Celebrating the success of our graduates
We celebrate the success of three years鈥 worth of graduating students. On the 8th of July 2022, the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering hosted a graduation ceremony for students from three cohorts: 2020, 鈥21 and 鈥22. Students who graduated during the pandemic were invited back to the in-person graduation ceremony.
Dr Iestyn Pierce (Head of School for Computer Science and Electronic Engineering) said 鈥淚t was a pleasure to host our 2022 graduation ceremony. While every graduation celebration is special, this one was extra special, because we invited three years鈥 worth of graduating students. Over the past few years, and during the covid pandemic, we held school graduation celebrations virtually. The University postponed the formal ceremonies to this year. It was a delight to see the students in-person, and celebrate with them, their parents, and friends. After the formal ceremony, we hosted a reception for over 400 people, where we handed out prizes. We congratulate all our students for their achievements and wish them well for the future. Indeed, it will be great to stay connected, and hear what they are doing, and how they are getting on with their careers.鈥
Academics and students at the 2022 Graduation Ceremony
The school awarded 21 student prizes, for the 2022 graduating students, along with formally acknowledging the prizes from the previous few years. Professor Jonathan Roberts, who chairs the awards and recognition committee, said 鈥淲e are immensely proud of all our students. But some of our students have gone above and beyond. We acknowledge their success through the awarding of prizes. We gave each of the award winners a glass trophy paperweight celebrating their success. The school also honoured the memory of Joe Marshall, who was a Computer Science student from 2018 to 2020, by presenting the 鈥楰indness and Community鈥 award in his honour. We congratulate the prize winners, as well as all our students for their achievements.鈥
The prizes were handed to the following recipients:
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The J H Gee Prize, for outstanding performance in computing related maths was awarded to Catty Langford.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The W. E. Williams prize, for the best second year student on a BSc or BEng course was awarded to Jake Lowe.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The R H C Newton award, for the best second year student on maths for engineering, was awarded to Sean Price.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Paul Green Memorial award, for the most meritorious undergraduate on their final year project, was awarded to Adam Brotzman.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The R A Jones Prize, for proficiency in Engineering-related Maths was awarded to Thomas Hughes.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Dr David Owen (physics) prize, for outstanding performance in physics in their engineering course was awarded to Michael Giombetti.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Ada Lovelace award, for the most meritorious female in engineering, was awarded to Zhijin Lyu.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Ada Lovelace award, for the most meritorious female in a Computing course, was awarded to Stephanie Evans.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) prize for the best final year student on an IET-accredited course was won by Sabrina Zulkifli.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Charles Jones was awarded the Jan Abas Computer Graphics Prize, by demonstrating the best use and understanding of computer graphics or related technologies in their final year of their course.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Dr Jane Rudall Award for Achievement and Progress is awarded every year to a student who has attained significant achievements, having pursued their studies with determination and effort. This year the Jane Rudall award was given jointly to Kamila Klepalova and Ross Barnes.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Professor David Last Memorial award, for the most improved student in the school, is awarded to Annabelle Idu.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The prize for most meritorious student on a computing course, is awarded to Marius Evans.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The most meritorious degree apprentice award is given to Spencer Kenny.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Kindness & Community Award was awarded to Jasmine Parkes. This award is to be presented to someone in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering who has gone above and beyond to show kindness to others and to build community. The award is given in memory of Joe Marshall who was a Computer Science student from 2018 to 2020.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Degree Apprenticeship award was jointly awarded to Alexander Anglesea and Alex Jones.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; BSc Product Design 鈥 Highest Academic mark was awarded to Andreas Koukouris
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Lloyd Jones Award for Entrepreneurship (Welsh domiciled female) was presented to Elinor Jones.
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Lloyd Jones Award for Entrepreneurship (Welsh domiciled male) was presented to Ben Lewis.
Two students also were recognised by the University for their outstanding achievements.
The Senate Prizes and Awards Committee of the University awarded the Dr John Robert Jones Award to Marius Evans, and to Daniel Evans. The awards are made by the University鈥檚 Senate Prizes and Awards Committee and that the prize was instituted by means of bequest made to the University under the will of the late Dr John Robert Jones of Hong Kong and is awarded annually to a student or students whose academic performance is judged to have been the most meritorious in that year.
At the graduation ceremony the university also awarded a prestigious university teaching fellowship to Dr Daniel Roberts, lecturer in Electronic Engineering at the school, recognising his excellence in teaching, community outreach and student support.
Celebrating with our graduated students, family, and friends
Editor: J. C. Roberts