2023 Award Recipients

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

While at UCalgary, Caroline Dawoud developed, led, and grew three Students’ Union clubs (Go Baby Go, ENOVA and the Senior Wellness Association), each encompassing a distinct theme of caring for our wider communities. Under her direction, Go Baby Go grew from 20 to 60 dedicated volunteer engineering students who design and manufacture affordable power wheelchairs and ride-on toy cars for toddlers with disabilities. As the president of ENOVA (Emulating Nature in Innovations), she recruited 30 new passionate members, won the SU Club Award for sustainability, won accolades in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, and tripled the number of annual outreach events. In 2018, Dawoud founded and developed the Senior Wellness Association after she heard candid stories from seniors about feelings of isolation and medical deterioration. In a few short years, she built a diverse executive team and recruited 250-plus student volunteers.

Dawoud was a mentor for the Schulich Scholars and the Maker Multiplex, in addition to being an orientation leader. She also volunteered and lent her voice to the Schulich Dean’s Office in many roles, often championing sustainability in engineering and equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives, and speaking to thousands of audience members during presentations at the Girl Guides’ STEM days, Women in Engineering events, and You at UCalgary. Dawoud also served as the undergraduate student representative on the Sustainability Transformation Task Force that developed and launched the new Sustainable Systems Engineering major.

Her strong academics and community contributions have been recognized by awards such as the Jason Lang Scholarship and the Women in STEM Scholarship. She also achieved the maximum renewal for the Seymour Schulich Community Service/Entrepreneurial Entrance Award.

Dawoud will be travelling in the summer before joining Ovintiv as a field safety engineer-in-training.