STUDENT
ENGINEER
AWARD.
Sponsored by McConnell Dowell.

WINNER
FINN TRASS
University of Canterbury

This award recognises an undergraduate engineering student or group of students demonstrating outstanding design and innovation in their final year tertiary project. It celebrates the next generation of engineering talent and their potential to drive innovation in the field.
Judges praised Finn's vanadium recovery project as original and rigorous, with potential impact on New Zealand's vanadium supply. His work demonstrated strong technical innovation, consideration of real-world scalability, clear constraints and success metrics, and a high standard of academic communication.
FINALISTS.

Bruce Li and James Gong
University of Auckland

Lydia Burnett, Will Maxted, Eve Hudson, Samuel Taylor and Fred Pankhurst
University of Canterbury