The Faculty of Engineering's Welcome Week started with celebrating the efforts and success of the 2022 Scholarship recipients.
With each student, scholarship and field of study being vastly different it is incredibly important to take a moment and acknowledge each scholarship as well as the people that made each possible.
The 2022 Faculty of Engineering Executive Dean, Professor Ana Deletic hosted a celebration lunch at Old Government House with invited guests including scholarship recipients and family and donor families and representatives. The following scholarships and students were acknowledged.
Jack Baxter Middleton Memorial Scholarship, 2022 recipient Minh Tuan (Martin) Tran
The David Klingberg Memorial Scholarship, 2022 recipient Jule Thielemann
The Jane Pitman Interior Architecture Scholarship, 2022 recipient Jack Barclay
John F lynch Memorial Scholarship, 2022 recipient Aaron Abasolo
While each student was presented with a certificate and a small token of appreciation, the history of each scholarship and its recipient’s achievements were shared at the lunch.
Jack Baxter Middleton Memorial Scholarship pays tribute to the memory of Jack Baxter Middleton and it is available to electrical engineering students who embody Jack’s example of leadership and innovation in careers that are related to electrical engineering.
As the 2022 recipient, Martin Tran has already made an impact on the electrical contracting industry and university life as a member of the Dean’s List. A second-year student within the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical), Martin also presented the findings of his summer research project ‘ Trade-off Analysis of Inference Accuracy and Resource Usage for Energy-Positive Activity Recognition’ – at the International Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) Conference on Thursday, 4th May 2022.
The David Klingberg Memorial Scholarship was created in honour of David Klingberg, a valued Wagstaff Piling Team member who died doing the work he loved in June 2018, which comprised of Pile Driving Analyser (PDA) testing and the art of connecting stress waves to real-world engineering solutions.
The 2022 Recipient of this scholarship, Jule Thielemann has already begun working as an undergraduate civil engineer with Wagstaff Piling and has a strong interest in sustainability and reducing the impact of construction on the environment as well as the use of virgin materials in major developments.
The Jane Pitman Interior Architecture Scholarship was created by Mr Dennis Pitman in memory of his late wife a talented interior designer to honour her wish for others to enjoy the passion that she had for the design industry. The scholarship, in her name, aims to provide opportunities for aspiring, creative students to realise their goals and excel in the field of interior architecture and life.
Jack Barclay, the 2022 recipient, is originally from the UK and it was when he moved with his family that he discovered his true passion lay in art and design. Due to restrictions on his visa, Jack as worked in the retail sector to support himself until his permanent residence where he was able to begin his degree at here QUT. Currently working as an interior design and administration assistant with Eileen Middleton interiors at Buderim, where he plays a major role in assisting clients with design choices alongside undertaking his interior architecture studies.
The John F Lynch Memorial Scholarship was the final Scholarship acknowledged, it was created in memory of John Fredrick Lynch an alumnus of QUT who lead a full and varied life working for the government in the irrigation & water supply commission, building the engineering practice that focused on structural and civil works and even finding immense joy in training engineers himself. With a huge focus on Civil Engineering and water conservation works, the scholarship aims to encourage an engineer's passion the way John would have in life.
With a focus on structural and water engineering, the 2022 recipient Aaron Abasolo, plans to build dams as he has always been fascinated with large structures as well as other water control devices such as weirs. Hoping to work in the private sector once graduated, Aaron aims to contribute to larger projects as well as their miniature models.
Joined by family, executive staff and the donor families, the students were congratulated and encouraged to continue with their passions and pathways through university and the industry beyond.