Citation
(2009), "Winners of the SET Student of the Year Awards", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 81 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2009.12781bab.017
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Winners of the SET Student of the Year Awards
Article Type: University and research news From: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Volume 81, Issue 2
Two students from the University of Bath have beaten competition from universities across the UK to come first in their field, at the Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Student of the Year Awards 2008.
The winners of the 2008 awards were announced at a prestigious ceremony in London before an audience of more than 500 technology students, academics, industry executives and senior figures from the government.
The SET awards are open to all final year undergraduates in the British Isles and are supported by British industry professionals. They are said to be Britain’s most important awards for science and technology undergraduates.
A total of 45 students were shortlisted in 15 different categories and the judges paid tribute to the exceptional standard of the entries.
Stephen Habgood was judged to be the best aeronautical engineering student by the Royal Aeronautical Society and won the Airbus Award.
His final year research project was on the development of novel buckling concepts for use in aeroplane wings that change shape during flight in order to improve efficiency. He carried out an energy analysis and an experiment to verify his predictions.
Rhys Williams, a graduate of Chemical Engineering, won the AWE Award for the best chemical engineering student.
His project, which was judged by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, focused on the supercritical drying of aerogels, a highly porous form of glass with optical properties.