School of Engineering Prizes 2022

The highest achieving students from the School of Engineering received prizes for their 2021 academic achievements.

On Wednesday 6 July 2022, the School congratulated almost 50 undergraduate, postgraduate by coursework, and HDR students on their excellent academic achievements in 2021, 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.

Boeing Aerospace Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their first year in 2021

Jocelyn Emma Perry


Boeing Aerospace Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their second year in 2021

Joshua David Norman


Boeing Aerospace Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Abdula Mustafa


Tom Shelton Memorial Award

Awarded to the best Aerospace Engineering student in their final year in 2021

Rui Ling Yew


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 2021

Lukas Samuel Abbott Seum


Advanced Manufacturing Prize

Awarded to the best Advanced Manufacturing student in their penultimate year in 2021

Thaveesha Weerasinghe Basnayake


Automotive Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Automotive Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Scott James Hislop


Aviation Prize

Awarded to the best Aviation student in their penultimate year in 2021

Karleen Lapie


Biomedical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Biomedical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Diana Marie Vagas


John O'Donnell Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their first year in 2021

Eliane Khoury


J. A. McAfee Prize

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Sabrina Yap Utama


Ramsay Bull Award

Awarded to the best Chemical Engineering student in their final year in 2021

Jesse Campbell


Civil and Infrastructure Prize

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their penultimate year in 2021

Kaitlyn Ann-Maree Ash


W.E. Thompson (Civil & Geological) Award

Awarded to the best Civil and Infrastructure student in their final year in 2021

Kee Zhen Fong


Electrical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electrical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Laurence Joseph Fedrizzi


Koh-Tan Endowment

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their first year in 2021

Ethan John Unger


Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Jack Donald Campbell


Frank Brownless Prize

Awarded to the best Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering student in their final year in 2021

Michael Aygur


John Saunders Award

Awarded to the best Environmental Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Larissa Ann Cullen


John Grant Holmes Memorial Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their first year in 2021

Abdullah Juma Abdallah Nasser Al-Harthi


Mechanical Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Meaghan Lilly Ferguson


Robert W. Dorrat Memorial Prize

Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student in their final year in 2021

Steven Lam


Sustainable Systems Engineering Prize

Awarded to the best Sustainable Systems Engineering student in their penultimate year in 2021

Madeline Jeynes


W.B. Nelson Award

Awarded to the best undergraduate student in Thermodynamics Engineering in 2021

Jack Tuckett


Kernot Medal

Awarded to the best student in their final year of an engineering program in 2021, based on scholarship, leadership, initiative and engineering outlook

Samuel Beckham

Aerospace Engineering  and Aviation Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Aerospace Engineering and Aviation postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2021

Giulia Del Nero


Chemical and Environmental Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Chemical and Environmental Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2021

Tsitso Carol Xolile Natalie Mocumi


Zambelli Family Prize for Post Graduate Civil Engineering

Awarded to the top Civil and Infrastructure postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2021

Anirudh Gowda


Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Electrical and Biomedical Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2021

Raunak Agrawal


Electronic and Telecommunications Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering postgraduate by coursework student in their final year in 2021

Adam James Hawke


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 2021

Ryan William Brooke


Mechanical & Automotive Engineering Postgraduate Prize

Awarded to the top Mechanical and Automotive Engineering postgraduate student by coursework in their final year in 2021

Albert William Feore

HDR Engineering Prize

Awarded to a higher degrees by research student who has achieved excellent research performance and student community contribution in 2021 whilst also showcasing an outstanding degree of resilience in the face of numerous challenges

Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, Ekansh Agarwal Agarwal

CitiPower and Powercor Women in Engineering Scholarship

Awarded to an outstanding female electrical engineering student based on high academic performance in first year, who has demonstrated affinity to the energy sector

Gauri Sambare


ExxonMobil Award for Excellence in Leadership

Awarded to the best engineering students in the STEM College, selected on the basis of academic achievement, extra-curricular contribution and leadership

Abdula Mustafa, Christy Morad, Larissa Cullen


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

Daniel Mouratch

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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.