MIE Fellowships

The following is a list of MIE fellowships endowed by generous alumni and friends of MIE. Depending on economic conditions and the income generated by the endowments, some of these fellowships will be made available to students annually (students will be notified of application instructions). Fellowships may be offered on top of other funding, or may replace a portion of a student's guaranteed funding package.

Glynn Williams Fellowship

Awarded to a most promising doctoral candidate beginning the Ph.D. program within the Department of MIE. Eligibility is restricted to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Successful applicants will be expected to possess outstanding academic credentials, references and leadership qualities, and show that their research has potential for commercial application that could be of benefit to Canadians.

2010/11 recipients: Reza Farshidi and Nicholas Yeung

2009/10 recipient: Michael Marr

Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellowships in Sustainable Energy Research

Awarded on the basis of academic merit to MIE doctoral-stream graduate students specializing in the recovery and utilization of energy derived sustainably from the sun. Preference will be given to students conducting research in the areas of power generation from solar cells and wind turbines, systems for the efficient use of sustainably derived thermal and electrical energy, and energy storage by batteries and other means.

2010/11 recipients: Milad Abolhasani and Justin Shum

2009/10 recipient: Meghdad Saffaripour

Bill Shaw Memorial Graduate Fellowships

Awarded to MIE graduate students of high academic standing, who specialize in the area of Maintenance Optimization or Reliability Engineering (MORE). Fellowship recipients are expected to provide Ivara Corporation with a paper they've written during their studies, and include a profile of themselves.

2010/11 recipient: Corey Kiassat

2009/10 recipients: Rui Jiang and Sharareh Taghipour

Russell A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowships in Thermodynamics

Awarded to MIE doctoral-stream graduate students engaged in research in the area of thermodynamics.

2010/11 recipient: Sameh Saad

2009/10 recipients: Hadi Ghasemi and Brendan MacDonald

Pierre Rivard Hydrogenics Graduate Fellowships

Awarded to MIE graduate students engaged in research in the area of alternative energy.

2010/11 recipient: Meghdad Saffaripour

2009/10 recipient: James Hinebaugh

David Sanborn Scott Graduate Fellowship

Awarded to an MIE graduate student who is engaged in research in the areas of Hydrogen and Low-Carbon Energy Systems.

2010/11 recipient: Dillon Fuerth

Ron D. Venter Graduate Fellowship

Awarded to an MIE graduate student who is engaged in research in the areas of Hydrogen and Low-Carbon Energy Systems.

2010/11 recipient: Craig Metcalfe

Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowships

Awarded to MIE/IBBME graduate students engaged in biomedical research.

2010/11 recipients: Bogdan Beca, Oleg Chebotarev, Jennifer Hsu, Oren Kraus, Lian Leng, Haijiao Liu, Ehsan Shojaei Baghini, Qingyuan Tan, Sanjesh Yasotharan and Yi Zheng

2009/10 recipients: Bardia Bina, Jeanie Chan, Jungho Kim, Taewoo Lee, Lian Leng, Jason Li, Chao Liu, Deborah Loach, Derek McColl and Sanjesh Yasotharan