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Awards for Excellence Ceremony

The Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies recently recognised students and graduates who have achieved academic excellence. On Wednesday 11th October 2006, students within nominated categories received awards to honour their high achievements at the Faculty Awards for Excellence Ceremony.

The Faculty nominated students across a broad range of areas including Astronomy, Computer Science & Software Engineering, Information Systems and Telecommunications. We extend our congratulations to the award winning students and wish them future success in their studies/career.

We especially thank the organisations who contributed and have provided consistent support to us over the years. It is only through the very generous participation of supporting organisations that we are able to hold the Ceremony and honour our high achieving ICT students.

Awards, recipients and supporting organisations are detailed below.

Australian Arrow Award: Mr Nicholas Milani
Awarded to the best student
HIT3057 Software Testing & Reliability

Australian Sky & Telescope Award: Mr Richard Adduci
Awarded to the best student
S068 Master of Science (Astronomy)

Cisco Systems Award: Mr Ramot Lubis
Awarded to the best student
HET706 Networks & Routing

Cisco Systems Award: Mr Prachaya Kittitanarux
Awarded to the best student
HET713 Internetwork Routing

Darren Golden Award: Ms Bethany Skurrie
Awarded to the best student
I050 Bachelor of Information Technology

Object Mastery - Jim Wauchope Award: Ms Elizabeth Murphy
Awarded to the best student
HIT2056 Software Project Management

Palgrave Macmillan Award: Mr Luis Arguelles
Awarded to the best student
S058 Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy)

Park Lane Information Technology Award: Mr Pavel Korejcik
Awarded to the best student
HIT3044 Professional Issues in Information Technology

SKY & SPACE Magazine Award:
Mr Jeffrey Stanger, Mr Peter Edwards
Awarded to the two best students
S048 Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy)

Cisco Systems: Mr Amiel Heyde
Awarded to the best student
HET104 LAN Principles

Cisco Systems Award: Mr Ankit Shah
Awarded to the best student
HET708 Internetworking Technologies

Microsoft Award: Ms Emily Chan
Awarded to the best student
HIT2110 Programming in VB.NET

Microsoft Award: Ms Hao Hy Tu Ho
Awarded to the best student
HIT3049 Systems Analysis & Modelling

Mingara Services Award:
Mr Rory Fitzpatrick, Mr Ngoc Minh Tuan Ha, Mr Dean Nguyen
Awarded to the top three students
E059 Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications & Internet Technologies)

Mingara Services Award: Mr Matthew Davison
Awarded to student with the top aggregate score in Telecommunication units HET313, HET314, HET315, HET336, HET424, HET436 & HET452

Multimedia Victoria Award: Mr Simon East
Awarded to the best student
J043 Bachelor of Multimedia (Networks & Computing)

Multimedia Victoria Award: Mr William Lee
Awarded to the best student
J060 Bachelor of Multimedia (Multimedia Software Development)

Netstar Australia Award: Mr Glen Torrens-Witherow
Awarded to the best student
E069Y Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications & Internet Technologies)/Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Software Engineering)

Siemens Award: Mr Amiel Heyde
Awarded to the best student
HET313 Telecommunication Technologies

Siemens Award: Mr Blake Orr
Awarded to the best student
HET314 Communication Principles

Siemens Award: Mr Trevor Horsfall
Awarded to the best student
HET436 Broadband Multimedia Networks

Siemens Award: Ms Ana Pavlicic
Awarded to the best student
HET452 Wireless Communications

Siemens Award: Mr Salil Seth
Awarded to the best student
HIT3185 Data Communication & Networks

Skilled Group Award: Mr Simon Bowler
Awarded to the best student
Z044 Bachelor of Software Engineering

Faculty of ICT Award: Mr Manh Tan Phan
Awarded to the best student
A066 Bachelor of Information Systems

Faculty of ICT Award: Ms Nhung Nguyen
Awarded to the best student
Z160Y Bachelor of Science (Computing)

Faculty of ICT Award: Mr Steven Baldwin
Awarded to the best student
J032 Bachelor of Multimedia (Networks & Computing)/Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications & Internet Technologies)

Faculty of ICT Award: Mr Andrew Coathup
Awarded to the best student
I091 Master of Information Technology

Faculty of ICT Award: Mr Glen Wheeler
Awarded to the best student
S069 Master of Science (Network Systems)

Faculty of ICT Award: Mr Damian Owen
Awarded to the best student
A097 Master of Information Systems Management

Mr Amiel Heyde is awarded the Cisco Systems by Mr Ken Boal for best student in 'LAN Principles'.

Ms Nhung Nguyen is awarded the best student
Bachelor of Science (Computing). Award presented by program coordinator, Dr Rob Allen.

Mr Matthew Davison is awarded the Mingara Services Award by Mr Gerard Cusick for the student with the top aggregate score in Telecommunications.

Ms Hao Hy Tu Ho awarded Microsoft Award
for best student in 'Systems Analysis & Modelling'. Pictured with Mr Manh Tan Phan awarded best student ' Bachelor of Information Systems'.

Mr Steven Baldwin is awarded best student
Bachelor of Multimedia (Networks & Computing)/ Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications & Internet Technologies). Presented by Antonio Cricenti, Academic Leader Telecommunications.

Ms Ana Pavlicic receives the Siemens Award for best student 'Wireless Communications'. Award presented by Professor Doug Grant.

The Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies once again congratulates the 2006 awards for academic excellence recipients and welcomes future participation from sponsor organisations in 2007. Special thanks to the 2006 supporting organisations:

Australian Arrow
Australian Sky & Telescope Magazine
Cisco Systems
Microsoft
Mingara Services
Multimedia Victoria
Netstar Australia

ObjectMastery
Palgrave Macmillan
Park Lane Information Technology
Siemens
Skilled Group
SKY & SPACE Magazine

All enquiries for the 2007 awards contact:

Ms Nektaria Achimastos
Scholarships and Projects Administrator
nachimastos@swin.edu.au
Ph: (+61 3) 9214 5454
Fx: (+61 3) 9819 0823