School of Engineering Prizes 2021

School of Engineering Prizes 2021

The highest achieving students from the School of Engineering received prizes for their 2020 academic achievements.

On Thursday 27 May 2021, the School congratulated almost 100 undergraduate, postgraduate by coursework and HDR students on their excellent academic achievements in 2020, with prizes and scholarships.

Congratulations to all students on their exceptional accomplishments.

Thanks to our valued industry sponsors and philanthropic donors for their ongoing support to celebrating excellence.

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Kernot Medal

Awarded to the best student in their final year of an engineering program in 2020, based on scholarship, leadership, initiative and engineering outlook.

Eve Smolinska

Engineering Articulation Prize

Awarded to a final year student with outstanding academic success who also articulated through an alternate pathway in 2020.

Duncan McGregor

W.B. Nelson Prize

Awarded to the best student in Thermodynamics Engineering in 2020.

Sureni Perakotuwa

Stephen J Shattock Memorial Prize

Awarded to a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) or Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering)/Bachelor of Business (Management) student who possesses exceptional personal qualities and has excelled academically in 2020.

Matthew Penn

Boeing Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Louise Bougeois

Boeing Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Abaigeal Wynter

Boeing Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Lukas Seum

Tom Shelton Memorial Award

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Luke Pollock

Aviation Prize

Awarded to the best Aviation student in their first year in 2020.

Karleen Lapie

Aviation Prize

Awarded to the best Aviation student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Huilin Feng

Boeing Prize

Awarded to the best Aviation student in their final year in 2020.

Arjun S/o Radhakrishnan

John O'Donnell Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Sayed Quraishi

Chemical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Sabrina Yap Utama

J. A. McAfee Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Joshua Schembri

Ramsay Bull Award

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Yemima Ehrnst

Environmental Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Hannah Tillermuir

Environmental Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Larissa Cullen

John Saunders Endowment

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Tara Robinson

Environmental Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Andrew Finnegan

Civil and Infrastructure Prize

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their first year in 2020.

Syed Kazmi

Civil and Infrastructure Prize

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their second year in 2020.

Kaitlyn Ash

Civil and Infrastructure Prize

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Rehan Wijesekera

W.E. Thompson (Civil & Geological) Award

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their final year in 2020.

Eve Smolinska

Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Harjas Gill

Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Rachel Beanland

Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Nathan Sonnberger

Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Ying Zhi Cheong

Electrical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Anthony Simpson

Electrical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Junjie Chen

Electrical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Brendan Mansell

Electrical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Jason Woods

Koh-Tan Endowment Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Craig Findlay

Electronic and Telecommunications Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Jack Campbell

Electronic and Telecommunications Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Callum Stephens

Frank Brownless Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Cary Symes

John Grant Holmes Memorial Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Kimberley Bull

Mechanical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Gazel Harabati

Mechanical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Hamed Al-Aufi

Robert W. Dorrat Memorial Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Tiana Bagnato

Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Rodney Watt

Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Baraka Torome

Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Timothy O'Hara

Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Harrison Schipke

Advanced Manufacturing Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing student in their first year in 2020.

Ranepura Fernando

Advanced Manufacturing Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing student in their second year in 2020.

Mohammed Al Nasseri

Advanced Manufacturing Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Susannah Foster

Advanced Manufacturing Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing student in their final year in 2020.

Max Capobianco

Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering student in their first year in 2020.

Richard Guy

Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering student in their second year in 2020.

Madeline Jeynes

Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2020.

Mohammad Khalid

Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering student in their final year in 2020.

Melissa de Silva

 

Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Aerospace Engineering and Aviation postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Zawar A NawazBhatti

Chemical and Environmental Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Chemical and Environmental Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Syeda Willa E Zehra

Zambelli Family Prize in Civil Engineering

Awarded to the top Civil and Infrastructure postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Wenjun Dai

Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Electrical and Biomedical Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Rahul Bansal

Electronic and Telecommunications Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Seion Emmanuel

Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Zakariya Abdulbaqi M Alanwah

Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Mechanical and Automotive Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2020.

Laura Myers

HDR Publication Prize

Awarded to an HDR student for quantity and high quality of Scopus-indexed publications in 2020.

Nazia Hossein

HDR Impact Prize

Awarded to an HDR student whose research has achieved considerable impact outside the academic community in 2020.

Hareem Khan

Professor David Beanland Prize for Best Masters Thesis in Engineering

Based on examiners reports and number of Scopus-indexed publications (weighted on quality) in 2020.

Yuli Zhao

Professor David Beanland Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Engineering

Based on examiners reports and number of Scopus-indexed publications (weighted on quality) in 2020.

Mohammad Saberian Boroujeni

BMD Group Scholarship

Awarded to an outstanding third year Civil Engineering student, based on high academic performance in first and second year, who has demonstrated affinity to the civil construction industry and leadership skills.

Anthony Mustica 

BGIS Women in Engineering Scholarship 

Awarded to a first year female Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) student in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Electronic Engineering who has demonstrated strong career aspirations for the engineering industry.

Anna Koska

National Naval Shipbuilding Scholarship

Awarded to students in their third and fourth year of their Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical, Mechanical, Telecommunications or Electrical and Electronic Engineering based on academic achievement and passion for the engineering industry.

Fezan Antia

Max Arnold

Luke Bleeser

Matthew Chipper

Nathan Dobson

Chris Iannazzone

Mitchell Jarrett

Ryan Kinsella

Guillaume Knight

Eugene Kuzmenko

Brent Miller

Alex Morrow

Nathan Mordaunt

Gina Norio

Rinaldo Pender

Kieran Scurrah

Angelique Upson

Lachlan White

Esad Corhodzic

Nimna Galaudage

Joel Hogan

Jeorje Kouvelas

Brendan Mansell

Kane McNamara

Ben Nguyen

Kevin Nguyen

Steven Nguyen

Callum Stephens

Alexander Taylor

Dionysios Veskoukis

Rylan Ward

Joshua Watson

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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