Engineering Prizes

During the past academic year, a number of you have brought further honour on the Caius Engineers by winning College or University prizes. In case some of you didn't get a chance to see the list of College scholarships and exhibitions, we've listed below those who have been elected. Those who were elected last year and maintained a satisfactory level of achievement this year hold continuing awards, also listed below. The College also awards book prizes to certain high-achieving students who for whatever reason are not eligible for scholarships or exhibitions.

Scholarships and Exhibitions

Scholarships are generally awarded to those who achieve a First Class result in Tripos in their first or second year. A First obtained in the third year (or possibly the fourth) is eligible for a Senior Scholarship. Scholarships carry with them certain significant privileges, as well as a financial reward, and a book prize is often also awarded. Exhibitions are awarded to those not eligible for scholarships, but who are within the top 25% of the candidates in Tripos. 

Caius Engineering Trust Prizes

Last year the newly established Caius Engineering Trust, with the support of the College Council, created three new College Prizes in Engineering, one in each of the second, third and fourth years for the "best performance in Engineering" in that year. The prizes have been named as follows:-

• 4th year: Derek G. W. Ingram prize for Engineering
• 3rd year: Sir David L. Salomons prize for Engineering
• 2nd year: Reginald C. Cox prize for Engineering
  

Biographical notes

All three names are associated with major benefactions to the College and are regarded as distinguished Caius Engineers. Derek Ingram is Founder of the Caius Engineering Trust, a former Director of Studies, whose career has encompassed electrical engineering as well as microwave communications before he turned to academia. Sir David Salomons was a nineteenth century pioneer of the development of the motor car, founder of the Royal Automobile Club, and was among the first to install incandescent lighting in his house, in 1882. Reginald C. Cox read Engineering at Caius in the early 1900s; his son Mr C L Cox made a substantial donation to the Caius Engineering Trust in memory of his father (for further information, see The Caius Engineer, Volume 11, No 1 (1999)).

This year,

• David Scott was awarded the Derek G.W. Ingram prize for Engineering. David was the highest ranked Caius student in the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos Part II, and came 9/44 in the University list for Part IIB Engineering.
• Caroline Westall was awarded the Sir David L. Salomons prize for Engineering. Caroline was the highest ranked Caius student in Manufacturing Engineering Tripos Part I, and came 1st out of 42 in the University List.
• Felix Lai was awarded the Reginald C. Cox prize for Engineering. Felix was the highest ranked Caius student in Engineering Tripos Part IB, and came 3rd out of 237 in the University List.

Caius Engineering Trust Travel Awards

The Trust also established a travel grant scheme to support travel with engineering objectives. Up to three Caius Engineering Trust Travel Awards of £120 will be made available to successful candidates, who are expected to write a short article on their trip for inclusion in The Caius Engineer. These awards are administered in a similar way to Tutors' Travel Grants, except that the Tutors also consult the Engineering Directors of Studies on the choice of candidates. This year, an award was made to the following successful applicant:-

• Katie Davidson, for a visit to Malawi to work on an Urban Environmental Management Project, aiming to tackle problems associated with urban areas, such as sanitation, transport and housing and to train local people how to manage environmental issues like these at a local level.
  See the 2002 Michaelmas Term Edition of the Caius Engineer for Katie's article about this visit.

Other College awards and University Prizes

• Andrew Baddeley was awarded a prize from the University Eric Evans Fund in connection with sporting achievements. Peter Wood received the Proctor and Gamble prize for his work in MET Part I.
• Caroline Westall was awarded the Rolls Royce prize for her performance in MET Part I, and was also, with George King the recipient of a prestigious Engineering Leadership Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. These awards provide motivation and support for some of the most exceptional engineering undergraduates in British universities, with the potential for high-level industrial leadership. Awards worth up to £7500 per student are made to provide second-year students, over two or three years, with carefully planned training and experience which would otherwise have been unavailable to them.
• Chris Wallwork has been awarded an Entente Cordiale Scholarship (one Entente Cordiale Scholarship a year is granted for the whole of the United Kingdom). The award covers a £600 per month grant, registration and study fees, allowance for maintenance (travel, board, lodging, books), support services (accommodation, registration) for Chris who is now studying at SUPAERO (Toulouse).

Engineering Department Awards

The following awards were announced at the end of last term. The awards were actually be made at a ceremony held in the Engineering Department on Wednesday 29th January 2003, at 3pm in Lecture Room 4.

Finally, a reminder that there are small prizes for any article written by a Caius Engineering Student and published in the Caius Engineer. It might help to finance your summer expedition!

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