The Faculty of Engineering recognized the outstanding achievements of 38 students and staff  members during 2010 at the Annual Engineering Awards Presentation Dinner on Wednesday 8 June in the Banquet Room at the Clayton Campus.

Over 168 guests joined the students and staff members to celebrate their achievements  with industry sponsors, staff and the wider Monash community.

Professor Tam Sridhar took the opportunity to welcome chief guests Lord and Lady Broers.

Lord Alec Broers is the chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee and past president (2002-2006) of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1996-2003 and is a pioneer of nanotechnology and the first person to use the scanning electron microscope for the fabrication of micro-miniature structures.

Lord Broers spoke about the importance of engineering to the world today and the way in which the role of the engineer is forever being transformed.

"Creative engineers have shaped the world for centuries and will continue to do so for the indefinite future, but subsequent generations do this in very different ways and engineering education has to continuously evolve to keep up with the changes, and in the last few days I have been pleased to see that the Monash Engineering Faculty is riding the crest of this wave of change," said Lord Broers.

Lord Broers asked our Monash award recipients to remember how lucky they are to be born with such intelligence and attend Monash University.

"Do not waste the opportunities that this opens up for you. Take advantage of it and treasure it and remember that as an engineer you may even be responsible for the survival of the planet," he concluded.

Professor Sridhar spoke about the Faculty’s 50th Celebrations and asked guests to take time to think about where today’s graduates will be in a further 50 years.

“This year we will celebrate this milestone and release a history of the first 50 years to recognise the efforts of the pioneering staff and students. Today’s engineering graduates will still be working in the year 2050. It is interesting to speculate what kind of changes they will live through.”

In an inspiring speech, Professor Sridhar commented on the future of Australia, that we need actively create the sort of society that other nations envy and want to emulate. He concluded his speech bay saying, “Our goal is to create a world class engineering faculty so that our students are able to go out with confidence and create the industries for our future prosperity. It is through our students that we ensure our legacy reaches much beyond our lifetime.”

Students were awarded around $100,000 in prize money, donated by generous industry sponsors and personal benefactors.
 

Award	Winner
ExxonMobil Award for Excellence	Lauren Clay Timothy Rawson Conor Ryan
Jacobs Scholarship	Edward McPherson
J K Ellis Scholarship	Benjamin Meyer
McConnell Dowell Civil Engineering Awards	Kate Whillance Robert McIlwraith
Eric Dubsky Memorial Award	Ryan Jennings
Engineers Australia and The Ian Langlands Award	Jonathan Wajchman
ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals Prize	Steven Grundy
D K & G Anderson Prize	David Petzer
Civil Contractors Federation presents: The Ian Jacka Award	Braiden Leiner
The Geofabrics Pty Ltd Prize	Christopher Mahony Freya Amon Alexander Ross
GHD Civil Engineering Award Prize	Matthew Buttigieg
Wilson Transformer Prize	R Asiah Zanial
Level 2 Anthony Mirabito Traffix Group Scholarship	Michael Crowley	and Mirabito Family
Level 3 Traffix Group Scholarship	Carly Hunter
Unique Micro Design Prize	Y C Dasun de Silva
Leighton Contractors presents: The Keith Rix Scholarship	David Blamey
The Owen Potter Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence	Jonathan Wajchman
Ericsson 2nd year Telecommunications Prize	Kai Zen Chong
The Jerry McAuliffe Prize	Rainer Catubig
The Golder Associates Scholarship	Eamon C S Lau
The Golder Associates Prize	Jessica Lee
Graham Beard Memorial Prize	Elizabeth Anderson
The I J Polmear Materials Engineering Prize	Liyu Jin
The Bill Melbourne Medal	Mehdi Nazarinia
J W Dodds Memorial Prize	Scott Dawson
The Yong Cher Biau Memorial Award	Fei Tzhung Ryan Moo
The Kenneth Hunt Medal and the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal	Dr Mohammad Mohidus Samad Khan

Staff  were also recognised for their dedication and commitment to the Faculty.