Funding & Awards

Research Funding

  • ISblue Mobility Grant, Plouzane, France, October-December 2019.
        • Research grant to visit IFREMER in Brest, France, to analyze suspended sediment measurements in partnership with Romaric Verney. Funded by Interdisciplinary School for the Blue Planet (ISblue).

Awards & Scholarships

  • Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Education Category. American Geophysical Union, December 2021.
        • Awarded for presentation, “Weird waves cause big trouble on small lands in the middle of the big blue wet thing” [Video].
  • Ray Krone Award — 2nd Place for Best Presentation. International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport (InterCoh), September 2021.
        • Awarded for presentation, “Characterizing the Composition of Suspended Sand and Mud Suspensions in Coastal Environments using Combined Optical and Acoustic Measurements: Ameland Ebb-Tidal Delta”.
  • Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Education Category. American Geophysical Union, December 2020.
        • Awarded for presentation, “Keeping our feet dry and safe from the big water by using lots of very tiny rocks” [Link, Video].
  • Erasmus Mundus Category A Scholarship. NTNU/TU Delft/USouthampton, August 2014.
        • Two-year full scholarship for MSc CoMEM program.
  • Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship. University of Waterloo, November 2011.
        • Awarded for academic achievement, and leadership in professional affairs and extracurriculars.
  • Dean’s Honour List. University of Waterloo, October 2011.
        • Awarded for outstanding academic achievement.
  • Dean’s Leadership Award. University of Waterloo, July 2011.
        • Awarded for outstanding achievements and excellent leadership in university community.
  • Sandford Fleming Foundation Consulting Engineering Competition Award. University of Waterloo, July 2011.
        • First-place team member of Waterloo Engineering Competition’s consulting  engineering division.