Achievements and Awards Received by Students of Prof. Leijun Li



  • Tohid Rajabi - Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2023
  • Ravikiran Kopparthi - AWS Graduate Fellowship Award, American Welding Society, 2023
  • Pejman Hajipour - Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2022
  • Ravikiran Kopparthi - T. W. Fraser and Shirley Russell Teaching Fellowship, University of Alberta, 2022
  • Ravikiran Kopparthi - Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2021
  • Jason (Jing) Li - Neil McEwen Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Welding (Materials) Engineering, two times 2020 and 2021
  • Ravikiran Kopparthy - Doctoral Student Recruitment Scholarship, FGSR, University of Alberta, 2020
  • Zhe Lyu - Doctoral Student Recruitment Scholarship, FGSR, University of Alberta, 2020
  • Yajing Wang - Graduate Fellowship from Chinese Scholarship Council (2020-2022)
  • Suvan Dev Choudhury - Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2019/20
  • Rangasayee Kannan - Heng-Joo and Ku-Leong Graduate Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering, FGSR, University of Alberta, Jun. 2018
  • Neil Anderson - Graduate Student Scholarship (Master's), FGSR, University of Alberta, Feb. 2018
  • Rangasayee Kannan - ConocoPhilips Canada Ltd Graduate Scholarship, Feb. 2018
  • Peng Yu - Graduate Fellowship from Chinese Scholarship Council, 2017-2018
  • Lucas (Lulu) Guo - Graduate Fellowship from Chinese Scholarship Council, 2017-2020
  • Daniel Unsworth - G.L. Kulak Scholarship - CISC, 2017
  • Daniel Unsworth - Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Master's Level, University of Alberta, Sept. 2017
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - co-recipient of Hobart Memorial Award, American Welding Society (2017)
  • Neil Anderson - AIST Foundation's Steel Scholarship - Smith Graduate (AIME), AIST, Oct. 2017
  • Neil Anderson - Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Master's Level (Full), University of Alberta, Sept. 2017
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - University of Alberta Graduate Student Travel Award, 2016
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, 2015
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - DB Robinson Graduate Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering, 2015
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - Neil McEwen Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Welding (Materials) Engineering, 2015
  • Neil Anderson - Centre for Teaching and Learning Summer Student Employment Award, 2016
  • Neil Anderson - Evraz North America R&D Best Student Presentation (Twice), Aug. and Dec., 2015
  • Neil Anderson - Jason Lang Scholarship, 2012-2014
  • Bishal Silwal, Andrew Deceuster, and Ben Griffiths - Co-authors for the paper that wins the W.H. Hobart Memorial Award from American Welding Society, 2014
  • Dr. Bishal Silwal - Appointed as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, 2014
  • Yiyu (Jason) Wang - Graduate Fellowship from Chinese Scholarship Council, 2013-2015
  • Dr. Andrew Deceuster - Appointed as an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, Weber State University, 2013
  • Kevin Orme - Appointed as Faculty of Welding at BYU-Idaho, 2012
  • Jess Housekeeper - DOE NEUP Undergraduate Scholarship Award, 2012
  • Dr. Chunbo (Sam) Zhang - Appointed as Scientist, Fusion Science and Technology Center, UCLA, 2012
  • Dr. Bishal Silwal - Travel to Conference Award, Utah State University, 2012
  • Dr. Andrew Deceuster - Think Award for best autonomous programming and sensor use at the VEX Robotics World Championship, 2011
  • Karen Nielson - NIST Summer Research Fellowship in Materials Science, 2011
  • Dr. Chunbo (Sam) Zhang - Outstanding Ph.D. Researcher, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, 2011
  • Dr. Andrew Deceuster - AWS Graduate Fellowship Award, American Welding Society, 2008-2011
  • Jodie Barker-Tvedtnes - Goldwater Scholar, 2009
  • Jennifer Albretsen-Roth - Goldwater Scholar, 2008
  • Dr. Chunbo (Sam) Zhang - Dissertation Fellowship Award, Utah State University, 2008
  • Dr. Andrew Deceuster - Best Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Utah State University, 2008
  • Timothy Davis - Poster on the Hill, State of Utah undergraduate research poster competition, 2003

  • Dr. Leijun Li, Professor and Chair
    Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
    University of Alberta
    12-224 DICE Building
    9211 - 116 Street
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2V4
    (780)492-3472; leijun@ualberta.ca


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