Raafat El-Hacha

Winter 2007 - nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Calgary

2006 - Engineering Student’s Society (ESS) Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary

May 2006 - Received Certificate of Appreciation from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, for organizing the Specialty Conference on Disaster Mitigation (SCDM-1), CSCE Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 23-26, 2006.

Winter 2006 - nominated for the Professor of the Year Award by the civil engineering students at the University of Calgary (second runner).

Winter 2006 - nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Calgary.

Fall 2005 - nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Calgary.

Winter 2004 - nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Calgary.

Fall 2004 - nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Calgary

First prize for the First ISIS Canada Student Bridge Design Competition awarded by the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence on Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada) at the 7th Annual Conference, May 1, 2002, Winnipeg, Canada. The team consisted of four graduate students from Queen's University (Luke Bisby, Brea Williams, Dorian Tung, and John Ford) and myself. The competition comprised of designing a short covered pedestrian bridge with fibre-reinforced polymers. The bridge is part of an extension to the Faculty of Engineering on the campus of the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada. The bridge was constructed started in January 2003.

Nominated by Queen's University, among the best graduates, as a candidate for the 2001 NSERC Doctoral Prize in the Engineering and Computer Science category. The NSERC Doctoral Prize recognizes excellence in student research in the natural sciences and engineering.

"Honorable Mention" for the Construction and Building Material Award for best paper on the Use of Materials awarded by Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK, for the paper by El-Hacha, R., Green, M.F., and Wight, R.G., "Concrete Beams Post-Strengthened with Prestressed CFRP Sheets" published and presented at the Structural Faults + Repair 01 the 9th International Conference and Exhibition on Extending the Life of Bridges, Civil + Building Structures, July 4-6, 2001, London, England.

Awarded the "Division Three Outstanding Thesis" Prize by the School of Graduate Studies at Queen's University for the best thesis in engineering, Spring 2001.

Nominated for the "Governor General's Academic Gold Medal Award" for Spring 2001 convocation at Queen's University. Selected amongst all the Masters and Doctoral students from all engineering departments.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF), January 2002-December 2003.

"Department of Civil Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award", Queen's University, Winter 2000.

The Graduate Conference Award: August 2000 (Queen's University).

"Distinguished Poster" entitled: "Strengthening Concrete Beams with Prestressed FRP Sheets: Short and Long Term Behaviour at Room and Low Temperatures." Awarded by the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence on Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada) at the 5th Annual Conference, May 5, 2000, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Queen's Graduate Award: Fall 2000 (Queen's University).

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 2000-2001 (Declined).

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 1999-2000.

"Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (FCAR) Scholarship", 1997 to 2000, ranked the 4th out of 49 recipients awarded in the Province of Québec, Canada. (Deferred to fall 1999).

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship PGS-B, September 1997- August 1999.

Queen's Graduate Award: Fall 1999 - Winter 2000 (Queen's University).

The Graduate Conference Award: July 1999 (Queen's University).

Queen's Graduate Award: Fall 1998 - Winter 1999 (Queen's University).

"Honorable Mention" for the 1998 CSCE P.L. Pratley Award CSCE for best Canadian paper in the field of bridge engineering for the paper by Elbadry, M., and El-Hacha, R., "Ultimate Strength and Behavior of Concrete Members Strengthened with Externally Prestressed Carbon Fiber Composite Cables" published and presented at the 5th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges (SMSB-V), July 13-16, 1998, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Queen's Graduate Award: Fall 1997 - Winter 1998 (Queen's University).

Civil Engineering Department Scholarship, University of Waterloo: Fall 1997 (Declined).

University of Waterloo Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Fall 1997 (Declined).

McMaster Civil Engineering 21st Century Fellowship: Fall 1997 (Declined).

McMaster's Graduate Scholarship: Fall 1997 (Declined).

Concordia University External Grant Holders Doctoral Scholarship: Fall 1997 (Declined).

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Fall 97 - Winter 98 (Declined).

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Summer 1997.

Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) Award, as graduate student for an outstanding extra-curricular contribution to student life, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, April 4, 1997.

Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life (ECSCSL) Award, as a technical staff member, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, March 27, 1997.

Engineering and Computer Science Council on Student Life (ECSCSL) Award, as a graduate student, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, May 15, 1996.

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Fall 1996 - Winter 1997.

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Summer 1996.

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Fall 1995 - Winter 1996.

Concordia University Teaching Assistant Fellowship: Fall 1994 - Winter 1995.

Beirut Arab University Teaching Fellowship, Beirut, Lebanon, 1991-1993.

Beirut Arab University Scholarship, Beirut, Lebanon, 1989 - 1990. (Ranked the 5th out of 145 students).

 

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