Scholarships & Prizes
UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to current and future students. Scholarships are awarded in recognition of exceptional academic achievement, personal circumstances or financial need.
With more than 2,000 scholarships awarded annually across the university, we’re proud to support our talented and diverse student community.
Awards and Prizes
Through the generosity of our community of supporters, we’re able to offer awards and prizes to celebrate our best and brightest students. Across each undergraduate year and degree specialisation, prizes for excellence are awarded to undergraduate UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering students. Browse our past winners:
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Ms Broady – The C. Madhusudana Prize for the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Wesley Truong – The Professor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.
- Brandon Kairui LiuÌý– TheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2.
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Justin Bryce Monckton Malkki – TheÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace Engineering.
- Juan Sebastian Avila Molina – TheÌýRAAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Scott Angus Panzenbock and John Jacob Taglini – TheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
- Janzen Hing Ho Choi – TheÌýRS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogram.ÌýtheÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Nanway Chen -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Willian Chen - theÌý2019 RS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogramÌý
The Warwick Slade Prize
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- Mowisha Danchaiviroj
- Aaron Jiajian Mai
- Roby Ker
- Hong Ze Zhang
- Zachary Dean Bressick
- Margarita Piperias
- Liana Marguerite Sellam
- Sophia Nicole Rueda Pablo (medal winner)
The Best Undergraduate Final Year Thesis Prize
- Lee Yang
- Joshua Stefano Ibanez Cruz
- Louise Christopher Zacharopoulos
- Adam Song-Yong Tan
- Noah Walter Correa
- Daniel Fan
- Jonathan David Lee
- Andrew Praneeth Sachindran Singham
- Tommaso De Battista
- Zachary Monier-Gorton
- Max James Douglas Neville
- Xiang En Chan
- Elliot Thomas Garnett
- Simor Gerasimos Demetriou
- Joshua Ryan Gregerson
- Jack William Smith
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Man Ching Melvin Chan -ÌýtheÌý2021 C.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Marcus Andrew Borscz –ÌýtheÌý2021 Professor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Reuben Chiang -ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Jing Shan Cheong –ÌýtheÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- Nanway Chen - theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Nanway Chen -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Willian Chen - theÌý2019 RS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogramÌý
The 2021 Warwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- John Dul
- Virushan Jarden Pradheepan
- Zhengpang Bian
- Dinesh Kumar Ratnam
- Justin Bryce Monckton Malkki
- Eldho Alias
- Erik Jacob Mueller
The Best Undergraduate Final Year Thesis PrizeÌý
- Lachlan Robert Conn
- Matthew Diarmuid Holohan
- Lily Jia Li Lu
- Lachlan Aik-Seng Heathcote
- Zheng Sun
- Yi-Shuan Chen
- Kyle Robert Atkins
- Brayden John Carr
- Harry James Azzopardi
- Patrick Edmund Noel Lee
- Ganeshan Manoharan
- Myron John D'souza
- Samantha Joy Mesia
- Clarence Xu
- Ronald Luo
- Wade Anthony Hope
- Aydin Abdioglu
- Shubham Kumar
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Marcus Andrew Borscz -ÌýtheÌý2020 C.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Mrinaank Sinha –ÌýtheÌý2020 Professor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Matthew Ross Johnstone -ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Joshua Mark John Townsend –ÌýtheÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- Matthew Isaac Brand - theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Alexander Duncan air -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Oliver Daniel Richards - theÌý2020 RS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogramÌý
The 2020 Warwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- Benjamin John Quinn
- Lachlan Robert Conn
- Thomas Underwood Grimes
- Marco Alexander Alberto
- Sarah Louise Bedwin
- Syed Azan Salahuddin
- Phuika Jianudomdet
The Best Undergraduate Final Year Thesis PrizeÌý
- Shane Jeffrey Conly
- Henry Thomas Gourley
- Shanda Su
- Dinh Tien Dat Stephen Nguyen
- Jonathan Shaun D'Cruz
- Byron A Panos
- Dylan Dam
- Jin Yiu Anthony Leung
- Joel David Behlevanas
- Daniel Christopher D'Souza Brito
- Alexandre Melchior Peterlin
- Brandon Qi Wei Voon
- Hania Mahmood
- Chuan Gong
- Morgan Kirk Steyn
- Saif Ali Chaudhry
- Isaac Peter Brewin
- Lachlan Robert Abood
- Yutong Ji
- Julian De Costa
- Danesh Colah
- Lachlan Johnston Hatty
- Neeraj Nathan Sewak
- Fransiskus Gerry Oscar
- David Tri Lam
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Mrinaank Sinha -ÌýtheÌý2019 C.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Deepan Kumar –ÌýtheÌý2019 Professor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Juan Sebastian Avila Molina -ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Nathan Wendt -ÌýtheÌýAustralian Acoustical Society (NSW Division) PrizeÌýfor the undergraduate student who obtained the highest mark in the Fundamentals of AcousticsÌýand Noise course.Ìý
- Isabella Yan –ÌýtheÌýDavidÌýCarmentÌýMemorial Prize and MedalÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Emma Louise Smedley –ÌýtheÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- Briscoe John Kerferd - theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Briscoe John Kerferd -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Raymond Su - theÌý2019 RS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogramÌý
The 2019 Warwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- Kiel Allen
- Nabil Attie
- Theodora Cheng
- Ka Ho (Jordan) Liu
- Sasha Milani
- Yuchen Wang
- Christie Lau – top student in the team and winner of theÌýRoyal Aeronautical Society MedalÌý
The Best Undergraduate Final Year Thesis PrizeÌý
- John Alexander Co
- Mengfan Xu
- Jordan Harry Epstein
- Tiancheng Zhang
- Jordan Andrewz Schweichkle
- Junjie Huang
- Wade Anthony Hope
- Aydin Abdioglu
- Shubham Kumar
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Deepan Kumar -ÌýtheÌý2018 C.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Lucia ChenÌý–ÌýtheÌý2018 Professor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Peter MinhÌýThienÌýDangÌý-ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 3 PrizesÌý
Isabella YanÌý–ÌýtheÌý2018 Royal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýfor the best academic performance by a student in Year 3 of the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegreeÌýin Naval ArchitectureÌý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Timothy Rowan DavisÌý-ÌýtheÌýAustralian Acoustical Society (NSW Division) PrizeÌýfor the undergraduate student who obtained the highest mark in the Fundamentals of AcousticsÌýand Noise course.Ìý
- Edward James HawkinsÌý–ÌýtheÌýDavidÌýCarmentÌýMemorial Prize and MedalÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- SamimÌýOzyurteriÌý–ÌýtheÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- Shawn Roshan ManuelÌý- theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Leanne HuynhÌý-ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Isabella YanÌý- theÌýRoyal Institution of Naval Architects (Australian Division) Prize and MedalÌýfor the best ship design by a student in the final year of the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegreeÌýin Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Linda WongÌý- theÌý2018 RS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic EngineeringÌýprogramÌý
The 2018 Warwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- Melissa BongÌý
- James GibsonÌý
- JacksonÌýHappÌý
- NoppawanÌýNgoendeeÌý
- BenedicttusÌýRuslyÌý
- NareshÌýSabapathyÌý
- ShayaanÌýSukhlaÌý
- Ian Mui – top student in the team and winner of theÌýRoyal Aeronautical Society MedalÌý
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
Lucia ChenÌý-ÌýtheÌý2017ÌýC.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- Briscoe John KerferdÌý–ÌýtheÌý2017ÌýProfessor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Isabella Yan – theÌý2017 Royal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýforÌýthe best academic performance by a student in Year 2 of theÌýBachelor of Engineering program in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Briscoe John KerferdÌý-ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 3 PrizesÌý
Edward Hawkins –ÌýtheÌý2017ÌýRoyal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýfor the best academic performance by a student in Year 3 of the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegreeÌýin Naval ArchitectureÌý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Zain Kahn -ÌýtheÌýAustralian Acoustical Society (NSW Division) PrizeÌýfor the undergraduate student who obtained the highest mark in the Fundamentals of AcousticsÌýand Noise course.Ìý
- JiongÌýWangÌý–ÌýtheÌýDavidÌýCarmentÌýMemorial Prize and MedalÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Jayden Levy – theÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- NathanÌýLukÌýKeongÌýTeoh - theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Liam Oscar Tully -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Evelyn Jane Foster - theÌý2017ÌýRS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic Engineering programÌý
The 2017 Warwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýthe top team performance in Aerospace Design ProjectÌýfrom theÌýBachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering program.Ìý
- Christopher Paul CroweÌýÌý
- DanielÌýEskanderÌý
- ApimookÌýJenviteesukÌýÌý
- Kean Man LauÌý
- Duncan WindÌýYiuÌýPoonÌýÌý
- Brian JamesÌýSadanandanÌý
- TianyingÌýZhaoÌýÌý
- Declan Michael WalshÌý–Ìýtop student in the team and winner of theÌýRoyal Aeronautical Society MedalÌý
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Year 1 PrizesÌý
- Briscoe John KerferdÌý-ÌýtheÌý2016ÌýC.ÌýMadhusudanaÌýPrizeÌýfor the best academic performance of a 1st year student.ÌýÌý
- Gianluca AntonioÌýViluceÌýCorrea – theÌý2016 Royal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýfor the best academic performance by a student in Year 1 of the Bachelor of Engineering program in Naval ArchitectureÌý
Year 2 PrizesÌý
- SamimÌýErezÌýOzyurteriÌý–ÌýtheÌý2016ÌýProfessor Eddie Leonardi PrizeÌýfor the best performance in all undergraduate courses taken in Years 1 and 2 in the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegree.Ìý
- Edward James Hawkins – theÌý2016ÌýRoyal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýforÌýthe best academic performance by a student in Year 2 of theÌýBachelor of Engineering program in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Andrew Israel WhitlamÌý-ÌýtheÌýJohn Harrison PrizeÌýfor the best performance in the course,ÌýEngineering Mechanics 2Ìý
Year 3 PrizesÌý
JiongÌýWang –ÌýtheÌý2016ÌýRoyal Institution of Naval Architects (NSW Section) PrizeÌýfor the best academic performance by a student in Year 3 of the Bachelor of EngineeringÌýdegreeÌýin Naval ArchitectureÌý
Year 4 PrizesÌý
- Joshua AnthonyÌýShediakÌý-ÌýtheÌýAustralian Acoustical Society (NSW Division) PrizeÌýfor the undergraduate student who obtained the highest mark in the Fundamentals of AcousticsÌýand Noise course.Ìý
- Nicholas Peter Gilmore – TheÌý2016 Computer-based Engineering Design PrizeÌýfor the best undergraduate thesis making a contribution to computer-basedÌýengineering designÌý
- Bing Zheng Ho –ÌýtheÌýDavidÌýCarmentÌýMemorial Prize and MedalÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Naval ArchitectureÌý
- Sean FrancisÌýMcCretonÌý– theÌýDouglas Archer Prize in Aerospace EngineeringÌýfor the best student graduating with First class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Aerospace EngineeringÌý
- Bill Walton - theÌýR AÌýAÌýBryant PrizeÌýfor the best student graduating with First Class Honours in theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical EngineeringÌý
- Zheng Tang -ÌýtheÌýR E Jeffries Memorial PrizeÌýfor the best overall performance in the final year of theÌýBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringÌý
- Geoffrey DouglasÌýMcCareyÌý–ÌýThe Royal Institution of Naval Architects (Australian Division) Prize and MedalÌýfor the best ship design by a student in the final year of the Bachelor of Engineering in Naval Architecture programÌý
- Cameron Adam Stewart - theÌý2016ÌýRS Components Prize for Engineering ExcellenceÌýfor the best performance in the final year of theÌýMechatronic Engineering programÌý
The 2016ÌýWarwick Slade Royal Aeronautical Society PrizeÌý
Winners ofÌýtheÌýtop team performance in Aerospace Design Project A and B byÌýstudents in the Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering programÌý
- Harrison James AbbotÌýÌý
- Jonathan Mark DunnÌýÌý
- DanielÌýEskanderÌý
- Timothy HoÌýÌý
- Denise Chi Ching KwokÌýÌý
- Ryan Wai-Yun LeungÌýÌý
- Nathan Michael Ward-TyrrellÌýÌý
- Nicholas SidneyÌýBalcombÌý– top student in the team and winner of theÌýRoyal Aeronautical Society MedalÌý