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At the International Symposium on Electrochemistry and Surface Science (ISESS) in Honour of Jacek Lipkowski's 80th Birthday, held from August 14th to August 17th at the University of Guelph, six U of G CEPS students won notable awards. 

Student Oral Presentation Winners:

• Stephen Tatarchuk, graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, won 1st place in Section 1 for a presentation on Insight into Catalyst Activity for the Electrooxidation of Ammonia from Linear Scaling Relations and Microkinetic Modeling.

The 75th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) was held at the Palais des Congrès located in downtown Montréal, Canada from August 18th to August 23th this year. Two University of Guelph graduate students in the Department of Chemistry won poster awards.

Alexander Morrison successfully defended his thesis on "Cherenkov Spectroscopy."

Carlos Ramirez Erazo successfully defended his thesis on the "Development of Graphene Oxide-Based Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Pharmaceuticals."

Nathan Shami successfully defended his thesis on the "Analysis and Mitigation of Carbon Deposition in the Steam Reforming of Ethanol for Hydrogen Production on an Unsupported Ni Catalyst."

Breanna Clarke successfully defended her thesis on "The Study of Zinc Oxide Nanostructure Growth Under Various Conditions Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy."

Matthew Smith successfully defended his thesis on the "Computational and Experimental Probing of the Alkylation of Sulfenate Anions."

Prof. William Tam was the recipient of the CEPS Excellence in Undergraduate Supervision Award at the CEPS Annual College Awards for 2024. 

Prof. Aicheng Chen was the recipient of the CEPS Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award at the CEPS Annual College Awards for 2024. 

Abida Suboor successfully defended her thesis on the "Development and Optimization of a Feasible Drying Formulation for Phage-Carrier Biopesticide against Fire Blight."