Prof. Akram Alfantazi of the Dept. of Materials Engineering has been selected as the UBC recipient of the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring (mid-career category) for 2010. The award recognizes the mentoring of graduate students.
Alfantazi joined the Dept. of Materials Engineering in 2001 and is now an associate professor. He has mentored 10 MASc students and three PhD students who have graduated from the program and is currently supervising 16 graduate students. He is highly regarded as a teacher and mentor by former and current students, graduate and undergraduate. His success as a mentor can be seen in the achievements of his former graduate students who have gone on to academic and senior leadership positions in the industry.
For more information, www.engineering.ubc.ca/news/2010/nov23.html
