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Tarana Haque (right) is presented with her 2010 Jackson Fellowship award
The Steel Structures Education Foundation continues to award fellowships and grants to deserving recipients
2010 SSEF PROGRAMS UPDATE
2010 G.J. JACKSON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD
The G. J. Jackson Fellowship is awarded annually by the Steel
Structures Education Foundation in memory of the late Geoffrey
Jackson. Jackson was, for many years, a leader in the Canadian
structural steel fabrication industry and a founding member of the
Steel Structures Education Foundation.
The award is presented to Canadian engineering students
conducting graduate studies in structural engineering, with major
emphasis on steel structures. This prestigious award is currently
valued at $15,000 over a one-year period. It is presented at
the SSEF Annual General Meeting and commemorated with the
Geoffrey J. Jackson Memorial Medal.
The 2010 Jackson Fellowship recipient is Tarana Haque from the
University of Toronto. Tarana was presented with her award at the
annual SSEF / CISC Convention this past June in Kananaskis, Alberta.
Tarana is a Master’s student, working under the supervision of
Professor Jeffrey A. Packer. Her project involves the investigation
SSEF PROGRAmS
of EHS-to-EHS connections. Twelve large-scale EHS-to-EHS
connection specimens will be tested in the newly renovated
Structural Testing Facility at the University of Toronto. Results
will be used to evaluate existing design equations, based
on conventional HSS connections, for their adequacy and
applicability to EHS connections.
Maura Lecce
Information about the Jackson Fellowship can be found on the
SSEF website at www.ssef-ffca.ca.
2010 SSEF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GRANTS
The SSEF has been actively promoting research of topics that
are considered to be of interest and importance to the steel
industry since 1995. University research grant applications are
reviewed and ranked by the SSEF and, at the discretion of the
SSEF, are awarded to full-time members of engineering faculties
of Canadian universities for a one-year period. The total value of
grants awarded in 2010 was $94,250. The principal researcher
of the top-ranked SSEF university research grant applications is
also awarded the H. A. Krentz Award.
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