Congratulations to our Materials Australia Student Competition Winners

We are delighted to announce the outstanding achievements of several of our students from both SMSE and SMME at the recent Materials Australia NSW Branch Student Presentation Competition held at Western Sydney University.

This year, fourteen talented students from The University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, the University of Wollongong, the University of Technology Sydney, and the University of Newcastle joined UNSW in a spirited competition.

The event was expertly organised and led by David Pham, UNSW’s PhD student and Materials Australia NSW Branch Student Councillor, with great support from Dr Ehsan Farabi (Materials Australia NSW Branch Councillor).

The competition featured both oral and poster presentation formats, and our students excelled across the board, earning multiple accolades.

Oral Presentation Awards

1st Prize ($600, sponsored by Gravitas Technologies): Fenglin (Wendy) Zhuo
UNSW Materials Science and Engineering, supervised by A/Prof. Pramod Koshy, Ms. Molly Kirkpatrick (CSIRO), and Dr Briana Ganly (CSIRO).

4th Prize ($300, sponsored by SOTO Consulting Engineers): Jess Degeling
UNSW Materials Science and Engineering, supervised by A/Prof. Pramod Koshy, Dr Daniel Gregg (ANSTO), and Dr Ghazaleh Bahmanrokh (ANSTO).

Poster Presentation Awards

UNSW also dominated the poster presentation competition, securing the top three positions:

1st Prize ($300, sponsored by SOTO Consulting Engineers): Louise McGuiggan
UNSW Materials Science and Engineering, supervised by A/Prof. Pramod Koshy and Dr Ben James (CSIRO).

2nd Prize ($200, sponsored by Gravitas Technologies): Stella Lin
UNSW Materials Science and Engineering, supervised by Prof. Sophie Primig, Dr Andrew Breen, and Hubert Lee.

Congratulations to Wendy, Jess, Louise, and Stella for their excellent presentations and well-deserved awards – you have made UNSW immensely proud!