Abstract
The Surrey & Sussex Section of the Institute of Measurement and Control awarded a further Leo James Award to an undergraduate student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering courses during November 2013. The intention of the Leo James Award is ‘to stimulate the interest of young engineers in Control Engineering as well as in the activities of the Institute’. Leo James was a local founder member who bequeathed a donation of money to this Local Section for retention as a fund for this specific purpose.
University of Surrey (UniS) undergraduate student Mr Mbanwie Ndifon Ajeck proved to be one of the strongest Electronic Engineering students at UniS based on academic performance during 2012/2013 academic year. He demonstrated excellent results in their Level 2 module ‘Electronics III: CIRCUITS, CONTROL & COMMUNICATIONS’ and achieved the best mark of 99%. Due to his outstanding results in ‘Linear System Analysis and Control’, covered within the Electronic III module, he was nominated for, and thus awarded, a Leo James Award for 2013. Mbanwie also gains a 1-year free Student Membership of the Institute, covering his third year of degree study, as part of his Leo James Award 2013 prize. We wish Mbanwie every success with his ongoing studies and would hope that he eventually decides to join the InstMC as his chosen professional institute.
Leo James HN Award 2014 winner Matthew Walbank (centre) at the Central Sussex College ceremony, with the Surrey & Sussex Section’s Mark James (Membership Officer) and Richard Brown (Programme Secretary).
Then in March 2014, Central Sussex College (Crawley)’s HNC Electrical/Electronic Engineering student Matthew Walbank – employed as an Electrical Designer at KBR, Leatherhead – received our Leo James HN Award for 2014, which also entitles him to 1 year of free Student Membership of the Institute.
Central Sussex College’s performance assessment of Matthew reads, Matthew has shown an outstanding performance in all the units studied for his HNC course in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, having obtained distinctions for all the 4 units done in the first year and is very likely to repeat that achievement again this final year. His final year project which is quite challenging is normally fitting for a fully qualified engineer with some years of experience in the field. This has been well organised and executed to the highest possible standard. The project involves the design and development of a complete electrical package to increase oil production on an existing oil platform. His work will require making extensive use of different electrical and electronic equipment including motors, heaters, lighting, switchgear, cabling and other ancillary equipment. The Leo James Award will encourage Matthew to advance his studies in the area of Electrical/Electronic and Instrumentation & Control Engineering.