Calamai has a national profile as a volunteer with numerous organizations including the Science Media Centre of Canada, Environment Canada, the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network, Youth Science Canada and the Canadian Science Writers’ Association where he was a founding member. He has been the Max Bell Chair in Journalism at the University of Regina and both a visiting associate professor and adjunct research professor of journalism at Carleton University. He has also produced a number of research projects including a study that led to legal reforms to allow the use of tape recorders in Canadian trial courts. A three-time winner of Canada’s highest journalistic honour, the National Newspaper Award, Calamai has also received the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism, the Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal, a UNESCO Literacy Award and the Royal Canadian Institute’s Sandford Fleming Award. In December 2014, he was named a member of the Order of Canada “for his achievements as a science journalist and his contributions to the cause of literacy.” He is a member of the McMaster Alumni Gallery. In 2000, George Roter was studying mechanical and biomedical engineering at the University of Waterloo when he co-founded Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada with Parker Mitchell, becoming the organization’s chief executive officer. Working literally from an idea scribbled on a napkin, they built EWB Canada into an influential international organization with more than 3,000 volunteers, 50,000 supporters, 50 chapters and teams in Canada and African nations including Malawi, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia. Over the past 15 years, EWB’s staff and volunteers have worked with more than 150 businesses, governments and organizations, and over the past 5 years the organization has incubated 2 dozen entrepreneurial ventures. The impact has been substantial: EWB supported or EWBer founded innovations are serving literally tens of millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa. In Canada and specifically at McMaster, EWB Canada has also had a signficant impact. It has galvanized a movement socially minded engineers who, individually and collectively, have contributed to the evolution of engineering education across the country and have changed the shape of the international policy landscape in our country. Roter, who delivered the 29th Annual Hodgins Lecture at McMaster in 2013, is an Ashoka Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship and the recipient of numerous honours including honorary degrees, the Public Policy Forum’s Young Leaders Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and the Action Canada Fellowship on public policy. Time magazine recognized him as one of Canada’s next generation of social leaders in 2001. Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) P. Thomas Jenkins, Doctor of Laws McMaster alumnus P. Thomas Jenkins is the chairman of OpenText Corporation after serving previously as president and chief executive officer and as executive chairman and chief strategy officer as OpenText became Canada’s largest software company. Jenkins has a strong record of public service including chairing the Government of Canada’s Military Procurement Review Panel, the Research and Development Policy Review Panel and the 2011 panel on Innovation and Government Procurement. He is on the advisory board of the Canadian Digital Media Network and is a member of the Canadian Government’s Advisory Panel on Open Government. He is a member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and a past member of both the Government of Canada’s Competition Policy Review Panel and the Province of Ontario’s Commercialization Network Review Committee. Jenkins is a director of the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives as well as a founder of Communitech, the Waterloo Region Technology Association. He served as a commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Reserve and is an honorary colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers. He has been named Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year and received the McMaster Engineering L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a fellow of the Canadian Engineering Society, an Officer of the Order of Canada and the new chancellor of the University of Waterloo. 14 Faculty of Engineering DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Dr. Deborah Cook Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Dr. Paul O'Byrne Professor, Medicine Deborah Cook is a world authority in critical care medicine, evidence-based medicine and health research methodology, including randomized trials and systematic review methodology. Graduating from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in 1985, Dr. Cook completed her residency in internal medicine, and fellowships at both McMaster and Stanford Universities. A full-time faculty member at McMaster for 25 years, Cook has made outstanding contributions to scholarship, research, education and service at the University and the broader international community. She is one of McMaster's most prolific researchers (with more than 30,000 citations to her work) and has elevated McMaster's worldwide reputation in health care. Dr. Cook was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society for her multi-method, multi-disciplinary research on life support technology, risk factors for critical illness, prevention of ICUacquired complications, end-of-life choices, and research ethics. Paul O’Byrne is serving as chair of the Department of Medicine for an unprecedented third term. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the first scientist in McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences to hold two decades of continuous career award support from the Medical Research Council of Canada. His research has a major influence on understanding the causes of and improving the treatments of asthma. He has been chair of both the Scientific Committee and the Executive Committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma. O’Byrne has received the James H. Graham Award of Merit from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Congress Chair Award and Medal from the European Respiratory Society. He also has honorary fellowships from many international organizations, including the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the European Respiratory Society. He has also been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. A Canada Research Chair of Research Transfer in Intensive Care, Cook’s contributions to clinical study design and clinical trial execution have led to improvements in health care and continue to influence researchers around the world. Dr. Cook was recently appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Faculty of Science (Afternoon Ceremony) Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony) Dr. Christine Wilson Professor, Physics and Astronomy Dr. Shiping Zhu Professor, Chemical Engineering The discoverer of Comet Wilson, Christine Wilson is a globally recognized expert on star formation in nearby galaxies. Among her most influential work is an analysis and calibration of the CO-to-H2 conversion factor, allowing scientists to obtain accurate measures of the amount of star-forming gas in galaxies beyond our own. Wilson leads the Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey and the Very Nearby Galaxies Survey, complementary multi-national projects making significant contributions to a more comprehensive set of correlations of star formation rate with galaxy size, structural type and environment. For 15 years she was the Canadian project scientist for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile; she was also an associate scientist with the SPIRE instrument for the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory. She has received the Women’s Faculty Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Premier’s Research Excellence Award. In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place Shiping Zhu is Canada’s top academic chemical engineer and among the world’s best polymer science researchers. He was the first to report direct detection of the elusive radicals in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), thus providing fundamental insight into a previously controversial aspect of a vast research area. Zhu has also changed the way in which discoveries in basic polymer science are scaled to practical commercial and industrial applications. Zhu has trained more than one hundred highly qualified personnel, published over three hundred high impact research articles, and delivered more than three hundred conference presentations and invited seminars. Zhu is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Macromolecular Reaction Engineering and received the 2011 Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award, the top award in the field in Canada. 15 DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (CONTINUED…) Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Dr. M. Jamal Deen Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering M. Jamal Deen has established himself as arguably the top engineering scientist in Canada by making outstanding contributions to optoelectronics and nanoelectronics, and to systems used in communications, biosensing and other fields. His work on the modeling of photodetectors is the standard for excellence in physics-based and engineering models and his modeling and characterization of the noise in semiconductor devices is one of his many innovations to have strong commercial impact. Deen, who has received honorary degrees in Canada and Spain, is an elected fellow of ten societies and academies including the Royal Society of Canada, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Physical Society and the Electrochemical Society. He is also a foreign fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India as well as the Indian National Academy of Engineering. GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ACADEMIC MEDAL Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony) Faculty of Health Sciences Elizabeth Culp Matthew Jessome Elizabeth Culp is completing her undergraduate degree in Honours Biology. During her degree, she engaged in several undergraduate research opportunities including an NSERC summer research scholarship and senior thesis project working with Dr. Bhagwati Gupta in the Department of Biology. Outside of class, she enjoyed playing trumpet in the McMaster Concert Band and piano in the McMaster Children’s Hospital lobby. In the fall, Elizabeth will begin a master’s degree in Biochemistry at McMaster. Matthew is graduating from the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Program with a minor in Biochemistry. His research interests in both rheumatology and genetic epidemiology have led to journal publications and presentations at national and international conferences. He has been the recipient of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and McMaster research scholarships, in addition to numerous academic and community contribution awards. As an advocate of education for his fellow students, Matthew served as the Academic Coordinator for the Bachelor of Health Sciences Society, collaborating with student, faculty, and administrative leaders across McMaster. He has also shared his passion for learning as a Teaching Assistant, mentor for first year students, and as a tutor and executive of McMaster’s chapter of Students Offering Support. Matthew is excited to be continuing his education here at McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine this coming fall. Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their items in Wentworth Room A when the ceremony is complete and their gowns have been returned. Your degree will be framed in this location. 16 For those who have purchased a degree frame today before the ceremony, or would like to purchase a degree frame after the ceremony please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers a wide selection of Official McMaster Faculty of Engineering University degree frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise. PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING & LEARNING School of Nursing & Medical Radiation Sciences Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony) Dr. Janet Landeen Associate Professor, School of Nursing Dr. David Shore Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour Janet Landeen is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, McMaster University. She earned her BSN from the University of Connecticut in 1973, her MEd from the University of Victoria in 1988, and her PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto in 2000. Prior to beginning her academic career, she had many years of direct clinical nursing practice in psychiatric/mental health nursing. She has been at McMaster since 1987, first holding a joint appointment with the Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia and the School of Nursing, and subsequently joining the School full time in 1997. Her research interests have concentrated on best practices in nursing education and on living with serious mental illness, including the importance of hope. While she was the Assistant Dean of the Undergraduate Nursing Education Program from 2004 to 2012, she led the development and implementation of the Kaleidoscope Curriculum. Her most recent research projects have included examining the impact of the Kaleidoscope Curriculum, and in exploring the unique perspectives of students in collaborative college/university programs. As the principle investigator of the Multisensory Perception Laboratory, Dr. David Shore investigates the interaction of different sensory modalities across time and space. His fifty scientific publications address research topics on human cognition and perception, face processing, visual attention, multisensory integration, development, and special populations. An associate chair of PNB, Shore has coordinated a large-scale curriculum overhaul to ensure that students are realizing their potential, which required a reconsideration of the role of the traditional lecture and textbook format. Dr. Shore is actively pursuing basic research in the domain of teaching and learning while applying this basic knowledge to the classroom. These research efforts will take advantage of the newly created LIVE lab, which provides a venue for exploring human interaction in a classroom setting. His basic research on multisensory processes is also moving into an applied domain through exploration of individuals with eating disorders—this research focuses on the updating body representations through different frames of reference. As an adjunct member of the Department of Linguistics and Language, Shore is exploring sex differences in the linguistic representation of emotion. Faculty of Engineering (Morning Ceremony) Kevin Dunn Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Kevin Dunn is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University. He focuses on teaching students the foundations of chemical engineering and teaches mostly third- and final-year courses. With a strong interest in teaching innovation, he investigates the use of technology, behind-the-scenes software, and novel teaching techniques in engineering education. Kevin is a strong proponent of constant improvement, whether it is in teaching or in his personal life. Never stop experimenting! Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 17 PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP Faculty of Health Sciences Ambika Tejpal Ambika Tejpal has won the Rotary Club of Hamilton Scholarship and Community Contribution Award, as well as the Edwin Marwin Dalley Memorial Scholarship. She has worked as a Teaching Assistant and contributed to numerous research projects at McMaster University. As a volunteer, Ambika has been an integral part of numerous campus groups, including MSU Diversity Services, the McMaster Mentorship Program, McMaster Medicine and You, United Against Gendercide, and the McMaster chapter of the Canadian Red Cross. She also served as the Co-President of McMaster Smiling Over Sickness, a student organization dedicated to helping sick children smile through fundraising, volunteerism, and community engagement. Faculty of Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony) Tristan Paul Tristan Paul has been involved in multiple facets of student life throughout his undergraduate career. Most notably, he has been an active leader within the McMaster Students Union (MSU) where he was elected three times to the Student Representative Assembly and served, at various times, as the SRA Operations Commissioner and as a member of multiple MSU and university committees. He was also at the helm of the McMaster Social Sciences Society (MSSS), previously serving as the Vice President (Academic) culminating in his presidency of the organization for the 2014-2015 academic year. During his term he led projects aimed at improving the first year experience and enhancing experiential education opportunities for his peers. His student leadership has been recognized with the Albert Lager Prize for Student Initiative and the MSU Merit Scholarship. Faculty of Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony) Christa Jonathan Christa Jonathan is Mohawk, Bear Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She was named an Education Works Champion, Six Nations Community Youth Role Model, Miss Six Nations in the ambassador competition, and served as the President of the McMaster First Nations Students Association. Christa is an Aboriginal Mentor with the Aboriginal Students Health Sciences office and volunteers with Let’s Talk Science, where she presented at the regional conference on working within Indigenous communities. She has presented at 8 different conferences, such as the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Connection V in Australia, discussing issues Indigenous peoples face in Canada. She has received the Brantford Alumni Branch Community Contribution Award, the Ganohkwasra Acknowledgement Award, the Ruby Sears Scholarship, the Grand River Post Secondary Scholarship and the Wilma General Memorial Award. She has two publications, one academic paper published with the Centre for Ethnicity and Race Studies for Mapping Global Racism at the University of Leeds where she went for the MacAbroad exchange program and one newspaper article for Wellness@Mac. Her goal is to become a family practitioner. Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Janelle Hinds Janelle Hinds has been an instrumental student leader within McMaster University and the surrounding community. She has worked with the National Society of Black Engineers as the Program Coordinator with the aim to increase the number of responsible engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. She has also created a separate mentoring program for incoming students. Janelle founded HackItMac, a collaborative technical community with students from all faculties which has helped create experiential, self-directed, and interdisciplinary learning experiences for her peers. She organized deltaHacks, the first student-run hackathon in North America with a focus on enabling positive social change. Janelle has also worked with Engineers Without Borders, the Alumni Office, Women In Engineering, in addition to several other clubs across campus to promote entrepreneurship and student development. Janelle has joined the Next36 program, a Canadian entrepreneurial leadership initiative, and hopes to start a business of her own. Faculty of Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Benjamin Kinsella Ben has been an active leader of the McMaster community and has contributed to numerous facets of student life. Aside from holding various executive roles within the McMaster Engineering Society (MES), he has been involved with the McMaster Custom Vehicle Team, Troitsky Bridge Building Competition, Great North Concrete Toboggan Race, and many other student organizations. As Vice-President Academic of the MES, Ben created and facilitated the first student-operated peer-tutoring program on campus, which has now served over a thousand students. He advocated for and built an official online test bank in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering, and helped implement a free textbook library in the student lounge. As President of the MES in his senior year, Ben created EngDeals, a complimentary service that offers discounts to engineering students at several local establishments. He also broke ground on the Society’s first Strategic Plan and founded the MES Board of Advisors, both of which will help steer the Society towards beneficial long-term goals over the next generation of students. 18 Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Science (Morning Ceremony) Faculty of Health Sciences Elizabeth Culp Matthew Jessome VALEDICTORIANS Elizabeth Culp is completing her undergraduate degree Matthew is graduating from the Bachelor of in Honours Biology. During her degree, she engaged Health Sciences (Honours) Program with a minor in several undergraduate research Health Sciencesopportunities Linda Nguyen in Biochemistry. His research interests in both including an NSERC summer research scholarship and Business Ashley Ribeiro rheumatology and genetic epidemiology have led to senior thesis project working with Dr. Bhagwati GuptaSciences Nursing/Medical Radiation Marina Abdel Malak journal publications and presentations at national in the Department of Biology. Outside of class, she enjoyed playing trumpet in the and international Humanities/Arts & Science Krista Deverson conferences. He has been the recipient of Canadian Institutes of McMaster Concert Band and piano in the McMaster Children’s Hospital(Morning lobby. In the Social Sciences Ceremony) Health Research Philip (CIHR) Badawy and McMaster research scholarships, in addition to numerous fall, Elizabeth will begin a master’s degree in Biochemistry at Sciences McMaster. Social (Afternoon Ceremony) academic and Jaskiran community (Jess) contribution Shoker awards. As an advocate of education for his Science (Morning Ceremony) fellow students, Giuliana Matthew Guarnaserved as the Academic Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science (Afternoon Ceremony) Health Sciences DavidSociety, Yun collaborating with student, faculty, and administrative leaders Engineering (Morning Ceremony)across McMaster. Sean Mercer He has also shared his passion for learning as a Teaching Assistant, Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) mentor for Sam first year Virtue students, and as a tutor and executive of McMaster’s chapter of Students Offering Support. Matthew is excited to be continuing his education here at McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine this coming fall. Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their items in Wentworth Room A when the ceremony is complete and their gowns have been returned. Your degree will be framed in this location. For those who have purchased a degree frame today before the ceremony, or would like to purchase a degree frame after the ceremony please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers a wide selection of Official McMaster University degree frames, crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise. A representative from Josten’s will be on hand before and after all graduation ceremonies to help size and design the perfect ring for your graduate. Complementary degree framing also takes place in the lobby area. Graduates who have pre-ordered degree frames and gifts from the McMaster Campus Store website may pick up their items in the Molson Canadian Studio (the room in which academic regalia is distributed). If your gown has been returned and you have collected your degree, your degree can be framed at this location. For those who wish to purchase a degree frame today before or after the ceremony, please visit the main lobby where the Campus Store offers Official McMaster University degree frames and a wide selection of crested giftware and limited edition Class of 2015 merchandise. Complementary degree framing also takes place in the lobby area. A representative from Josten’s will be on hand before and after all graduation ceremonies to help size and design the perfect ring for your graduate. Friday June 12, 2015: 2:30 p.m., Great Hall, Hamilton Place 19 Humanities/Arts & Science Social Sciences (Morning Ceremony) Social Sciences (Afternoon Ceremony) Science (Morning Ceremony) Science (Afternoon Ceremony) Engineering (Morning Ceremony) Engineering (Afternoon Ceremony) Krista Deverson Philip Badawy Jaskiran (Jess) Shoker Giuliana Guarna David Yun Sean Mercer Sam Virtue
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