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Faculty Awards
Most Outstanding Researcher
Dr. Michelle Mycoo
Department of Geomatics Engineering
and Land Management, Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Michelle Mycoo’s award-winning research focuses on natural
hazard risk reduction, climate change adaptation and water
resources management and governance.
Dr. Jerome DeLisle
School of Education,
Faculty of Humanities and Education
For the last three years, Dr. De Lisle’s work included (among
others) evaluating the Ministry of Education’s Continuous
Assessment Programme and identifying high and low
performing primary schools.
Professor Shivananda Nayak
Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences,
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Professor Shivananda Nayak is an award-winning Professor of
Biochemistry who has done extensive research in the area of
type-II diabetes.
Professor Dave Chadee
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Agriculture
Professor Dave Chadee serves as Professor of Environmental
Health. This second-time recipient of the Most Outstanding
Researcher Award has done extensive research on Dengue and
Chickungunya epidemiology and control.
Professor Patricia Mohammed
Institute for Gender and Development Studies,
Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Patricia Mohammed is a leading regional expert in
gender and development studies. Over the last three years her
most significant research has been in national gender policy
making, implementation and intervention.
Most Productive
Research Department
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Professor Edwin Ekwue
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
is a second-time recipient of the Most Productive Research
Department award. The Department specialises in a wide
range of research areas including renewable energy, asset
management and quality engineering.
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Agriculture
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Professor John Agard
This Department’s research specialisations include
ecophysiology, aquaculture, and plant taxonomy and
physiology. This is the second consecutive time the Department
has received the award.
Department of Economics,
Faculty of Social Sciences
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Mr. Martin Franklin
The Department of Economics covers a wide range of research
specialisations including mathematical optimisation,
microfinance and climate change.
Graduate Student and
Research Mentor Awards
Most Outstanding Graduate
Researchers 2012
Dr. David Anthony Adeyanju
– PhD in Mechanical
Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Adeyanju focused his dissertation, entitled “Thermal
Performance of a Simultaneous Charging and Discharging
Packed Bed Energy Storage System,” on creating a system to
provide an uninterrupted supply of energy during fluctuations in
the availability of solar energy.
Dr. Meena Rambocas
- PhD in Business Administration,
Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Social
Sciences
Dr. Rambocas investigated the role customers’ thoughts
and feelings played in their preference in retail banks. Her
dissertation is titled “Modeling Service Brand Equity through
Cognition and Emotions: An Examination of Aspects Driving
Customers’ Knowledge.”
Most Outstanding
Graduate Researchers 2013
Dr. Richard Bachoo
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Richard Bachoo’s doctoral research, entitled “The High
Frequency Vibration of Fibre Reinforced Composites,” focused on
predicting the high frequency vibration of anisotropic materials.
Dr. Henry Hugh Bailey
- PhD in Economics, Department of
Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr. Henry Bailey’s research, titled, “A Framework for the
Prioritisation of Health Programmes for Trinidad and Tobago,”
examined means of optimising resource allocation decisions
among health treatments and programmes.
Awards for Outstanding
Research Mentorship
Dr. Krishpersad Manohar
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Krishpersad Manohar was mentor to Outstanding Graduate
Researcher (Sciences) Dr. Anthony Adeyanju.
Dr. Manohar believes that Dr. Adeyanju’s research has opened
new opportunities for an application that was generally viewed
as impossible.
Mr. Errol Simms
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Emeritus VH Manek Kirpalani
Chairman, Centre for International Business Education
and Research
Mr. Errol Simms, together with Visiting Scholar, Professor
Emeritus VH Manek Kirpalani, served as the supervisor for
Dr. Meena Rambocas. Mr. Simms felt the study not only had
theoretical importance, but also had practical significance to the
financial community.
Dr. Jacqueline Bridge
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Jacqueline Bridge served as supervisor for Dr. Richard
Bachoo.
Dr. Althea LaFoucade
Health Economics Unit,
Faculty of Social Sciences
As the mentor of Dr. Henry Bailey, Dr. LaFoucade kept him
reminded of the economic dimensions of his ideas.
Principal’s Special Award
“The Oral Health of Pre-school Children in Trinidad”
Project
TEAM LEADER: Dr. Rahul Naidu
School of Dentistry,
Faculty of Medical Sciences
The first of its kind in Trinidad and Tobago, this research project
examined the oral health of pre-schoolers in central Trinidad. The
multidisciplinary team consisted of researchers from Trinidad
and Tobago and Ireland.
Campus Awards
Most Impacting Research Project
“Breaking the Silence: A Multisectoral Approach to
Preventing and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse and
Incest in T&T” Project
TEAM LEADERS:
Prof. Rhoda Reddock
Institute for Gender and Development Studies,
Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr. Sandra Reid
Department of Clinical Medical Sciences,
Faculty of Medical Sciences
This year’s Most Impacting Research Project, titled “Breaking the
Silence: A Multisectoral Approach to Preventing and Responding
to Child Sexual Abuse and Incest in Trinidad and Tobago,” aimed
to deepen the understanding of child sexual assault and incest,
and its implications for risky sexual behaviour and HIV.
Most Outstanding
Regional Research Project
“The Caribbean Regional Non-Communicable Diseases
Surveillance System Project” Project
TEAM LEADER: Prof. Surujpal Teelucksingh
Department of Clinical Medical Sciences,
Faculty of Medical Sciences
This year’s Most Outstanding Regional Research Project sought
to develop a Caribbean Regional Non-Communicable Diseases
(NCD) Surveillance System that would improve the collection
and analysis of data.
Most Outstanding
International Research Project
“Strengthening the Caribbean Scientific Community
in Natural Resources Management and Developing
IntegratedWatershed Management Plans” Project
TEAM LEADER: Prof. Carlisle Pemberton
- Department of
Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Food and
Agriculture
The Most Outstanding International Research Project sought
to bolster the regional scientific community in natural resource
management and developing watershed management plans. It
drew participants from Europe, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Research Awards Recipients
