High-fliers from the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) have been named the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) Scholar of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year at the prestigious TechWorks Awards.
University staff, students and alumni were finalists in five categories in Thursday’s ceremony hosted by the UK Industry Association for Deep Tech. Nominations included a ‘Research Collaboration of the Year’ nomination for the Arm-ECS Research Centre and a shortlisting as ‘University Research Group of the Year’ for the Electronic Materials and Devices Group.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering student Ricki Tura was presented the ‘UKESF Scholar of the Year’ award and becomes the fifth Southampton student to win the national honour in the past eight years.
Electronic Engineering graduate Emma Curati-Alasonatti, now at Arm, scooped the ‘Young Engineer of the Year’ prize in the awards at London’s Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, nominated alongside former peer Ashley Robinson.
Congratulations to all of our staff, students and alumni for their hard work which led to these fantastic nominations.
