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Engineering community celebrated by 2023 Staff Recognition Awards

by Helen Wilkes

Winners of this year’s President’s Awards for Excellence were announced at an awards ceremony last week.

The celebration was also attended by winners of Imperial's Staff Recognition Awards.

Staff recognition award winners

These staff have been recognised for their vital contributions to the College over the last year and invited to the annual Imperial Garden Party. The awards recognise staff who have supported important projects, provided excellent service and taken on new challenges.

Department of Aeronautics

  • Isabella Fumarola

Department of Bioengineering

  • Nana Asante Asamoah-Danso
  • Mary Ewumi
  • Julie Hoang
  • Adriana Lobosco
  • Maria Parkes
  • Sandra Roscoe

Department of Chemical Engineering

  • Humera Ansari
  • Jasmin Cooper
  • Lucia Lombardi
  • Susi Underwood
  • Sara West

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Prashant Hirani

Department of Materials

  • Emma Bryan
  • Lucy Chapman
  • Joseph Hadden
  • Brittany Rae
  • Jonathan Tate

Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Simon Bailey
  • Xiaoyu Xi

Faculty of Engineering

  • Arthur Lee

President’s Awards for Excellence

Culture and Community

President’s Award for Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Individual Award)
Jessica Wade, Department of Materials

President’s Award for Excellence in Collegiality (Individual Award)
Bhavna Patel, Department of Chemical Engineering

President’s Award for Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Team Award)

  • Sexual Violence Liaison Officer team, including Martin Holloway, Department of Bioengineering and Anna McCormick, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Imperial 600 Committee (President's Medal), including Ji Young Yoon, Department of Bioengineering

Excellence in Research

Outstanding Early Career Researcher
Kia Alalea, Department of Civil and Environmental Research

Outstanding Research Team
Tribology Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Titirici Group, Department of Chemical Engineering

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Paul Mitcheson, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Sandro Macchietto, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Support Excellence
Steph Pendlebury, Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering

Education

Excellence in Teaching Innovation
Mark Sutton, Department of Earth Science and Engineering (President's Medal)

Excellence in Research Supervision
Deniz Gunduz, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Outstanding Assistant Supervisor
Fiona Walport, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Julia Higgins Award

Maria Ribera Vicent, Department of Aeronautics