Engineering Awards 2019
The Curtin Engineering Annual Prize Giving Ceremony was held on Friday 26 April 2019, to commend 2018 outstanding students.
Download the program for 2019, or view images from the ceremony below.
Thanks to our sponsors
Curtin Engineering is grateful to the many sponsors of prizes, our generous supporters being:
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Engineers Australia (WA Division) | Institute of Structural Engineers | Conoco Phillips Australia |
| Engineers Australia, Electrical College | Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia | INPEX Consulting |
| Engineers Australia, ITEE College | Institute of Structural Engineers | LEAP Australia |
| Woodside | Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia | Dynapumps |
| Clough | CISCO Systems | WA Power & Gas Consulting |
| IChemE | IEEE (WA Section) | Lycopodium |
| Alcoa | IEEE PES/PELS (WA) | BG&E Resources |
| Chevron | Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) | Mintrex |
| Hatch | Nuheara | Jacobs |
| CSBP | Regen Renewable Energy | David Morgan |
| Golder Associates | Tesla | Proxima Consulting |
| Australian Geomechanics Society | VisAbility LTD | Westrac |
| Australian Steel Institute | Western Power | Milestones Projects |
| Fluor Australia Civil & Construction Engineering | W J Smith Memorial Foundation | Fastbrick Robotics |
| Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia | A J D’Souza & Associates | Santos |
| Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia | Don Irvine | BHP |
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Dean of Engineering, Professor Moses Tade. -
Guest of Honour, Helen Pedersen. -
Helen Pedersen with 'Curtin Engineering Prize for Outstanding qualities in terms of interest in the Engineering profession, academic record, and potential leadership' award recipient, Daniel Todd. -
Jeff Mayne with 'Don Watts Medallion for Most Innovative Project' award recipient, Troy Burgess. -
Michael Bell with 'The Engineers Australia WA Division - Digby Leach Medal for the best academic performance in the final year of course' award recipient, Daniel Todd. -
Dr Garry Leadbeater, Acting Academic Director, Engineering Foundation Year (EFY). -
Garry Leadbeater with 'Most Outstanding EFY Student' award recipient, David Strong. -
Garry Leadbeater with 'MCEN1000 Engineering Mechanics' and 'MAEN1000 Engineering Materials' award recipient, Jakob Wyatt. -
Garry Leadbeater with 'ELEN1000 Electrical Systems' award recipient, Thomas Bell. -
Kristoffer McKee with 'INDE1001 Engineering Foundations - Design & Processes Individual Winner' award recipient, Lisa Smith. -
Kristoffer McKee with 'INDE1001 Engineering Foundations - Design & Processes Team Prize' award recipients, Nicholas Robless, Avinash Sudhakaran, Jordan Syme, Brian Smith and David Strong. -
Garry Leadbeater with 'INDE100 Engineering Foundations - Principles & Communication Individual Winner' award recipient, Stefan Gierczycki. -
Garry Leadbeater with 'INDE1000 Engineering Foundations - Principles & Communication Team Prize' award recipients, Joseph Valerioti, Millen Sjerp, Matthew Parrotte, Nicholas Gaman (not pictured), Harish Kumar (not pictured) and Minh Duy Nguyen (not pictured). -
Matthew Gray with 'Woodside Chemical Engineering Prize - Best Second Year Entry to Chemical Engineering Course' award recipient, Joseph Valerioti. -
Gordon Ingram with 'ICHEME Award - Best Performance in a Chemical Engineering Course' award recipient, Connor O'Neil. -
Minyuan Lu with 'Clough Prize - Process Simulations' award recipient, Kirsten Smith. -
Minyuan Lu with 'Clough Prize - Best Design of a Mid Scale LNG from high-impurity natural gas' award recipients, Ethan Zoetelief, Connor Voysey, Alessandro Perrella and Brandon Nguyen. -
Matthew Gray with 'Woodside Prize - Best Design of LNG Brownfield Project' award recipients, Connor O'Neil, Thomas Smedley, Sarah Lattimer, Campbell Burt and Liam Boyce. -
Christopher Phillips with 'Alcoa Prize - Best Design of an Alumni Refinery' with award recipient, Kimberley Phoon. Award recipients not pictured - Michael Brown, Vanessa Nguyen, Ben Redondo and Jack Schurmann. -
Alan Eager with 'Chevron Prize - Best Design of a Mondo Gas Project' award recipients, Brandon Yates, Anthony Yannakis, Shyam Shah, Dannielle MacKenzie and Tom Anderson. -
Dimple Quyn with 'Hatch Prize - Best Design of Alumina Precipitation Train' award recipients, Patrick Walli, Yvette Pang, Amjad Mubashar, Liya Francis and Jared Wei Jie Ho (not pictured). -
Dimple Quyn with 'CSBP Prize - Best Chemical Engineering Design Project in 2018' award recipients, Sarah Lattimer, Thomas Smedley, Connor O'Neil, Campbell Burt and Liam Boyce. -
Ranjeet Utikar with 'Best Third Year Student Prize' award recipient, Blair Southcott. -
Gordon Ingram with 'Best Fourth Year Student Prize' award recipient, Connor O'Neil. -
Gordon Ingram with 'Most Innovative Research Project' award recipient, Kimberley Phoon. -
Brendan Cummins with 'Golder Associates Prize - Outstanding Performance in Third Year Geotechnical Units' award recipient, Blake Hillwood. -
Stuart Elliss with 'Australian Geomechanics Society Award - Best Geotechnical Engineering Research Project' award recipient, Katelyn Jamieson. -
James England with 'Australian Steel Institute Prize - Outstanding Performance in Third Year Steel Design' award recipient, Southern Lowe. -
Kerri Bland with 'Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia Award - Best Concrete Research Project' award recipient, Benjamin Cook. -
Tim Bennett with 'FLUOR Australia Civil & Construction Engineering Prize - Outstanding Engineering Attributes' award recipient, Mohammed Habib. -
Tim Bennett with 'FLUOR Australia Civil & Construction Engineering Prize - Outstanding Performance in Second Year Structural Engineering' award recipient, Katelyn Etelaaho. -
Tim Bennett with 'FLUOR Australia Civil & Construction Engineering Prize - Outstanding Performance in Second Year Water and Sustainable Engineering' award recipient, William Wright. -
Ian Daniels with 'Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Award - Outstanding Performance in Fourth Year in Civil Engineering Practices, Quality & Legislation' award recipient, Robert Kirchner. -
Kerri Bland with 'The Institution of Structural Engineers Prize - Outstanding Performance in Third Year Structural Engineering' award recipient, Lloyd Baker. -
Phil Ladner with 'Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia Prize - Outstanding Performance in Road and Traffic Engineering' award recipient, Samuel Cook. -
Phil Ladner with 'Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia Prize - Outstanding Performance in Pavement Design' award recipient, Grace En Lim. -
Phil Ladner with 'Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia Prize - Best Road and Traffic Engineering Research Project' award recipient, Joseph Whennen. -
Kerri Bland with 'Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia Prize - Outstanding Performance in Third Year Reinforced Concrete Design' award recipient, Amy De Groot. -
Kerri Bland with 'Discipline Recognition Award - Most Outstanding Student in Second Year' award recipient, Harshil Patel. -
Kerri Bland with 'Most Outstanding Graduate Prize - Best Overall Performance during the Degree' award recipient, Julian Spano. -
Gary Softley with 'CISCO Systems Prize - Best Graduating Student in the Bachelor of Technology (Computer Systems and Networking) program' award recipient, Trent Stevens. -
Stephen Brown with 'Engineers Australia, Electrical College Bruce James Medal - Best Graduating Student (over the whole four years of the course) from the Bachelor of Engineering degree programs' award recipient, Daniel Todd. -
Michael Bell with 'Engineers Australia ITEE College Medal - Best Final Year Project in the Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communications Engineering) program or the Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering) program' award recipient, Troy Burgess. -
Sumedha Rajakaruna with 'IEEE (WA Section) University Undergraduate Student Award - Outstanding Achievement in the Core Second Year Units in the Bachelor of Engineering Degree programs' award recipient, Sahil Parekh. -
Sumedha Rajakaruna with 'IEEE PES/PELS WA Prize - Student with the Highest Aggregate of marks in the two units ELEN3001 Power System Analysis and ETEN3003 Power Electronics' award recipient, Ferry Lanter. -
Priyant Trehan with 'Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Prize - Outstanding Achievement in the Core Third Year Units in the Bachelor of Engineering Degree programs' award recipient, Pieter Wentzel. -
Pei Chee Yong with 'Nuheara Prize - Student with the Highest Aggregate of Marks in the two Units ETEN2000 Signals and Systems and ETEN3000 Digital Signal Processing' award recipient, Denis Hilliard. -
Sumedha Rajakaruna with the 'Regen Renewable Energy Prize - Student with the Highest Aggregate of Marks in the Unit ELEN3004 Renewable Energy Principles' award recipient, Matthew Hughes. -
Ivan Vasev with the 'Tesla Medal - Student with the Highest Aggregate of marks in the Unit ELEN2001 Electromagnetic & Electromechanical Energy Conversion' award recipient, Sahil Parekh. -
Andrew Lyons with the 'VISABILITY Ltd Prize - Best Undergraduate Project in the Field of Rehabilitation Engineering' award recipient, Ryan Rupf. -
Emily Saxby with the 'Western Power Prize - Graduating Student with the Highest Aggregate of Marks in the Units ELEN3001 Power System Analysis, ELEN3003 Power System Protection and ELEN4001 ELectric Power Transmission and Distribution' award recipient, Osaka Rubasinghe. -
Ken Smith with 'WJ Smith Memorial Prize - Best Final Year Project in the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Power Engineering) program' award recipient, Russell Frost. -
Kar Phin Chin accepting the 'Outstanding Graduate Prize - Most Outstanding Graduate in Mechanical Engineering' award on behalf of award recipient, Adam Millachip from Ramesh Narayanaswamy. -
Chin Jin An accepting the 'AJ D'Souza and Associates Prize: Best Overall Performance in Thermo Fluids Subjects' award on behalf of award recipient, Grace Yee An Nee from Arun D'Souza. -
Kar Phin Chin accepting the 'Don Irvine Prize - Plant Legislation and Standards Management' award on behalf of award recipient, Luke Smith from Arun D'Souza. -
Alan Hesselberth with 'Conoco Phillips Australia Prize - Best Performance in Fundamentals of Mechanical Design by a Female Student' award recipient, Natasha Murphy. -
Ramash Narayanaswamy with 'INPEX Consulting Prize - Best Overall Performance in Industrial Engineering and Management Subjects' award recipient, Aguilar Ceprel. -
Kar Phin Chin accepting the 'LEAP Australia Prize - Most Outstanding Performance in Finite Element ANalysis (with ANSYS Software)' award on behalf of award recipient, Joel Hobley from Peter Rizkilla. -
Giuseppe Scuderi with 'Dynapumps Prize - Most Outstanding Performance in Design for Manufacturing' award recipient, Jarryd Reynolds. -
Arun D'Souza on behalf of Shaen Bond with 'WA Power and Gas Consulting Prize - Best Project in Experimental Mechanics' award recipient, James Brakespeare. -
Kar Phin Chin accepting the 'Lycopodium Prize - Best Overall Final Year Project in Mechanical Engineering' award on behalf of award recipient, Adam Millachip from Bandula Gunawardena. -
Tony Comeford with 'BG&E Resources Prize - Most Outstanding Final Year Project in Materials Science' award recipient, Megan Emily Jarvie. -
Fiona Morgan with 'Mintrex Prize - Best Project in Applied Theoretical Mechanics' award recipient, Tyler Bikuan. -
Ramesh Narayanaswamy with 'Jacobs Prize - Most Outstanding Third Year Student in Mechanical Engineering' award recipient, Amy Marie James. -
David Morgan with 'David Morgan Prize - Most Outstanding Second Year Student in Mechanical Engineering' award recipient, Daniel Turner. -
Tele Tan with 'Proxima Consulting Prize - Most Outstanding Final Year Project in Mechatronic Engineering' award recipient, Stuart Buchan. -
Tele Tan with 'INPEX Mechatronic Studio Prize - Best Overall Performance in Second and Third Year Mechatronic Project Units' award recipient, Kirsty Mouttet. -
Gregory Wear with 'Westrac Prize - Most Outstanding Second Year Student in Mechatronic Engineering' award recipient, Abraham Fernandez. -
Arun D'Souza on behalf of Keith Cameron with 'Milestones Project Prize - Most Outstanding Third Year Student in Mechatronic Engineering' award recipient, Kirsty Mouttet. -
Tele Tan accepting the 'Fastbrick Robotics Prize - Most Outstanding Graduate in Mechatronic Engineering' award on behalf award recipient, Samuel Gibson from Mark Pivac. -
Peter Tippet with 'Chevron Prize - Outstanding Performance in Introduction to Petroleum Engineering' award recipient, Jason McDonald. -
Peter Tippet with 'Chevron Prize - Outstanding Third Year Student in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics' award recipient, Fahah Saqer. -
Mofazzal Hossain with 'Woodside Prize - Outstanding Performance in Reservoir Engineering Fundamentals' award recipient, Mohamed Zahran Nasser Al Barashdi. -
Mofazzal Hossain with 'Santos Prize - Best Overall Course Performance, Third Year Student' award recipient, Jason McDonald. -
Mofazzal Hossain with 'Santos Prize - Best Overall Course Performance, Third Year Student' award recipient, Rebecca Fogliani. -
Mofazzal Hossain accepting the 'BHP Prize - Best Overall Course Performance, Final Year Student' on behalf of Hayden Beynon from Simon Barnes. -
Andrew MacKenzie with 'SPE Student Chapter Award - Outstanding contribution to the SPE Student Chapter' award recipient, Bithiah Aghogho Esabunor-Nukie. -
Mofazzal Hossain with 'Discipline of Petroleum Engineering SPE Student Chapter Presidents Award - Outstanding Leadership to the SPE Student Chapter' award recipient, Andrew MacKenzie.
