Allyson Aritcheta / en Three graduate students win U of T Libraries research exhibition awards /news/three-graduate-students-win-u-t-libraries-research-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three graduate students win U of T Libraries research exhibition awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UTL%20Student%20Awards%20Jan%202020-41.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=GRP17X2s 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/UTL%20Student%20Awards%20Jan%202020-41.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=YUj3bQkD 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/UTL%20Student%20Awards%20Jan%202020-41.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=NsX6offr 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UTL%20Student%20Awards%20Jan%202020-41.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=GRP17X2s" alt="heryl Regehr, Elizabeth Haig, Rahul Arora, Amanda Khan and Larry Alford pose for a photo"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-01-27T17:04:14-05:00" title="Monday, January 27, 2020 - 17:04" class="datetime">Mon, 01/27/2020 - 17:04</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">From left to right: Vice-President and Provost Cheryl Regehr, Elizabeth Haig (accepting on behalf of Alina Bykova), Rahul Arora, Amanda Khan and Larry Alford, U of T's chief librarian (photo by Paul Terefenko)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/allyson-aritcheta" hreflang="en">Allyson Aritcheta</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/flight-752" hreflang="en">Flight 752</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/munk-school-global-affairs-public-policy-0" hreflang="en">Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; 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Among the criteria for judging submissions is the student’s ability to demonstrate effective use of library resources and services.</p> <p>U of T Vice-President and Provost <strong>Cheryl Regehr</strong> spoke at the ceremony&nbsp;about how the&nbsp;award recognizes those who take complex work and make&nbsp;it accessible to other community members.</p> <p>“Events like this bring people together to connect, collaborate, and create,” Regehr said.</p> <p>Arora, a PhD candidate in the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, presented an exhibit that addressed the need to simplify digital structural modeling methods by&nbsp;creating a technique that enables architects or industrial engineers&nbsp;to better understand the constraints and requirements that they are using in their programs.</p> <p>A researcher in computer graphics and interaction at the Dynamic Graphics Project lab, Arora&nbsp;was excited about the opportunity to share his research. “This is a great avenue for exposing my work to a diverse audience,” he said.</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/Bykova.jpg" alt>Bykova (left)&nbsp;&nbsp;studied the geopolitical and historical significance of Pyramiden, a Russian coal mining ghost town in the Arctic. She&nbsp;recently received her master’s degree from the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>“From the availability of thousands of books and online documents&nbsp;to opportunities to work with librarians at the Petro Jacyk (Central &amp; East Resource) Center … my Master’s thesis would simply have been lackluster without these things,” said <strong>Elizabeth Haig</strong>&nbsp;on behalf of&nbsp;Bykova, who couldn’t attend the ceremony.</p> <p>As for Khan, an MD/PhD candidate at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, she dedicated her exhibition to her colleague, <strong>Mohammad Asadi Lari</strong>, <a href="/news/remembering-u-t-student-mohammad-asadi-lari">who was aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752</a> when it crashed on Jan. 8 outside of Tehran, Iran.&nbsp;</p> <p>Khan’s display showed her&nbsp;research investigating how life-threatening complications can be avoided by surgeons conducting laparoscopic intestinal surgery. In collaboration with Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering alumnus <strong>Matthew MacDonald</strong>, Khan sought an answer to the vexing question of how much force to use with laparoscopic tools.</p> <p>All three exhibits are on display on the first floor of Robarts Library until the end of February.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:04:14 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 162125 at