CSChE Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarships

The 2012 winners are:

Gage Sonntag
University of Saskatchewan
Gage Sonntag is entering his 4th of chemical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. He has served as the treasurer for the Chemical Engineering Students’ Society for the past two years, and was elected president for the upcoming year.

Having presented research at a previous CSChE conference, he’s made it a priority to facilitate student attendance over the past two years. With such a wide breadth of exposure he feels conferences like these suit any student’s interests, and play an important role in developing a student’s passion for their industry. Within the college, he also serves as VP Internal Affairs for the school’s chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and sits on the Board of Director’s for the Saskatoon Engineering Students’ Society.

Sean Johnstone
McMaster University
Sean Johnstone is in his final year of a degree in chemical and bioengineering at McMaster University. Johnstone describes his University experience as nothing short of spectacular. He has participated in many university extracurricular activities including the McMaster Solar Car Project as project manager, Faculty of Engineering student rep, and most recently, McMaster’s CSChE Student Chapter vice president. During his four years with the chemical engineering student club he played an integral role in initiating new student events and increasing student and faculty participation in those events. In his spare time, Johnstone studies as a classical singer and enjoys home brewing his own beer.

Previous winners of the CSChE Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarships

Terms of Reference

The CSChE offers two CSChE Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarships annually to undergraduate students in chemical engineering at a Canadian university.

Deadline: April 30 of every year

Sponsor: The Edmonton CSChE, the Sarnia CIC and the London CIC Local Sections. The scholarships are funded by the proceeds acquired at the 1979 Chemical Engineering Conference held in Sarnia, Ont. (formerly presented as the Sarnia Chemical Engineering Community Scholarship), the 1988 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Edmonton, Alta. (formerly presented as the Edmonton Chemical Engineering Scholarship) and the 1998 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in London, Ont.

Award: A certificate and $2,000 cash for each scholarship. Two scholarships will be given out annually.

Eligibility: The applicants must be undergraduate students in chemical engineering entering their final year of studies at a Canadian university. The scholarships will look at leadership qualities and demonstrated contributions to the CSChE such as participation in Student Chapters as well as academic performance. Applicants must be paid undergraduate student members of the CSChE.

Application: A letter of application should document contributions to the Society. Please provide a copy of the application including the following:

• a transcript of academic performance
• two (2) letters of support

Applications should be submitted electronically in pdf format.

Send to: Awards Manager at awards@cheminst.ca.