British Water recognises outstanding Cranfield students
Students on Cranfield University’s Water Sciences postgraduate programmes have been recognised by British Water for the 15th year in a row for their outstanding project work.
The award went to the team for the best overall group project, having successfully completed two detailed designs, one for a potable water treatment works and one for a wastewater works. The winning team – Ramon Gasso, Aline Reynaud, Radouan Najhi, Elodie de Momboynes and Nicholas Gilbert - was presented with a cheque for £1500 by David Neil-Gallacher, LVO, Chief Executive of British Water. The team was also invited to attend the prestigious British Water annual lunch in June this year.
David said, “Industry and academia in theUKhave to learn to work together more seamlessly. We like to see the British Water Prize at Cranfield as a token contribution to that process, but it does underpin a quite substantial record of co-operation between the two organisations at many levels. This co-operation has been built up over 15 years, and suggests we can achieve even more”.
This annual award recognises the highest achievement in process design and engineering with groups required to submit comprehensive high quality reports for their projects within a tight timescale to have a chance of winning.
Dr Brian McIntosh, Course Director for the full-time Water and Wastewater full-time postgraduate teaching programme, said, “Cranfield is very proud of its 15 year long association with British Water and its continued support of our courses. The group project is an important element of our courses and one that is highly valued by employers, as demonstrated by the British Water Prize.”
