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CH E M IC AL AN D B IOLOG IC AL E NG I N E E RI NG

2020 Graduation CelebrationAN E- GAL A E VE NT

12 : 00 – 1 :30 PM

TH U R S DAY, J U N E 18 , 2020

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UBC HISTORY

WELCOME FROM DR. CHARLES HAYNES

SCHEDULE OF CEREMONY

2020 CHBE GRADUATES

STUDENT AWARDS

FACULTY AWARDS

CONTENTS

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Met some of the best people during my time here and learnt tons from some amazing teachers. Thanks for the memories CHBE.

SATVIK CHANDAR Chemical Engineering Program

“However long and arduous the road that must be travelled, we are confident in our fortitude and determination to see the journey through.”

ZEZHONG LI Chemical Engineering Program

CHBE at UBC was a rollercoaster. From hard courses, countless assignments and multiple exams, to friendships and memories that will never be forgotten. The entire experience has made us who we are, and I am proud to have been a part of it.

JAIDEEP MULLICK Chemical Engineering Program

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Established in 1908, UBC is the oldest university in British Columbia. The University of British Columbia is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranking among the top 20 public universities in the World and recently recognized as North America’s most international university.

In the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities, UBC placed 35th and 2nd in Canada. This is echoed in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which placed UBC as 34th best university in the world and 2nd in Canada, and in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking, in which UBC was positioned as the 30th best University in the world. Importantly, all of these independent studies cite UBC as being among the 20 best Public Universities worldwide, making clear the tremendous value of a UBC education and degree.

Graduates, and current and former faculty of UBC include over 200 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, 8 Nobel laureates, over 70 Rhodes scholars and over 65 Olympians, and many fellows of both the US National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society. Three Prime Ministers of Canada, including Canada’s first female prime minister Kim Campbell and our current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been educated at UBC.

Since 1915, UBC’s motto, Tuum Est (It is Yours), has been a declaration of its commitment to attracting and supporting those who have the drive to shape a better world. As a result, UBC students, faculty and staff continue to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo, placing us at the forefront of discovery, learning and engagement. UBC encourages bold thinking, curiosity and initiative, helping all to realize their greatest potential.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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I want to congratulate you on completing your degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE). You should be extremely proud!

The current COVID-19 pandemic has given all of us reason to reflect on our lives and our purpose. I think about friends and family and their well-being, as well as the little things we all take for granted, like dining out or in with groups of friends. But mostly I have found myself reflecting on what makes our department so special. It is each and every one of you — our students, faculty and staff — and your inspiring efforts to solve society’s current challenges and help reestablish a prosperous, safe, connected, and inclusive World. While it is easy to dwell on negatives in times like this, I want to encourage you all to keep viewing this generational event as an opportunity to reshape our World for the better using your engineering skills.

Those skills are needed more than ever. They are also considerable. UBC is ranked as one of the top 20 Public Universities in the World, and the quality of our CHBE Department, its faculty and staff, and its entire student body are an important reason why. As a graduate of our Department, you join an exceptional group of alumni who are leaders in companies and universities across Canada and throughout the World that are providing solutions to many of the World’s most pressing challenges - green technologies and processes to convert renewable natural resources into the vast array of products currently required by society, advanced fuel cells, batteries and photovoltaics that provide clean energy while reducing use of gasoline and other fossil fuels, and the discovery and manufacture of revolutionary chemicals and materials that will help ensure a sustainable society and planet.

WELCOME FROM DR. CHARLES HAYNESHEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Is it any wonder that UBC was just ranked by the Times Higher Education as number one in the World for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. UBC’s research and training on climate change, green energy and the engineering of a sustainable World are unparalleled, and many of those contributions come from the collective efforts of our Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. We therefore rank 1st in Canada for our work towards ensuring sustainable and affordable energy.

Ahead of and in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are also developing pharmaceuticals, medical devices and drug-delivery systems needed to improve human health, as well as advanced technologies to provide clean drinking water and safe foods to all people, including those living in the most impoverished countries and communities. You have all helped in that important effort, and I’ve merely scratched the surface of what you all do and provide. Each day, you and all of our other terrific talent are providing innovative solutions for this and future generations.

Our core mission is to fully prepare you to be leaders of industry and society. Constantly improving your engineering skills and value to society are our guiding principles, and as a graduate of one of our degree programs you have seen those principles at work not only in our classrooms, but also in our research laboratories, community and industry partnerships, entrepreneurial ventures, student organizations, and outreach activities. The broad and potent set of skills you acquired have therefore positioned you well for a productive career.

We are very proud of each and every one of you and look forward to the many contributions you will make to bettering our World.

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Procrastinspiration is the least enlightened but most practiced form of creativity - I believe in you, Class of 2020, go forth into the world and find better ways to achieve Nirvana.

SAMANTHA LEE Chemical and Biological Engineering Program

It’s been a wonderful ride for all these years. Thanks for letting me learn from and with all of you! Stay strong and let’s hope our paths cross again!

KELVIN HAU Chemical and Biological Engineering Program

It’s not about how we ended our degree, but how we grew during these years. Congratulations to everyone!

CONRAD INCH Chemical and Biological Engineering Program

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CHBE GRADUATION CELEBRATION 2020JUNE 18, 2020 | 12: 00 - 1: 30 PM

P R O G R A Me-Gathering of Graduates

11: 50 - 12: 00 PM

Welcome and Introductory RemarksDr. Charles Haynes, Head of the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Graduation Celebration AddressDr. Jorg Thommes Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute Graduating in a time like no other: why we need Chemical and Biological Engineers more than ever

Congratulations from Our FacultyDr. Gabriel Potvin

CHBE Undergraduate Student Council Co-PresidentsJade May and Monelle Thomson

Student and Capstone Design AwardsDr. Jonathan Verrett

APSC Design and Innovation Awards 6th International Gas Hydrate Award A. Paul Watkinson Design Award APSC Design and Innovation Industry Awards Colin Oloman Poster Award Academic Awards

Student Awards to FacultyDarien Grace and Emma Stanley

Announcement of Our 2020 CHBE GraduatesDr. Gabriel Potvin and Dr. Jonathan Verrett

ValedictoryEmma Stanley

Concluding Remarks Dr. Charles Haynes, Head of the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

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2020 CHBE GRADUATES

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

James Campbell

Decomposition of Carbonates in Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Ambient Air

Jingqian Chen

Understanding and Modelling Softwood Hemicellulose Hydrolysis and Its Adsorption to Pulp Fibres

Masoud Daneshi

Characterising the Non-Ideal Behaviour of a Carbopol Gel Flowing in Thin Conduits

Robertus Dhimas Dhewangga Putra

Studies on Lignin Model Compounds Upgrading with In-situ Glycerol Aqueous Phase Reforming and the Application for Upgrading of Ligneous Material

Bahman Ghiasisis

Steam-Assisted Pelletization And Torrefaction of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Mengqi Han

Impact of Water Solutes on the Formation of Nitrite under Vacuum UV(VUV) Advanced Oxidation of Nitrate-Rich Water

Jason Kwan

Characterization and Enhancement of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysis

Colin Moore

Electrocatalysts for Voltage Reversal Tolerant Anodes in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and CO2 Reduction to Formate

THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Rubenthran Govindarajan

Transport Design through Carbon Material Engineering in PEM Fuel Cells

Young Yoon Kim

The Effectiveness of Bauxite Residue in Reducing Biomass Gasification Tars

Ryan Melnick

Scaling Micro-fluidic 3D Printing for Hydrogel Encapsulation

Milad Raeiszadeh Oskouei

Studying Microbial Inactivation by a New UV Radiation Source: Microplasma UV

Muaad Zuliki

Rheology and Capillary Flow of Sodium and Zinc Ionomers

THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ENGINEERING

Supak Barua

Srishti Birla

Venkata Ramcharan Korlepara

Philip Lo

Parash Loya

Kamonchanok Sirikan

Haotian Xu

Muhammad Yoosufani

Yuting Zhou

Frank Nkansah-Boadu

Removal of Soluble Selenium in the Presence of Nitrate from Coal Mining- Influenced Water

Ehsanollah Oveisi Fordiie

Logistics of Wood Chips Supply and Performance Analysis of an Industrial Updraft Gasifier

Danielle Salvatore

Electrocatalytic CO2 Conversion in Flow Reactors

Mohammad Shanb Ghazani

On the Development of a Method for Continuous Fractionation of non-Brownian Particles in a Viscoplastic Fluid

Hui Tian

Stochastic Multi-Objective Economic Model Predictive Control of Two-stage High Consistency Mechanical Pulping Processes

Vasiliy Triandafilidi

Investigation of Polyelectrolyte Gel Based Electronic Devices

Haoqi Wang

Environmental, Economic and Policy Analysis of Energy Production from Biomass Residues in British Columbia

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Ambarish Thakur

Monelle Thomson

Lucy Vincent-Smith

Vitorio Von Staa Sambatti

Ziqing Wang

Adam Wiebe

Honghao Wu

Michael Zheng

Minghao Zhou

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Joshua Agarwal

Asad Agha

Marc Joshuel Agustin

Olaolusubomi Akinsunmade

Madelyn Alianto

Xiao Ping Ang

Kiavash Bakrani Balani

Kynan Bangun

Harsimran Bath

Kenneth Benjamin

Zhi Xuan Boey

Matthew Budai

Danica Cachero

Teagan Cartwright

Satvik Chandar

James Cheon

Victor Chiew

Elvern Chong

Nicholas Clifford-Moss

Erica Cline

Christian Deck

Reea Dev

Jose Gabriel Dimayacyac

Joshua Donaldson

Fiona D’Silva

Rory Dunbar

Shams Eldin Elnawawi

Caleb Enns

Shawn Esquivel

Nelson Fu

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Jason Bandstra

Xrystos Bhegani

Genpei Cai

Gautam Chintapenta

Wing Yin Lena Choi

Carolina Gasparini Silva

Kayla Giles

Darien Grace

Kelvin Hau

Timothy Hillmer

Evan Horton

Zhaohong Hu

Conrad Inch

Jaden King

Bridget La Prairie

Samantha Lee

Melissa Lehner

Daniel McClement

Yijun Miao

Gillian Fung-Quon

Ryan Ghirra

Nayantara Gopi

Tara Green

Erin Hagen

Stuthi Hegde

Lauren Hergott

Mikayla Hong

Muhammad Jalaludin

Vishnu Jayaprakash

Wenke Jiang

Thomas Johnson

Jordan Jonasson

Harneet Kaur

Tu Lan

Gyeonggeon Lee

Jacqueline Lee

Abhishek Lekhi

Shi Xi Li

Zezhong Li

Daniela Lopez Gonzalez

Yifan Lu

Jade May

Nathan Melo

Connor Meinke

Mohamad Kamarul Zafri Mohamad Rafi

Amr Mohyeldin

Jaideep Mullick

Cheyanne Nikolaisen

Ifeoluwa Olaifa

Marc Ostertag

Patamanun Pasaanunwut

Daniel Raw

Sarah Stumpf

Mingze Sun

Rosemarie Nederend

Emma-Claire Njiki

Jeanne Therese Payoyo

Lukas Privett

Brendan Rock

Platon Rybakov

Kevin Salim

Anand Samra

Carissa Scholes

Emma Stanley

Taij Taggar

Baylee Talan

Marisa Tellis

Madalynn Thornton

Carolina Trujillo Sanchez

Manisha Walia

Siyang Wang

Zi Wang

Thomas Whittaker

Jordan Wright

Cheng Yen Yang

Shiqi Yu

Said Zaid-Alkailani

Rui Qi Zhang

Jia Yi Ariel Zheng

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STUDENT AWARDS

Select CHBE awards are given annually to our graduating students. They are awarded based on merit and community service, respecting donor requests. No applications are required to the awards committee, and all students meeting the stipulations of the awards are automatically considered. CHBE students also are automatically considered for Applied Science awards which may be rotated through departments.

CAPSTONE DESIGNS AWARDSThe undergraduate programs culminate in a significant student design experience delivered through a Capstone Design course. Students carry out the design and economic assessment of a major, environmentally-sound process in chemical and/or biological engineering. Students work in teams under the supervision of a faculty advisor and, when possible, mentored by a practising professional engineering from industry to ensure relevance and quality.

APSC DESIGN AND INNOVATION CAPSTONE AWARDSBased on the design course faculty instructors’ assessments and evaluations, the top Capstone projects in the Chemical Engineering and the Chemical & Biological Engineering programs are recognized with the Applied Science and Innovation Design Award.

Kiavash Bakrani Balani

Satvik Chandar

Joshua Donaldson

Vishnu Jayaprakash

Alex Li

Jaideep Mullick

Vitorio Sambatti

Adam Wiebe

CYANIDE TREATMENT USING PURE SO2

SEAWATER DESALINATION WITH A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAGenpei Cai

Timothy Hillmer

Jaden King

Samantha Lee

Yijun Miao

Baylee Talan

Jordan Wright

Shiqi Yu

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THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL GAS HYDRATE AWARD

This award is given to the team of students in the Chemical Engineering program who produced an outstanding project, as evaluated by the design course faculty instructors.

APSC DESIGN AND INNOVATION INDUSTRY AWARDS

This award is given to the top scoring project in the Chemical Engineering and the Chemical & Biological Engineering programs, based on the review and evaluation of industry professionals.

THE PAUL WATKINSON DESIGN AWARD

This award is given to the team of students in the Chemical & Biological Engineering program who produced an outstanding project, as evaluated by the design course faculty instructors.

THE COLIN OLOMAN PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

This prize is awarded to the project team with the most votes from fellow students and members of the public.

Madelyn Alianto

Elvern Chong

Gillian Fung-Quon

Nayantara Gopi

Group P5

Josh Agarwal

Ola Akinsunmade

Fiona D’Silva

Shams Elnawawi

Group B1

Darien Grace

Daniel McClement

Rosemarie Nederend

Carissa Scholes

Group B4

Genpei Cai

Timothy Hillmer

Jaden King

Samantha Lee

THERMAL TREATMENT OF VACUUM RESIDUE USING DELAYED COKING

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO2 SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE IN SALINE AQUIFERS

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL WAX ESTER PRODUCTION USING ENGINEERED RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII

INDUSTRIAL WAX ESTER PRODUCTION USING ENGINEERED RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII

SEAWATER DESALINATION WITH A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Darien Grace

Daniel McClement

Rosemarie Nederend

Carissa Scholes

Meghan Ho

Harneet Kaur

Dave Scheuerman Lee

Daniel Raw

Caleb Enns

Tara Green

Thomas Johnson

Ife Olaifa

Emma Stanley

Taij Taggar

Carolina Trujillo Sanchez

Riley Whittaker

Yijun Miao

Baylee Talan

Jordan Wright

Shiqi Yu

Emma Stanley

Taij Taggar

Carolina Trujillo Sanchez

Riley Whittaker

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Josh AgarwalOla AkinsunmadeFiona D’SilvaShams ElnawawiCaleb EnnsTara GreenThomas JohnsonIfe Olaifa

Madelyn AliantoElvern ChongGillian Fung-QuonNayantara GopiMeghan HoHarneet KaurDave Scheuerman LeeDaniel Raw

Danica CacheroTeagan CartwrightErica ClineReea DevLauren HergottCharlie LanJacqueline LeeDaniela Lopez Gonzalez

Asad AghaKenneth BenjaminJason ChengNelson FuJordan JonassonTomasso LoschiavoNathan Neufeld

Kiavash Bakrani BalaniSatvik ChandarJoshua DonaldsonVishnu JayaprakashAlex LiJaideep MullickVitorio SambattiAdam WiebeGroup P1 Group P6

Group P7

Group P8

Group P9

Group P10

Group P2

Group P3

Group P4

Group P5

CYANIDE TREATMENT USING PURE SO2

NATURAL GAS PROCESSING AND LIQUEFACTION FOR LARGE-SCALE LNG PRODUCTION

NUCLEAR POWERED CARBON CAPTURE AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS FOR GASOLINE PRODUCTION USING FISCHER-TROPSCH

DESIGN OF A SMALL-SCALE LNG PLANT FOR REMOTE APPLICATIONS

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY STEAM-METHANE REFORMATION AND WATER-GAS SHIFT WITH CARBON CAPTURE

DIRECT AIR CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

BIOMASS GASIFICATION WITH FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS

FUEL PRODUCTION FROM WASTE PLASTIC

THERMAL TREATMENT OF VACUUM RESIDUE USING DELAYED COKING

CO2 SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE IN SALINE AQUIFERS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM CAPSTONE DESIGNS

James CheonNicholas Clifford-MossRory DunbarShawn EsquivelRyan GhirraMikayla HongMarc OstertagSarah Stumpf

Christian DeckYifan LuMingze SunAmbarish ThakurZiqing WangMichael ZhengJocelyn ZhouKailin Zhu

Josh AgustinPing AngVictor ChiewJayg DimayacyacStuthi HegdeAbhishek LekhiSisley LiZezhong John Li

Matt BudaiErin HagenJade MayConnor MeinkeNathan MeloCheyanne NikolaisenMonelle ThomsonTai Williams

Kynan BangunZhi Xuan BoeyOwen ForsterArrif JalaludinWenke (Emily) JiangZafri RafiPatamanun PasaanunwutHonghao Wu

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CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM CAPSTONE DESIGN

Genpei Cai

Timothy Hillmer

Jaden King

Samantha Lee

Yijun Miao

Baylee Talan

Jordan Wright

Shiqi Yu

Xrystos Bhegani

Tyra Phillips

Luke Privett

Anand Samra

Marisa Tellis

Ariel Zheng

Gautam Chintapenta

Melissa Lehner

Emma-Claire Njiki

Manisha Walia

Sariel Wang

Zi Wang

Ophelia Zhang

Lena Choi

Kelvin Hau

Antonio Rodriguez

Brendan Rock

Platon Rybakov

Madalynn Thornton

Kevin Yang

Said Zaid-Alkailani

Param Arora

Jason Bandstra

Carolina Gasparini Silva

Kayla Giles

Bridget La Prairie

Jeanne Therese Payoyo

Kevin Salim

Darien Grace

Daniel McClement

Rosemarie Nederend

Carissa Scholes

Emma Stanley

Taij Taggar

Carolina Trujillo Sanchez

Riley Whittaker

Group B1

Group B2 Group B5

Group B6

Group B4

Group B3

INDUSTRIAL WAX ESTER PRODUCTION USING ENGINEERED RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII

COMOX VALLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY UPGRADES: BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT RECOVERY AND BIOGAS PRODUCTION

POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA) PLASTICS FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE

BIOSYNTHESIS OF ERYTHRITOL FROM CRUDE GLYCEROL USING YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA

FUNGAL PRE-TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC WASTE FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND UPGRADING TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS

SEAWATER DESALINATION WITH A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Faculty members not only provide excellent teaching but also motivate and support students in extracurricular activities and in research. Each year, undergraduate students select faculty to receive teaching awards. These awards acknowledge excellence in teaching and in assisting students to achieve their potential and their goals.

Recipients of the 2019W teaching awards:

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S SILVER MEDALZEZHONG JOHN LI is an exceptional graduate of the Chemical Engineering program at UBC, having completed the co-op program and top standing in the department for his entire tenure as an undergraduate student. From research conducted during his co-op terms and his senior undergraduate thesis work, John co-published six peer-reviewed conference and journal papers in the globally important areas of clean energy, carbon capture technologies, hydrogen production and chemical looping. He also served as a teaching assistant and mentor to many of his fellow undergraduate students.

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Faculty of Applied Science extend their best wishes to John as he pursues a doctoral degree at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

DEAN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN ENGINEERING FOR MAY 2020The students who have demonstrated academic excellence throughout their undergraduate program and show great promise are recognized with the Dean’s Achievement award.

The 2020 recipients are:

Chemical Engineering: ADAM WIEBE

Chemical and Biological Engineering: DANIEL MCCLEMENT

Dr. Jonathan Verrett Dr. Gabriel Potvin

STUDENT ACADEMIC AWARDS

FACULTY AWARDS FROM OUR STUDENTS

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The CHBE class of 2020 will be remembered, not only because of the unprecedented circumstances, but also because of the tremendous talent, intelligence and grit that this class has shown. Congratulations everyone!

MONELLE THOMSON Chemical Engineering Program

UBC CHBE has provided me with the opportunity to experience beyond the curriculum, inspired me to make a difference and have connections, professors and peers that I’ll keep for life!

SRIGHTI BIRLA Masters of Engineering

“Life is all beginnings and ends. Nothing stays the same.”

DARIEN GRACE Chemical and Biological Engineering Program

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