Eleven international students were awarded the Dean’s International Intern Scholarship in recognition of their high achievement during internships in their home countries.
The winners ranged from a student who worked with Spookfish Innovations in India – a start-up company founded by a Bristol alumnus – to one who interned at Norcosult’s Hydropower and Engineering Department in Norway and has subsequently been offered a job next year, to students working on the development of smartphone cameras and new technologies.
Professor Andrew Nix, Dean of Engineering, said: ‘Bristol has a strong alumni and industry network overseas that continues to provide fantastic internship opportunities for our students.
‘We have awarded a record number of scholarships this year. The applications were, as always, excellent and it was a joy to read the fascinating and valuable engineering work our students have supported all around the world during the summer.’
The Engineering students who received the Dean’s International Intern Scholarship are:
Zhening Yue (Aerospace Engineering - China Unicom, China)
Jin Yao Tan (Mechanical Engineering - Gryphon Energy, Malaysia)
Kaviraj Singh Khurana (Aerospace Engineering - Thai Airways International Public Ltd, Thailand)
Mudit Gupta (Computer Science - Spookfish Innovations, India)
Fredrik Fougner (Civil Engineering - Norcosult Hydropower and Engineering Department, Norway)
Kin Onn Lee (Mechanical Engineering - Eco World Development Group, Malaysia)
Ronald Yim (Aerospace Engineering – Airbus Group, China)
Natalie Ong Zhi Xia (Aerospace Engineering - Composite Cluster Singapore, Singapore)
Numair Idrees Padela (Mechanical Engineering - Hascol Petroleum Limited, Pakistan)
Xibo Geng (Aerospace Engineering - Power Vision Technology, China)
Mami Takechi (Maths and Computer Science – Acutelogic, Japan)
The event also celebrated the International Entry Scholarships, awarded to international students who joined the University in 2015 with exceptionally high grades at A-level or equivalent.
This year two new awards have also been introduced.
The Airbus Group Scholarship was presented by Professor Ian Lane, Senior Technical Expert from Airbus Group, to four new Engineering undergraduates: Kate Goldup; Kathryn Pugh; Megan Reynolds; and Joanna Savage. Airbus is a close industrial partner of the Faculty and the scholarships form part of an outreach and widening participation investment, with a particular emphasis on encouraging more women to take up engineering. The winners will participate in a set of joint outreach initiatives between Airbus and the University of Bristol.
Attendees at the event also watched the winning entry in the First-Year Industrial Internship video competition by Matt Duffin and Ben Allen, undergraduates in Computer Science who completed a summer internship at TDC and won the £250 prize. Owing to the high standard of video entries, which all highlighted the benefits of completing an internship, runner-up prizes were also presented.