Honours & awards

Travel and Best Poster Award (2nd Place) @ SPE Foams 2024

Recipient of the Ananda Chatterjee Travel Award and Best poster award (2nd place) at the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Foams Conference – King of Prussia, PA, USA (Sept ‘24)

Poster Title: Synthesis and characterization of Kraft lignin and depolymerized Kraft lignin-based phenolic foams for hydrophilic applications.

News Coverage:

"Glen Dsouza, a 4th-year PhD student at Western University was awarded second place in the SPE poster presentation"

E. G. D. Murray Scholarship in Biochemical Engineering

Recipient of the merit-based E. G. D. Murray Scholarship in Biochemical Engineering for the academic year 2023-2024 from the Faculty of Engineering at Western University

(Awarded to a graduate student engaged in research in Biochemical Engineering. Established in honour of Dr. E.G.D. Murray, a distinguished Canadian microbiologist, who was a visiting professor of Medical Research from 1955 to 1964.)

(May 2024)

The President's Challenge @ Western University

Team awarded first place in the inaugural round of the President’s Challenge competition (aimed at solving Canada’s healthcare crisis) held at Western University after being selected as one of the top 5 semi-finalists (>400 participants and 120 groups from all faculties across Western Universities).

(April 2024)

Media Coverage:

"A winning idea that could help our healthcare system"

"Western University offers $20,000 for solutions to healthcare crisis"

"Mobile MRI solution wins The President's Challenge"

"Western students drive health-care solutions through President’s Challenge"

"A competition that brings out innovation and healthcare solutions"

"Western Engineering PhD candidates win President’s Challenge with Mobile MRI"

Review article featured on Wiley's ChemBioEng Reviews front cover

Cover Art

Graphical Abstract

Glen's review paper on biobased foams for construction applications has been featured in the cover art of Wiley's ChemBioEng Reviews journal, where it will remain for all the issues of 2024.

(February 2024)

Link to the cover art: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cben.202470101

Link to access the article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cben.202300014

3MT Competition @ AIChE Annual Meeting 2023

Awarded first place at the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) finals held at the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida after being selected as one of the top 12 finalists

(November 2023)

AIChE 3MT Competition - Preliminary Submission

AIChE 3MT Finals - First Place Award Presentation

News Coverage:

"Glen DSouza, a third-year PhD student at Western University awarded first place at the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition during the AIChE Annual Meeting"

"Glen DSouza, Third-Year PhD Student at Western University, Wins First Place at 3MT Competition During AIChE Annual Meeting"

Ivan Malek Scholarship in Biochemical Engineering

Glen DSouza @ the Scholarship ceremony, Western Engineering

Received the Ivan Malek Scholarship in Biochemical Engineering for the academic year 2022-2023

(Awarded to a graduate student engaged in research in Biochemical Engineering. Established in honour of Dr. Ivan Malek, distinguished applied microbiologist, Academician of the Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize)

(April 2023)

3 Minute Pitch Competition @ CCEC-2022

CCEC 2022 - Certificate - Glen DSouza

Glen DSouza @ CCEC 2022

Awarded first place at the 3 Minute Pitch (3MP) competition held at Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC-2022), Vancouver, October 23-26

(October 2022)

World Challenge Challenge @ Western University 2021

Participated and advanced through to final round at the ‘World Challenge Challenge’ event held at Western University – London, Canada: Presentation titled “Unmasking the Earth: Harnessing Green Fuels from Masks”

(March 2021)

Best Paper Award @ National Conference

Best Paper Presentation award (2nd Place) for presentation titled “Experimental Heat Transfer Investigations of a Double Pipe U-Tube Heat Exchanger Equipped with Twisted Tape and Cut Twisted Tape Internals” – Presented at Kongu Engineering College, India (Feb 2021)

(February 2021)

MITACS Internship Grant

Awarded a MITACS Internship Grant towards the completion of a 4-month Research Internship with Sco-Terra Consulting Group, London-ON, Canada.

(October 2020)

3 Minute Thesis Competition @ Western University

Secured second place at the 3MT Bridge Competition held by the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park at Sarnia, Ontario – Presentation Title: Numerical Investigation of Bubble Column Hydrodynamics

(June 2019)

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Winning 3MT Slide

World Challenge Challenge @ Western University 2019

Participated and advanced through to final round at the ‘World Challenge Challenge’ event held at Western University – London, Canada: Presentation titled “Compost from Plastic: A March Towards a Greener Planet”

(February 2019)

Srishti-2018 Project Exhibition

Final year thesis on Biodegradation of Polythene was shortlisted to be exhibited at Srishti – 2018, a State Level Engineering Students Project Exhibition

(May 2018)

Chem'ix 18 - Quiz Competition

Secured First Place in chemical engineering technical quiz among 120 participants from top varsities in India held at CHEM’IX 18 , Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur – India

(April 2018)

Best Paper Award @ National Conference

Best Paper Presentation award (1st Place) - 5th National Conference on Intra and Inter-Disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur – India

(April 2018)

Best Paper Award @ International Conference

Best Paper Presentation award (1st Place) - 1st International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering for development of Agriculture, Energy and Environment, Adhyiamaan College of Engineering, Tamilnadu – India

(March 2018)

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