Success for ACE graduates at recent Institution of Structural Engineers awards ceremony
A number of graduates from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Bath were successful at the Institution of Structural Engineers awards ceremony that took place recently.
Amongst the winning graduates was Kai Qu, a graduate from 2010, who received the Young Structural Engineer of the Year Award 2013. This award is given to young structural engineers who demonstrate outstanding performance and show exceptional promise for the future.
Anne Fuller, Director of Building Engineering at AECOM, and one of the Award judges, said:
“It is a privilege to judge the Young Structural Engineer of the Year Award. The amazing work being undertaken by some of our young engineers is truly impressive and demonstrates the talent that we have coming into our profession.”
George Oates, a graduate in 2003, received the Murray Buxton Award - for papers of general interest, detailing the construction of the Olympic Velodrome.
John Orr, Lecturer in Civil Engineering and Bath graduate in 2009, was awarded the Educational Trust Travel Award, which provides research grants between £1000 and £3000 for Institution members. John’s research proposal, ' An Adventure in Concrete and Brick' considered how the design of flexible formwork for concrete structures, and pre-stressed brick work and timbrel vaulting, can influence the future direction of form active construction across the world, as well as satisfying the complex demands of sustainability.
Tim Ibell, Head of Department and winner of the Excellence in Structural Engineering Education Award, had this to say about our graduates:
"We are very proud of our graduates and pleased to see them receive national awards for their efforts. It is a real benefit to the department and university as a whole that we have such skilled and professional graduates."
Bath graduates were also represented by Mike Keverne (1999), Structural Engineer at Buro Happold, and Angela Crowther (2008) representing Expedition Engineering.
