Degree and prize giving day for postgraduate students

Congratulations to all our MSc and PhD students who graduated in Canterbury Cathedral on Friday 20th November. This was followed by a Reception and Prize Giving in the School where families, friends and staff celebrated their success. Prizes were awarded as follows:

The Safran Morpho UK Ltd Prize was awarded by Dr Fred Preston of Safran Morpho to Miss Chiara Lunerti, for Excellence in Biometrics on the Information, Security and Biometrics MSc.

The Rohde & Schwarz Project Prize was awarded by Mr Phil McCluskey of Rohde & Schwarz to Ms Estela Carmona Cejudo for her project in the wireless field on the Broadband and Mobile Communication Networks MSc.

The IEEE UK&RI Telecommunications Prize was awarded by Dr Farzin Deravi, Interim Head of School to Mr Jonathan Baker who was the best MSc student in the telecommunications field on the Mobile Application Design MSc.

The Procon Engineering Project Prize was awarded by Mr Mark Hopkins of Procon Engineering to Mr Mahmoud Zannerni, for the best project on the Embedded Systems and Instrumentation MSc.

The BAE Systems Prize was awarded by Mr Eric Lai of BAE Systems to Ms Estela Carmon Cejudo (MSc Broadband and Mobile Communication Networks) for best overall MSc Engineering Project.

The Miller Hare Prize was awarded by Mr Howard Griffin, Programme Director and Director of Recruitment and Admissions, School of Architecture, jointly to Mr Alexandros Dimitrios Papaspyros and Ms Manasi Kiran Sakare for Outstanding Visualisations on the Architectural Visualisation MA.

The Foundry Prize was awarded by Dr Farzin Deravi, Interim Head of School, to Mr Alexandros Dimitrios Papaspyros for Excellence in Compositing on the Digital Visual Effects MSc.

The Wurth Electronics Prize was awarded by Dr Farzin Deravi, Interim Head of School, to Miss Diana Jondu for best project on the Wireless Communications & Signal Processing MSc.

Additionally, some undergraduate prizes were also conferred as follows:

The Rapid Electronics Prize – 1st Year Robotics Competition was awarded by Dr Kostas Sirlantzis to Alexander Brown, Christopher Shepherd, Anthony Oyenuga and Casra Aghassi.

The IET Award for Best Overall Design and Performance – 1st Year Robotics Competition was awarded by Mr Brian Dury of IET Kent, to Xiaohui Xu, Oludare Adeyemi and Casra Aghassi.

Congratulations to all!