UCL Engineering hosts inaugural CEE Education Awards
30 October 2024
On 22 October, the UCL Centre for Engineering (CEE) hosted its inaugural ceremony to recognise educational excellence across the Faculty of Engineering Sciences.
Hosted by Professor Emanuela Tilley (CEE Director of Studies), awards were presented across four main categories to students, postgraduate teaching assistants and staff. The aim of the awards is to celebrate teaching excellence in the faculty and recognise great work by students, both as individuals and in their teams across the departments.
Interim Dean Professor Andy Nisbett closed the evening, thanking all nominators, nominees and committees who all contributed to making the inaugural awards evening a success.
At the bottom of this page you can find the awards photo album.
Rae Harbird Staff Award
Winners: Elaine Pimentel, Computer Science and Lu Lemanski, Security and Crime Science
The award is named after Rae Harbird, who passed away in 2023, and who worked in UCL’s Computer Science Department for three decades. This new award recognises, rewards and celebrates individuals who have made an outstanding impact on student outcomes and education, as well as the education community, within the faculty here at UCL.
“I am delighted to accept this award and am thrilled that colleagues feel I have made a positive impact to education in Security and Crime Science. It’s wonderful that the UCL Centre of Engineering Education and Faculty of Engineering Sciences have arranged for this award in Rae Harbird’s name, and it’s an honour to receive such a prize in memory of an educator so dedicated to championing and supporting others. Congratulations to co-winner Elaine Pimentel, and many thanks to colleagues for their continued support”. Lu Lemanski
“The short time I’ve spent working with Rae has been truly transformative. I’ve learned an incredible amount, and it’s difficult to express just how much her guidance and support have meant to me during my time at UCL. Her kindness, strength, and passion have been a constant source of inspiration, profoundly shaping my academic journey.
Celebrating her life and honouring her legacy on Rae Harbird Day allows us to keep her memory alive, to carry her spirit forward in our actions, and to hold onto the hopes she instilled in us. This award is shared with my collaborators Kiran Ahmed and Steve Hailes”. Elaine Pimentel.
Read more about the award here.
IEP PGTA Awards
In its 10th year, more than 200 members of staff are now involved in the day-to-day running of the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP); including postgraduate teaching assistants. This award aims to highlight the essential role the IEP PGTAs play in its delivery and recognise outstanding work in the categories below.
Best Team Contribution Kristo Kotsi from Chemical Engineering on ENGF0003 MMAI
Best Assessment & Feedback Ruixuan Zhao from Electronic and Electrical Engineering on ENGF0001 Engineering Challenges
Best Leadership Iwan Pullen from Electronic and Electrical Engineering on ENGF0002 DPS I
Best Student Engagement Sara Mesgari Sohani from Mechanical Engineering on ENGF0004 MMAII
Best Overall PGTA Winner Sara Mesgari Sohani
Centre for Engineering Education – Faculty of Engineering Sciences (CEE-FES) Student Project Prizes
These awards celebrate the work of students in their 3rd or 4th year projects which demonstrate excellence in an area that been given a sharper focus in recent years due to the introduction of AHEP 4 criteria associated with accreditation of engineering education degree programmes in the UK.
Best Sustainability Analysis in a Design/Research Project
Team Prize: Vaidurya Mekherjee, Qasim Shoaib, Vasiliki Marmaridou, Peterasp Satarawala, Aleksei Sereda, Mechanical Engineering
Individual Prize: Anna Koumi, Biochemical Engineering
Best Inclusive Engineering Design/Research Project
Martynas Pocius, Alyssa Quinney, Elio Kreka, Ruben Xie, Francisco Damaso De Lemos Santos,
Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Best Ethical Analysis in a Design/Research Project
Talal Alam, Sizhuo Chen, Elias Mohd Nadiman, Tara Morad Ali Goldarreh, Chester Zheng, Jingxin Zhou, Chemical Engineering
Best Prototype / Pilot Design
Marwan Nasr Eldin Mohamed, Mechanical Engineering
Innovation Award
Yubing Wu, Electronic and Electrical Engineering
How to Change the World Winners
How to Change the World sees students apply the skills they’ve learned to specific real-world global challenges associated with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in a meaningful way through scenario-based learning over two weeks at the end of their second year. Students work in interdisciplinary teams on open-ended problems, considering social and cultural contexts, and the different ways business and governments are motivated to engage with these changes. On the final day students are assessed by both academics and partners and prizes are awarded for the best ideas.
Team Bangladesh 1
Ethan Cheng, School of Management
Nevain Dewage, Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Zikun Gan, Chemical Engineering
Chiara Siracusa, Biochemical Engineering
Brendan Sun, School of Management
Viknesh Vijeyanandaraja, Chemical Engineering
Team Ethiopia 1
Jackson Chen, Mechanical Engineering
Yona Jin, Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Ethan Legson, Computer Science
Jiahua Lv, Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Julianah Ortiz Biochemical Engineering
Pang Pang, Chemical Engineering
Charlotte Wei, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Team London 1
Sinan Bayegan, School of Management
Curtis Chan Chan, Mechanical Engineering
Fawziyah Chowdhury, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Damon Surrao, Computer Science
David Tan Mechanical Engineering