Ramsay Society Dinner and Prize Winners 2020

24 February 2020

On Friday 21 February, the UCL Department of Chemical Engineering celebrated the Ramsay Society Dinner 2020 at the luxurious and iconic St.Pancras Renaissance hotel.

Over 195 guests attended the event, including alumni, students, staff and special guests.

The evening consisted of a welcome drinks reception, three-course meal, speeches, awards ceremony and after-dinner entertainment.

Speeches by:

Prof Eva Sorensen - Interim Head of Department

Ahmed Ali - Ramsay Society President

Martina Pucciarelli - CheERS President

Awards Ceremony winners:

CHARLES KEEL AWARD - to support two promising undergraduate students in the first and second year of the programme.

Mr Fazl Ahmad wins Charles Keel Prize – Year 2

Year 2 winner: Mr Fazl Ahmad
Year 1 winner: Ms Faiza Ahmed (not in attendance)

LE ROSSIGNOL SCHOLARSHIP - most academically outstanding Year 2 student.

Honora Driscoll wins Le Rossignol Scholarship

Winner: Ms Honora Driscoll

THE A J V UNDERWOOD EXHIBITION - the A J V Underwood Exhibition prize is given to the most successful PhD student who graduated from UCL Chemical Engineering and remained in the department to do a PhD.

The A J V Underwood Exhibition winner Maria Kalli

Winner: Ms Maria Kalli

SIR DENIS ROOKE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - for outstanding academic performance since MPhil submission.

Max Maier wins Sir Denis Rooke Research Scholarship

Winner: Mr Max Maier

NEWTON PRIZE - for the most deserving PhD graduate in the field of sustainable development.

Winner: Mr Jijia XIE

Digital Applications International Limited (DAI) Awards:

DAI BEST VIDEO AWARD - best short video explaining a difficult chemical engineering concept.

Group K Winners: (from left to right) Top: Rafiz Syed, John Forrester Davidson, Samy Magdy Radwan
Bottom: Ying Jiang Xia Chen, Ayse Nur Yilmaz, Yixuan Chang

DAI BEST PAPER AWARD - for the best paper published in 2019, authored or co-authored by a UCL Chemical Engineering student.

Loukas Kollias - DAI Best Paper Award Winner

Winner: Loukas Kollias (not in attendance)

DAI BEST DEMONSTRATOR AWARD - awarded to the best demonstrator as nominated by staff and students.

Ms Aikaterini Tsatse - DAI Best Demonstrator Award

Winner: Ms Aikaterini Tsatse

The Tim Elson Memorial Fund Raffle - raising funds to support Chemical Engineering students facing financial difficulties or hardship.

Raffle prize winners: Maximiliano Jara Fornerod and Mohammad Alkhunaizi Raffle Winners

Winners: Mohammad Alkhunaizi and Maximiliano Jara Fornerod

Raffle runner up prize winner - Nazanin Owji

Runner up: Nazanin Owji

After-dinner entertainment - we had the pleasure of welcoming a live band to perform to our guests from 10 pm to midnight at the event.

Ramsay Society Dinner photos

Ramsay Society Dinner 2020 photos are now available to view on Flickr.