On Wednesday, August 30th, the Chemical Sciences Department at the University of Limerick conferred students from it's undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Afterwards, the Department held it's annual awards ceremony in the newly refurbished B3 lab. Graduates and their families enjoyed a nice welcome reception and got the chance to meet and greet many of the lecturers and technical officers who helped guide them through their studies.
The graduating PhDs and awards for top undergraduate students in our Department are as follows:
Graduating PhD students:
Dr Syed Abdul Ahad - "Silicon and Germanium Nanowire based Lithiophilic Current Collectors for Lithium Metal Batteries"; supervised by Professor Hugh Geaney and Professor Kevin Ryan
Dr Shasha Jin - "Crystal Engineering of Ionic Cocrystals Containing Phenols"; supervised by Professor Mike Zaworotko
Dr Nilotpal Kapuria - "Colloidal Synthesis and Growth Mechanism Study of Anisotropic Multicomponent Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals for Energy Applications"; supervised by Professor Kevin Ryan and Professor Shalini Singh
Dr Sumair Imtiaz - "Alloying-Type Anode Materials for Advanced Lithium and Potassium-Ion Batteries"; supervised by Professor Kevin Ryan and Professor Tadhg Kennedy
Edward Storey Award for Overall Chemical Sciences Student of the Year - sponsored by Chemifloc
Sinead O'Brien, BEng Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, QCA 3.91
Best Research Project - sponsored by MSD
Michail Lambert and Martin Joseph Malone, BEng Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Exceptional performance in BEng Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - sponsored by Lilly
Gavin Healy
Exceptional performance in BSc Industrial Biochemistry - sponsored by Serosep
Roisin Leamy and Phoebe Makim
Exceptional performance in BSc Pharmaceutical and Industrial Chemistry - sponsored by PBC Biomed
Meadhbh Coomey
Exceptional performance in BSc Environmental Science - sponsored by ESB Networks
Karla Burke
Exceptional performance in HDip Environmental Science - sponsored by ESB Networks
Miguel Macho Fernandez