Chemistry Events
Lab Skills Contest
From 1996 to 2005, local schools from the Fraser Valley were invited to enter teams of four Grade 12 students in the UFV Chemistry Lab Skills Contest. This contest was hosted by the Department of Chemistry in conjunction with National Chemistry Week. Team members spent a full day working in the UFV laboratories and completed at least two experiments: one quantitative, and the other qualitative. Teams were assessed on the basis of the accuracy and precision of their quantitative results and the quality of their qualitative work. Most recently, members of the winning team received $100 each, with smaller amounts being awarded to members of the second- and third-placed teams. The winning school received a plaque to keep for one year, and a reference book for use in its library or laboratory. All participants received a custom-designed T-shirt. The table below lists the winners of the contest in past years.
Year Winner
1996 Sardis Secondary School
1997 Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
1998 Heritage Park Secondary School
1999 Yale Secondary School
2000 Yale Secondary School
2001 Yale Secondary School
2002 Yale Secondary School
2003 W. J. Mouat Secondary School
2004 W. J. Mouat Secondary School
2005 Mennonite Education Institute
UFV Awards in Chemistry
Chemistry Department Awards
Each year the Department of Chemistry presents awards to students who demonstrate outstanding achievements in the chemistry courses taken that year.
1. Outstanding achievement in first-year chemistry
This award is made possible through the Department's participation in the CRC Press Chemistry Award program which is sponsored by the Taylor and Francis Group, publishers of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
Value of award: Book (approximate value $100)
Winner selected by members of the Chemistry Department.
- 1997/1998 Michael Hildebrand and Harpreet Kaler
- 1998/1999 Jessica McAllister
- 1999/2000 Thea Heemskerk and Melissa Wong
- 2000/2001 Zachary Klaassen
- 2001/2002 Sylvia Rempel
- 2002/2003 Michael Verde
- 2003/2004 Christoph Brandt
- 2004/2005 Steven Green
- 2005/2006 Geoffrey Burton, Van Dinh and Christina Les
- 2006/2007 Ashley Epp and Kurt Jordan
- 2007/2008 Gagandeep Saran
- 2008/2009 Jaspreet Lidder, Harman Sidhu, Navdeep Sidhu, Ravinder Sidhu
- 2009/2010 Mohmeet Brar, Paul Foth
- 2010/2011 John Alexander, Joshua Nickel, Kaori Sogame, Alexa Dobie
2. Outstanding achievement in second-year chemistry
This award is currently sponsored by Fisher Scientific.
Value of award: $100
Winner selected by members of the Chemistry Department.
- 1997/1998 Michael Toop
- 1998/1999 Michael Hildebrand
- 1999/2000 Janina Kobes
- 2000/2001 David Moen
- 2001/2002 Melissa Wong
- 2002/2003 Heather More
- 2003/2004 Laura Gronkjaer
- 2004/2005 Mike Kerr
- 2005/2006 Joel Krueger
- 2006/2007 Van Dinh
- 2007/2008 Heather Wiebe
- 2008/2009 Brittany Tarras
- 2009/2010 Rosanna Martens
- 2010/2011 Paul Foth, Brandon Yanciw
3. Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal
The Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal is awarded annually to the most outstanding student who has completed the penultimate year of a chemistry program during the preceding 12 months.
- 1999/2000 Michael Hildebrand
- 2000/2001 Not awarded
- 2001/2002 Ken Dykstra
- 2002/2003 Lori Thiele
- 2003/2004 Lisa Ego
- 2004/2005 Pamela Jenks
- 2005/2006 Christine McLoughlin
- 2006/2007 Evelyn Verhoef
- 2007/2008 Elna Deglint
- 2008/2009 Melissa Prachnau
- 2009/2010 Heather Wiebe
- 2010/2011 Jenna Peters
4. Outstanding Achievement by a Student Graduating with a Chemistry Major
Candidates must have completed a Chemistry major with a good GPA and must have made a significant contribution to the Department of Chemistry during their time at UFV. This award is currently sponsored by Fisher Scientific.
Value of the award: $100 The winner is selected by members of the Chemistry Department.
- 2004/2005 Lisa Ego
- 2005/2006 Not awarded
- 2006/2007 Christine McLoughlin
- 2007/2008 Evelyn Verhoef
- 2008/2009 Van Dinh
- 2009/2010 Not awarded
- 2010/2011 Melissa Prachnau and Heather Martens
UFV Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards
UFV Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards of up to $1000 are presented each year to those students who have completed outstanding research projects under the supervision of a UFV faculty member. Details of past winners from the Department of Chemistry are as follows:
2010
Heather Martens, Melissa Prachnau
2009
Elna Deglint
2008
Jeffery Perkins, Christa van Klei
Previous years
Name: Sonny Dhaliwal
Value of the award: $750
Project: How Quickly do Knotty Molecules Lose Their Energy as They Grow Up?
Supervisor: Dr. Noham Weinberg
Name: Christine McLoughlin
Value of the award: $750
Project: Conjugation in Azines
Supervisor: Dr. Noham Weinberg
Name: Christine McLoughlin
Value of the award: $1000
Project: Molecular Dynamics of Aqueous Nanodroplets
Supervisor: Dr. Noham Weinberg
Name: Christine McLoughlin
Value of the award: $1000
Project: Measuring Chirality by Chiral Interactions
Supervisor: Dr. Noham Weinberg
Other Awards
Creo Award (formerly The Chemical Institute of Canada Achievement Award)
Each college, university college, and university in BC (except those on Vancouver Island or in Prince George) nominates a second-year student to receive this award, currently valued at $100. The awards are presented at a dinner meeting of the Vancouver section of the Chemical Institute of Canada.
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