2017 graduation prize winners: Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, Water
01/08/2017

Cranfield’s Graduation Ceremony was held in June 2017. As part of the celebrations, Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, and Water held a prize winner’s ceremony for their top students. The full listing of winners (plus some photos) can be found below.
Energy and Power
- The award for the best individual research project, sponsored by the Bawnard Foundation: Pablo Ramos Quesada
- The award for the best overall student on the Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc: Debora Cevasco
- The award for the best thesis project on the Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc: Benjamin Nichol
- The award for the best overall student on the Biofuels Process Engineering MSc: Marine Marie Cecile Tuloup
- The award for the best thesis project on the Biofuels Process Engineering MSc: Marine Marie Cecile Tuloup
- The award for the best overall student on the Energy Systems and Thermal Processes MSc: Marta Cerio Vera
- The award for the best thesis project on the Energy Systems and Thermal Processes MSc: Dimosthenis Kakalopoulos, Elise Le Delaizir
- The award for the best overall student on the Process Systems Engineering MSc: Zhang Zhou
- The award for the best overall student on the Renewable Energy Engineering MSc: Raul Alejandro Zapata Quintero
- The award for the best taught mark on the Renewable Energy Engineering MSc: Raul Alejandro Zapata Quintero
- The British Gear Association Alan Thompson Memorial Prize: Jeremy Christian, Mathieu Florentiny
- The Course Director’s Prize for the best individual research project on the Pre-masters in Engineering: Azuka Raphael Udeh
- The Elf Prize for the best student on the Offshore and Ocean Technology MSc: Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ragab
- The Engineering Mechanics Prize: Nils Vercauteren
- The Giacomo Pellegrini Susini Award for the best energy student, sponsored by the Bawnard Foundation: Pablo Ramos Quesada
- The John Greenlees Findlay Memorial Award in recognition of endeavour and initiative: Michael Schmitt
- The Mike Sanderson Prize in Process Systems Engineering: Zhang Zhou
- The Professor John Sharp Prize for the best thesis in Offshore Renewable Energy: Jessica Taylor
- The Wood Group Prize for the best student on the Flow Assurance for Oil and Gas Production MSc: Charles Kwame Ofosu
Environment and Agrifood
- The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Prize for the best student on the Waste and Resource Management MSc: Leslie Aitken
- The Course Director’s Prize for the Food Chain Systems MSc: Shoko Kinoshita
- The DAI Cup for the best student from a developing country across all the Environment courses: Lijin Chin
- The Douglas Bomford Trust Award for the best student on the Land Reclamation and Restoration course: Karolina Krystyna Golicz
- The Esri UK Prize for the best student on the Geographical Information Management MSc: Robert Edward Blackwell
- The McDonalds Prize for the best student on the Food Chain Systems MSc: Javier Cañete Castillo
- The Oakdene Hollins Prize for the best thesis across all the Environment courses: Laura Antonia Faerber
- The Shepperson Memorial Prize for the best thesis applying engineering applications to agriculture: David Edward Clarke
- The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers Prize for the best student on the Environmental Engineering MSc: Rosemary Tabitha Catherine Chalker
Water
- The Atkins Prize for the best student on the Environmental Water Management course: Marlène Céline Rio
- The British Water Prize for the best design group project: Hector Adell Troncho, Hassan Alali Alhweij, Mustafa Ahmed Mohammed Al Bahlani, Ana Maria Moya
- The George Solt Prize of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Water Special Interest Group: Morgane Piot
- The George Solt Runner-up Prize for the 30th anniversary of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Water Special Interest Group: Charlotte De Witte
- The Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Prize for the best student on the Water and Wastewater Engineering course: Morgane Piot
Cranfield University would like to thank all our commercial partners and sponsors for supporting our students through these awards.
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