EnGenius 2020 prize winners

See the EnGenius 2020 prize winners, as judged by industry during Virtual EnGenius 2020.

As part of Virtual EnGenius, the School of Engineering awarded a prize to the best project in each of our 11 engineering disciplines based on industry judging.

More than 100 professional engineers judged the project presentations on how well they would perform in a real-world setting. 

Out of more than 700 students, the following projects were acknowledged as best capstone project during an online prize ceremony.

All 11 prizes are generously sponsored by Airmaster.

Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Ben Wiley, Eamon Glavin and Angus McFarlane

RMIT Driverless Vehicle 2020 Perception team

Ben Wiley, Eamon Glavin, Angus McFarlane

Aerospace Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Dylan Lynch, Alex Timpson, Eric Putland, Kai Longley, Manula Gunawardena, Jack English and Ben Hayes

RMIT Medical Express - UAV Challenge Team

Dylan Lynch, Alex Timpson, Eric Putland, Kai Longley, Manula Gunawardena, Jack English, Ben Hayes

Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Cameron Gall, Gavin Low and Dustin Dang

Savic Motorcycles - Team B

Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Aashraya Kumar and Erin Smyth

Electrical Mandibular Distractor

Erin Smyth and Aashraya Kumar

Chemical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Stavroula Koulos and Yemima Ehrnst

Metal Organic Framework Synthesis using High-Frequency Acoustics for Energy Storage

Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Jason Athanasopoulos, Christopher Costas, Cai Liang and Adam Moffa

Recycling waste glass in asphalt concrete

Electrical & Computer and Network Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical & Computer and Network Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Nathan Williams

DockNet: Protein-Protein Interface Prediction using Graph-Based Deep Learning

Electronic & Telecommunications Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic & Telecommunications Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Marco Nocera and John Sorrentino

AI-based Multimodal Detection of Pneumonia

Marco Nocera and John Sorrentino

Environmental Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Evan Bywater, Bailey Christopher, Emily Glaisher and Riley Kane

5-Year Safe Water Plan Mua-ira

Evan Bywater, Bailey Christopher, Emily Glaisher, Riley Kane

Mechanical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

Jake Emmerling, Matthew Hennessy, Alexander Kamps, Kazuki Kuhlmann and Jordan Xuereb

Bespoke Immobilisation Device for Breast Cancer Patients.

Jake Emmerling, Matthew Hennessy, Alexander Kamps, Kazuki Kuhlmann, Jordan Xuereb

Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering project, as judged by industry at Virtual EnGenius 2020.

James Lepedat and Zac Stuart

Sustainable Malting Solutions

James Lepedat and Zac Stuart
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torres strait flag

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.