The Worshipful Company of Engineers, present DoC student Alexander Karapetian with the prestigious Cadzow Smith Award 2012.

Winner 2012 (Prize £2500) – Alexander Karapetian

The Prize is awarded each year to a student selected from nominations of the eleven Universities in the London area which award degrees in Engineering. Alex was Imperial's nominee, and impressed the selection panel with his knowledge and ability to communicate science and engineering concepts.

Alex is a final year student here  in the Department of Computing. As a software engineer, he applies mathematical ideas to computing. He has a particular interest in cryptography and was able to describe complex mathematical and philosophical concepts in clearly understandable terms. He has held two internships at Apple: in the first he designed an ‘app’ which is used by customers in Apple stores and in the second he took on the management of first time internees. In this role he demonstrated a clear understanding of, and sensitivity to, the people issues of working in a team and ensuring that objectives are met. He also demonstrated these ‘people’ and ‘communication’ skills in his role as science editor of the college newspaper Felix including the production of a week of daily editions.