Postgraduate prizes
Each year, in recognition of excellence in academic performance, the Department and MSc clusters award prizes to mark student achievement. These awards are highly compeitive and awarded on merit.
The awards are presented to an audience of the recipients, their guests and the Prize Sponsors on Postgraduate Awards Day. We are very grateful to all sponsors for rewarding the achievements of our students.
Postgraduate Awards Day is normally held on the first Wednesday in May of the year following completion of the course. The actual Postgraduate Awards Ceremony is held in the Royal Albert Hall.
Each prizewinner, along with their family, are invited to a Prizewinners reception on Commemoration day.
Prizes are awarded by the Head of Department, alongside representatives of the Prize sponsors.
Each prizewinner receives a certificate, their prize, and a copy of a book detailing the first 100 years of the Department
Postgraduate Prizes
Departmental Awards
| Prize | Winners |
|---|---|
Unwin Postgraduate PrizeAwarded to the student(s) presenting the best PhD Thesis in the Department |
2019: Jiajia Shen 2018: Craig Buchanan & Klementyna Gawecka 2017: Claire Villette 2016: John Craske 2015: Susana Cardoso Lopes de Aleida 2014: Thomas Shire 2013: Ramtin Hosseini Kamal & Mukesh Kumar 2012: Christian Malaga Chuquitaype 2011: Abdel Hamid Beshara 2010: Hamid Zolghadr Zadeh Jahromi 2009: Daisuke Saito 2008: Yuangao Liu |
Letitia Chitty Centenary MemorialAwarded to the student(s) whose performance is judged to be top in the Department. |
2019: Victor Vcj Dewulf 2018: Francisco Jesus Bellido Leiva & Matthew Chung Kang Chuo 2017: Luke Lapira & David Ocio Moreno 2016: Eleanor Mathewson & Adeleke Soyemi 2015: Alexandros Nordas & Boris Ochoa Tocachi 2014: Francisco Cedron 2013: David Sutanto 2012: Cynthia Yau 2011: Tarun Sharma 2010: Ana Mijic & Chris Walker 2009: Robert Lane |
ERM Prize for Civil Engineering and Sustainable DevelopmentFor annual award to a student on the Sustainable Development Module of the MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering course for the best Design Guide for engineering for sustainable development. |
2011: Ruth Salmon 2010: Scott Clyne 2009: Clement Baldy 2008: Sigrid Lozano Valdmans |
| Departmental Prizes | |
Environmental Engineering MSc Cluster
| Prize | Winners |
|---|---|
Black & Veatch Prize in Environmental EngineeringFor annual award to a student displaying excellence in the advanced course in Environmental Engineering. |
2019: Victor Vcj Dewulf 2018: Leyang Liu 2017: Aly-Joy Ulusoy & Charalampos Konstantinou 2016: Remi Jaligot & Suzanne Quesnel 2015: Hugh Kennedy 2014: Yun Gao 2013: Pablo Jose Daza Donoso 2012: Marta Salazar Becerra 2011: Elisa Jimenez Grant & Mathilde Chleq 2010: Amelie Seguret 2009: Robert Matthews & Demetra Orthodoxou 2008: Sarmistha Kundu & Patrick Ng 2007: Kate Hephzibah Weatherley |
Victor Appleby Prize in Engineering HydrologyFor annual award to the MSc student who submits the best dissertation on Hydrology as part of the Hydrology for Environmental Management Course. |
2019: Yuting Chen 2018: Francisco Jesus Bellido Leiva 2017: Marc Girona Mata & David Ocio Moreno 2016: Beth Waring 2015: Boris Ochoa Tocachi 2014: Daniele Nerini 2013: Philomon Autin & James Latham 2012: Bastian Manz 2011: David Rebollo / James Simpson 2010: Ana Mijic 2009: Anthony Hurford 2008: Anita Asadullah 2007: Dr Matthew Couch |
Water Conservation Trust PrizeFor annual award for the best dissertation in the area of Waste and Resource Management |
2018: Gordon Brown & Jad-Gabriel Habib 2017: Lorenzo Menin & Xiang Ren 2016: Noor Ibrahim & Emanuele Lagrotta 2015: Jin Liu & Victoria Romero 2014: Yun Gao & Neale Young |
AES Laboratories PrizeFor annual award to the student presenting the best dissertation on the MSc Course in Environmental Engineering. |
2011: Jacqueline Fitzgerald 2010: Elaine Saliba 2009: Rachel Cahill 2008: Magdalena Hijaz & Agapi Papadamou 2007: Maria Monou |
| Environmental Engineering MSc Cluster | |
Geotechnics-Geology MSc Cluster Awards
| Prize | Winners |
|---|---|
ACES PrizeAwarded annually for the best Soil Mechanics MSc dissertation |
2019: Melissa Mia Tait |
Atkins Prize for Soil Dynamics and EngineeringFor annual award to the MSc student making the best contribution in the area of soil dynamics and engineering seismology including the dynamics of geotechnical structure |
2019: Stamatina Marinatou 2018: Ioannis Fradelos 2017: Murray McGregor 2016: Maria Klokidi 2015: James Williams 2014: Raffaella Colombero 2013: Evangelia Skiada 2012: Ross Kristinof 2011: Kwok Chi (Thomas) Wong |
Buro Happold AwardFor annual award to the MSc Student making the best overall contribution to one of the Soil Mechanics MSc courses. |
2018: Mohammad Katkhuda 2017: Christoph Franz Steinbauer 2016: Leung Chak Lo 2015: Spyridon (Spiros) Liakas 2014: Daniel Martinez Calonge 2013: Cillian MsColgan 2012: Vasiliki Tsaparli 2011: Thomas Christopher Shire 2010: Rachael Skeete |
British Geotechnical Association PrizeFor annual award to the student presenting the best dissertation on the Geotechnics MSc Cluster. |
2016: Lauren Doughty 2013: Victor Dubasaru 2012: Marina Sideri |
Lapworth MedalFor annual award to a meritorious student of Engineering Geology in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
2016: Micheal Webster 2015: Leo Michael Peskett 2014: Andrew Davie 2013: Victoria Edmonds 2012: Michael Turner 2011: Robyn Alexis Shaw 2010: Christopher Grew 2009: Megan Packer 2008: Rosemany Simmons |
Malcolm Puller PrizeAwarded annually for the best performance in the Soil Mechanics MSc module Geotechnical Processes |
2019: Chin Ling (Elaine) Chan |
Peter Vaughan Memorial MedalAwarded annually to the most outstanding student of the Soil Mechanics MSc courses |
2019: Jay William Lobwein 2018: Joseph Newhouse 2017: Lauren Doughty 2016: Daniel Schutt 2015: Aliki Kokkinou 2014: Paul Bailie 2013: John (Paddy) Curran 2012: Cynthia Yau 2011: Pasquale Carotenuto 2010: Florence Ko |
Soil Mechanics PrizeFor annual award to a student displaying excellence in the advanced course in Soil Mechanics. |
2014: Victor Dubasaru 2013: Michal Fronek & Marina Sideri 2012: Tomas Bym 2011: Kenneth Carter & Iman Roshanzamir 2010: Panagiotis Zachariou 2009: Daire Cummins 2008: Kwun Shing Chan & Vivien Man Wai Kwan 2007: Way Way Sim & Jessica Bing Yan Yu |
| Geotechnics-Geology MSc Cluster Awards | |
Structural Engineering MSc Cluster Awards
| Prize | Winners |
|---|---|
ABS Consulting Prize in Earthquake EngineeringFor annual award for outstanding performance in the Earthquake Engineering MSc programme in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
2019: Ivan Cvetkovic 2018: Thomas Greenleaf 2017: Miguel Martinez Paneda & Loukas Oikonomakis 2016: Michail Theofilou 2015: Alexandros Nordas 2014: Gavin Maloney & Antonio Palermo 2013: Yating Liang 2012: Michail AlkiviadisTarasiou 2011: Deapoina Pavlogianni 2010: Edurne Nunez Moreno 2009: Konstantinos Kalochairetis 2008: Ioannis Bakas |
Frank Hodgson Memorial PrizeFor annual award to a student of the MSc Cluster in Advanced Structural Engineering for excellence in structural concrete design. |
2019: Iraklis Tsagkogiannis 2018: Angus Peters 2017: Adrien Joly & Jurgen Vassallo 2016: Sik Wong & Raymond Heng 2015: Jad Boksmati 2014: Karim El-Khoury 2013: Nathan Vella 2012: Mariam Mouffak 2011: Matthieu Roure 2010: Gauthier Byrne 2009: Matteo Baffetti 2008: Michael Smales 2007: Greg Hanif Parris |
Gyebi Kufuor Memorial PrizeFor annual award to a student of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for excellence in Concrete Structures and Technology. |
2019: Yican Qian 2018: Francesco Bizzaro 2017: Xusong Wang 2016: Qili Fang 2015: Hammad El Jisr 2014: Jiaping Gu 2013: Jean-Paul Vella 2012: Niall O'Hara 2011: Alejandro Barrero Bilbao 2010: Rotana Hay 2009: Robert Lane 2008: Hooman Keyhan 2007: Ehsan Dezhdar |
Ronald Stewart Jenkins Memorial PrizeFor annual award for excellence in structural mechanics, or another field relevant to that subject, to a student preferably chosen from the members of the postgraduate Advanced Course in Concrete Structures. |
2019: Arnault Hubert Dominique Caillet 2018: Cameron Archer-Jones 2017: Zhaoyu Xu & Victor Lee 2016: Thomas Browne 2015: Juan Bruno Bazzano & Aristotelis Papagiannakis 2014: Francisco Cedron & Sofia-Aikaterini Avramidou 2013: Dimitrios Vasileiou 2012: Xinhua Duan 2011: Adam Ayinla 2010: Hong Dong 2009: Cheng Fang & Adelaja Israel Osofero 2008: Choon Guan Tay & Antonios Triantafyllou 2007: Sara Dias de Melo & Chenthuran Vilvarajah |
The Patrick J Dowling Prize in Advanced Structural EngineeringFor annual award to the postgraduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the top of the final class list in the Advanced Structural Engineering MSc cluster. |
2019: Maria Liapopoulou & Junxu Lai 2018: Matthew Chung Kang Chuo 2017: Luke Lapira & Xin Meng 2016: Adeleke Soyemi 2015: Alexandros Nordas 2014: Francisco Cedron 2013: Christiane Farah 2012: Michael Day 2011: Tarun Sharma 2010: Chris Walker 2009: Robert Lane 2008: Dimitrios Agiakatsikas 2007: Alexandros Melessidis |
| Structural Engineering MSc Cluster Awards | |
Transport Cluster Awards
| Prize | Winners |
|---|---|
Maurice Hanson PrizeFor annual award to the student who produces the best performance in the written papers on the Advanced Course in Transport. |
2019: Stylianos Panagiotis Tzavellos-Gavalas 2018: Siqi Shu 2017: Anupriya Anupriya 2016: Christopher Kingston 2015: Matteo Novati 2014: Maeve Ryan 2013: David Sutanto 2012: Laura Putt 2011: Ruth Salmon 2010: Alina Tuerk 2009: Tom Page 2008: Ian Bruce 2007: Mei Ki Yip |
The Worshipful Company of Carmen - Graduate of the Year AwardFor annual award for Best Dissertation |
2008: Sarah Livermore |
| Transport Cluster Awards | |