Derek Martin

First Prize
Dmitri Bohach, University of Saskatchewan

Title: Finite Element Modeling of Cavity Expansion in Soils: Python Implementation and Analysing the Liquefaction Potential of a Tailings Storage Facility

Second Prize
Gage Paskiewich, University of British Columbia

Title: Hazard Mitigation Objects Affects on Bench Scale Failure Runout Using Numerical Modelling

1st Prize
Amelina Iturregui, Alex Bruce, Couper Ebbs-Picken, Ryan Boljkovac| Queen’s University

Title: Pre-feasibility Design of Tailings Storage Facility for Caribou Creek Minerals Ltd

2nd Prize
Ryan Mitchell, Krishan Rajasekar, Atharva Gujar, Zarrin Moin | University of British Columbia

Title: Stanley Park Underground Transportation Path – Design Report

Alexandra Waring, Queen’s University

Armin Saeedi Javadi, Carleton University

Ailing Li, University of Ottawa

Dr. Jennifer Day, Queen’s University

Dr. Jie Han – University of Kansas

Coming soon

Mireille Dumais, Laval University

Dr. Ian D. Moore

Sepehr Chalajour (a), University of Manitoba

Paper Title: Assessment of drag forces on piles subject to embankment loads
Advisor : Dr. James Blatz

Natalie Arpin, Queen’s University

Paper Title: Understanding Frost Jacking Effects on Transportation Infrastructure in Permafrost Regions: Insights from the Hudson Bay Railway
Advisor: Dr. Andy Take

Ian Kennedy, Queen’s University

Paper Title:Debris Flow Numerical Model Validation using Granular Column Collapse
Advisor : Dr. Andy Take, Dr. Ryan Mulligan, Dr. Josh Woods

Paige Schotanus, McMaster university

Paper Title: Rock Mass Characterization of the Niagara Escarpment, Hamilton, Ontario: Implications of Schmidt Hammer Measurements for Geohazard Management
Advisor : Dr. Carolyn Eyles

Cassidy Teodoro-Neville
Emma Ste Croix
Mathew Ghirardi

Queen’s University

Paper Title: Golden Moose Mine Twin Portal and Development Drift Design
Advisor : Dr. Vicki Remenda

Katrijn Bjornson
Julia Costa
Luke Komisarski
Matthew Liew

University of British Columbia

Paper Title: Landslide Mitigation for CN Rail
Advisor : Dr. Jason Yeung

Mei Li, University of Toronto

Liam Soufi, University of Manitoba

Dr. Ryley Beddoe, Royal Military College of Canada

Dr. S. Lee Barbour (Posthumously)

Spring 2023

 Dr. Steve Kramer – University of Washington

Fall 2023

Dr. Hesham El Naggar, University of Western Ontario

Dr. Pooneh Maghoul, Polytechnique Montreal

Topic: Role of Geotechnical Engineering in Human Settlement on the Moon and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities

Naveel Islam, University of Alberta

Émélie Gagnon, Queens University

First Prize:

Maha Saleh, University of Ottawa

Title: Simple Tools for Implementation of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics into Routine Geotechnical Engineering Applications

Advisor: Dr. Sai Vanapalli

Second Prize:

Sepehr Chalajour, University of Manitoba

Title: Assessment of Drag Force on Piles Subjected to Embankment Loads

Advisor: Dr. James Blatz

First Prize:

Kelly Lowry, Carleton University

Title: Factors Affecting Axial and Lateral Load Transfer of Hollow Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Piles in Soft Clay

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Rayhani

Second Prize:

Henry Gage, McMaster University

Title: Greater than the sum of its parts: Passive remote sensing and paleoclimatic sediment data provide a holistic perspective on glacial processes

Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Eyles

First Prize:

Samantha Bennett, Knut Lokken, Kathleen O’Connor, Matthew Taylor, Nathanial Tratnik – University of New Brusnwick

Title: Design of Sustainable Compacted Soil Blocks for Raising Dykes Along the New Brunswick Fundy Coastline Due to Climate Change Driven Sea Level Rise

Advisor: Dr. Othman Nasir

Second Prize:

Gurjap Grewal, Abeer Lamba, Caleigh MacDonald, Owen Perfect – University of British Columbia

Title: Conceptual Closure Design for the White Sullivan Prospecting Mine Tailings Storage Facility

Advisors: Dr. Jason Yeung and Dr. Susan Hollingshead

Dr. Robert Chapuis

Spring 2022

Dr. Doug Stead

Fall 2022 

Dr. Catherine Mulligan,

Dr. Nicholas Beier

2022 – Heidi Cossey, University of Alberta

2022 – Abigail Paul, University of Alberta

1st Prize

• Bruce Gee

2nd Prize

• Lisa Tauskela

1st Prize

• Frances Hallen

2nd Prize

• Henry Gage

1st Prize

• Paul Brezanoczy Edwards
• Christian Valerio
• Matthew Weiss

2nd Prize

• Killian Bell
• Kenneth Lemieux
• Kelly Lowry
• Marco Maggioni
• Liam Sickinger
• Davis Stambolich