The 2024 John Adjeleian Lecture and Awards Event

Video recording of the lecture

This year, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department proudly hosted the 2024 John Adjeleian Lecture and Awards Event in a hybrid format on March 26, 2024. Speaker, Dr. Osama Moselhi, shared his knowledge and expertise with over 180 registered attendees, both in-person and virtual. His topic on the dynamic landscape of civil engineering showcased innovative solutions and technologies that shape the industry’s future. The audience consisted of faculty, students, esteemed guests and the general public.

Department Chair, Dr. Banu Örmeci and Distinguished Research Professor Jagmohan Humar in the presentation of the appreciation plaque to the speaker, Dr. Osama Moselhi.

Student awards celebration

In addition, the event celebrated the achievements of Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate and graduate students who were awarded scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries between 2023 – 2024. Many of the undergraduate and graduate award recipients attended including Anthony Urbisci, a Bachelor of Engineering student and recipient of the Dr. John Adjeleian Undergraduate Scholarship, and Gerry Rafael-White, a Master of Architecture student and recipient of the John Adjeleian Graduate Scholarship. The list of awards, recipients and some photos are below.

On the left, Michael Adjeleian, son of the late John Adjeleian, presented the Dr. John Adjeleian Undergraduate Scholarship to Anthony Urbisci. On the right, Elizabeth Adjeleian, wife of the late John Adjeleian, presented the John Adjeleian Graduate Scholarship to Gerry Rafael-White.

Toluwanimi Tella

The Gunther & Irmgard Bauer Scholarship in Civil Engineering

Samuel Hurd

Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Prize

Susan Ould-Brahim

Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Prize

Zachary Beltrame

Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Prize

Maryam Nabih

Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Prize

Distinguished Research Professor Jagmohan Humar presented the award certificate for the Jagmohan Humar Graduate Scholarship to Joshua Peter Berghuis.

From left to right, Lena Caroline Bitter, Brodie Hobson and Joshua Peter Berghuis.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Elyse Hamp

Queen Elizabeth II Competition

Farzam Sepanta

OGS and Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Honourable mention

Mohammad J. Moradi, SFPE-NCR Director, presented the SFPE National Capital Region Chapter Scholarship for Fire Safety Engineering award certificate to Saba Seyedrazavi.

Rhea Wilson and Wameed Alghazala

CEE TA Excellence Award

Mirza Mohammed Baig

Kochar Family Scholarship

Saba Seyedrazavi and Kambiz Daneshvar

Alfred J. Wise Scholarship

Rulla Al-Haideri
Bader Student Travel Awards, Bill Hersh Memorial Scholarship and John P. Braaksma Transportation Engineering Scholarship

Jalal Barzegaran

Abd El Halim Scholarship

Santinah Green-Mignacca

NSERC and Marie Carter Memorial Scholarship

Lena Carolin Bitter

OGS and John Ruptash Fellowship

Delaney Cheung and Anjali Mohammed

The Robert Pickard Scholarship in Environmental Engineering

Milad Rostami

Open Graduate Scholarship

Mitchell Lawlor

Ata Khan Sustainable Transport

Other Award recipients

Names	Award
Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Prize	Brenden Devine
Charles Shrubsole Graduate Scholarship	Salah Fakhoury
Gordon Shields Memorial Scholarship	Hannah Villeneuve
Gouhar Shemdin Award in Built Heritage Conservation	Name withheld
Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering	Name withheld
Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering	Hannah Villeneuve
Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering	Isaac Rudnicki
Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering	John David Clarabut
Kochar	Name withheld
Luigi Mion Scholarship in Engineering	Noah Staudte
NSERC	Hannah Villeneuve
OGS	Name withheld
OGS	John David Clarabut
OGS	Madeline Calvert
Open Graduate Scholarship	John David Clarabut
Vered Foundation Scholarship	Samuel Pearce

Acknowledgement

The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department would like to thank the speaker, Dr. Osama Moselhi, for taking the time to share his knowledge through this lecture. Also, a big congratulations to all the award recipients! Moreover, the successful event would not be possible without the time and effort of the following:

John Adjeleian Event Committee for organizing the event,
Prof. Banu Örmeci (Department Chair) and Distinguished Research Professor Jagmohan Humar for hosting the Lecture,
Prof. Jeffrey Erochko for presenting the awards with the help of Prof. Paul Van Geel,
all the donor awards representatives for taking the time to attend and present the award certificates to the recipient,
and all the guests who attended, in person and virtually, to enjoy this lecture with us.

Indeed, this is a successful and enriching lecture. Stay tuned for the 2025 John Adjeleian Lecture!