At the first convocation of the first full Lassonde School of Engineering Graduate Studies cohort, Mr. Muhammad Salman Chaudhry was given special honor as he was awarded the Governor’s Gold Medal Award.

Salman Chaudhry, earth and space science, On the Characterization of Engineered Elastomers At High Strain Rates

Chaudhry’s work explores finite element modelling and material characterization of elastomers. His research is notable as it provides a useful deign for testing, for which standards currently lack in the development of elastomer components for applications.

During his master’s, he served as co-author on seven international conference publications and presentations, as well as three journal papers. The examining committee noted that his intellectual proficiency and output was at the level one might expect of a doctoral student.

Chaudhry thanked his supervisor Alex Czekanski for his support and expertise during his degree.

All graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department took part in the Grad Seminar hosted at Black Creek Pioneer Village on Friday April 28th. This was a day-long event where each student presented their research to the audiences and defended their presentations during the following Q&A sessions. The grad seminar serves as a great opportunity to share progress and findings with fellow researchers to gain better understanding of the types of work being done throughout the department; whereas normally students tend to share work within their own research teams.

The weeks of hard work and preparation paid off as every student presented excellently. Throughout the day, Professor Pouya Rezai, Professor Alex Czekanski and Professor Paul O’Brien critiqued the research and presented awards to for best presentation, best research and best overall in the masters and PhD levels:

Congratulations to all the graduate students!