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Omar Ali

Omar Ali2018 Gold Medal for Academic Achievement Graduated in 2018 from McMaster University, specializing in Civil Engineering Omar Ali’s fasciation with structures such as the CN Tower fueled his passion for engineering. The opportunity to turn abstract ideas into something concrete led him to pursue a degree in civil… Read More

Mohammed Kagalwala

John Sun2018 Gold Medal for Academic Achievement Graduated in 2018 from York University, specializing in Space Systems Engineering Mohammed Kagalwala’s fascination with engineering began at a young age. He recalls drawing pictures of the inside of space shuttles and building model rockets with Pepsi bottles. He found inspiration in… Read More

Madeline MacKinnon

Madeline MacKinnon2018 Entrance ScholarshipSecond year student at University of Waterloo, specializing in Biomedical Engineering Madeleine MacKinnon traces her passion for biomedical engineering back to a conversation with her godmother, whose daughter was struggling with diabetes. Learning about advances in diabetes care in the biomedical engineering field made her curious. Read More

Keer Liu

Keer Liu2018 Undergraduate ScholarshipSecond Year Student at University of Waterloo, specializing in Software Engineering Keer Liu’s passion for engineering can be traced back to her father, an engineer, who showed her the joy of tinkering with machines at an early age. When it was time to decide what career… Read More

Kathleen Rockley

Kathleen Rockley2018 Undergraduate ScholarshipGraduate of University of Ottawa, specializing in Civil Engineering Kathleen Rockley set her sights on engineering long before she stepped foot on a university campus. As a child, she recalls having an enormous interest in structures and building things. When it finally came to time to… Read More

Joshua O’Reilly

Joshua O’Reilly2018 Undergraduate ScholarshipFourth year student at University of Ottawa, specializing in Mechanical Engineering Joshua O’Reilly always had a knack for mathematics and science, noting the time he built a Rube Goldberg machine in high school. Seeing how engineering allows creative minds to improve the quality of life for… Read More

John Sun

John Sun2018 Gold Medal for Academic Achievement Graduated in 2018 from Ryerson University, specializing Aerospace Engineering John Sun entered his Aerospace Engineering program at Ryerson with a single goal in mind: to build a plane. It has been his mission since he was young; when he realized the extreme… Read More

Isa Murray

Isa Murray2018 Undergraduate ScholarshipGraduated in 2018 from University of Ottawa, specializing in Electrical Engineering Isa Murray’s interests in mathematics and technology made electrical engineering her ideal choice of study. Her father, an electrical engineer, was a strong supporter of her passion from a from a young age. Given this… Read More

Ellen Van Wijngaarden

Ellen Van Wijngaarden2018 Entrance ScholarshipSecond year student at York University, specializing in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ellen van Wijngaarden realized her passion for engineering at the age of eleven, when she read about a chemical engineer from the University of Toronto who worked to eliminate nutrition deficiencies in third… Read More

David Rousso

David Rousso2018 Undergraduate ScholarshipFifth year student at University of Waterloo, specializing in Nanotechnology Engineering David Rousso’s interest in engineering was sparked by a curiosity about building and contributing something tangible to the world. Certain courses in high school gave him positive experiences that further encouraged him to pursue a… Read More