Master’s Student Wins Best Engineering Co-op Student Award

Graduate student Bismark Antwi has been selected as the inaugural winner of the Best Engineering Co-op Student Award from the Faculty of Engineering.

“I am deeply honoured to receive this inaugural award that highlights the need to strive for excellence in any field you find yourself. I hope this award becomes a lasting emblem that motivates students to pursue a greater solution to the needs of humanity,” says Antwi.

He undertook his co-op placement at Elk Valley Resources, part of the Glencore Group, in Sparwood, British Columbia, between September 2024 and April 2025. He recently completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.

The award recognizes the student who achieved the highest employer evaluation in the cohort of 2024-2025 engineering co-op students at Lakehead.

He received his award this month from Dr. Janusz Kozinski, Dean of Engineering. “Co-op is a critical component of engineering education, at both undergraduate and graduate level. It’s more important than ever for our students to gain hands-on experience and to start applying their professional skills to complex, real world projects before they graduate,” says Kozinski.