Awarded annually to two outstanding undergraduate students proceeding from one year to another in a degree program in any of the following areas of study; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Systems and Computer Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism or Industrial Design.  Endowed in 2005 by the family of Allan Raymond Buchanan in loving memory of his strengths as husband, father and grandfather, as well as in recognition of his contributions to the Ottawa community as a professional engineer, entrepreneur (co-founder of Lumonics Inc.), innovator, life-long learner, informal “educator” and concerned Canadian citizen. Revised 2025.