Staff: Ashvin, Saeid, Steve, and Mark. Student full names shown in the table below.
Outstanding performance by our final year students on their research projects were celebrated, online, with an awards ‘ceremony.’
There were a range of prizes awarding research excellence and the following table provides details.
Prize |
About the prizes |
Awardee |
Award ($) |
Project Title |
A L Titchener Prize |
The Prize was established in 1986 to mark the retirement of Professor A L Titchener, the first Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering. The fund supporting the Prize was raised by contributions from New Zealand industries and the Engineering Profession. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the final year BE(Hons) Chemical and Materials Engineering Research Project. |
Morgan Dolfing |
$1000 |
Crystallin Protein Scaffolds for Cultured Meat Production |
Phillip Graham Crabbe Memorial Prize |
The Prize was established in 1983 by the wife and parents of Phillip Graham Crabbe together with contributions from family, friends and colleagues. Dr Crabbe, a lecturer in and outstanding former student of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, was killed in a car accident in 1982 at the age of 29. This Prize commemorates his pursuit of excellence in the field of Chemical Engineering. Prize for the most meritorious project work in Chemical Engineering in the final year research project of the BE(Hons) |
Elizabeth Timings |
$500 |
Non-Catalytic and Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Landfill Leachate |
SMNZI 1st |
As a tradition, SMNZI awards annual prizes to graduating materials engineering students. Award winners are students who are judged to be the first and second highest achievers in their graduating Bachelor degree year. These students are either selected by a panel from SMNZI. |
Hayden Giles 1st Place |
$250 |
Plasma Sprayed WC-NiMoCrFeCo Coatings with Carbon Additions |
SMNZI 2nd |
Abirrhami Rajagopal 2nd Place |
$150 |
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Crack Propagation through Normal and Degenerative Articular Cartilage |
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IChemE |
As a tradition, IChemE – Auckland Chapter awards an annual prize to a graduating chemical engineering student – who has excelled in their final year research project. This student is selected by a panel from IChemE. |
Timings, Elizabeth (First equal)
Li, Bryan (First equal) |
$250
$250 |
Non-Catalytic and Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Landfill Leachate
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Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Leachate |
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Department – Process Engineering |
The department awards has its own panel. We categorise all projects to fall in either ‘Process’ or ‘Materials’ Engineering categories. The department committee then carries out an evaluation of the top contenders and considers how best we can award those top performing students that did not win a SMNZI, IChemE or university awards. |
Dazo, Denise (First equal)
Karaitiana, L’Rey (First equal)
Xu, Kristen (Second equal)
Kilgour, Rachel (Second equal) |
$100 – voucher
$100 – voucher
$50 – voucher
$50 – voucher |
Flavour Perception in Kānuka Chocolate
Water Engineers’ Perspective on Interactions with Māoridom in Water Management and Solutions
Evaluation of Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Extraction of Fucoxanthin from Tisochrysis Lutea
Flavour Perception in Kānuka Chocolate |
Department – Materials Engineering |
Croad, Stella (First equal)
Sokol, Matthew (First equal)
Gito, Donn Adam (Second equal)
Williams, Geena (Second equal) |
$100 – voucher
$100 – voucher
$50 – voucher
$50 – voucher |
Interfacial Characterisation of a Cathode Collector Bar Retired from NZAS
Effects of Coffee, Sugar, and Honey on The Nano-Mechanical Properties of Bovine Enamel
Optimization of Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Quantifying Lateral Adhesion Strength of Yeast Cells to a Stainless Steel Surface |
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Department – Presentations |
These awards are for the best oral presentations of projects. It recognizes the skills of science communication which is an important tool in creating impact for research. |
Dazo, Denise (First equal)
Kilgour, Rachel (First equal)
Morgan Dolfing (Second equal)
Julian Sundheim (Second equal) |
$100 – voucher
$100 – voucher
$50 – voucher
$50 – voucher |
Flavour Perception in Kānuka Chocolate
Flavour Perception in Kānuka Chocolate
Crystallin Protein Scaffolds for Cultured Meat Production
Crystallin Protein Scaffolds for Cultured Meat Production |