An ACE end to a year

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21 June 2024

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The end-of-year showcase for the work of students from the University of East London’s School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE) took place on 7 June 2024, with a vast range of outstanding projects and designs on display. 

The event, held at the University’s Architecture and Visual Arts building and the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, was followed by an awards ceremony, with the best work selected by academics from the School and leading industry experts. A full list of the winners follows this article. 

Image captionProfessor David Tann, Dean of ACE

ACE’s Dean, Professor David Tann, was impressed by the commitment and achievements of both those working at the School and those studying there. He said

I am incredibly proud of staff and students. Their creativity has no boundaries and their commitment to excellence is inspiring.

One of the mechanical engineering projects in the showcase aimed to illustrate how to optimise electric vehicle batteries, to make them more efficient. One of the students involved, Rukhieya Osman, spoke of the value of the day’s event. She said, “This showcase allowed me to explore real-life challenges and come up with solutions to issues that are key to the engineering world.”

It was just one example of a wide variety of student work, ranging from demonstrations of rotating solar panels to presentations about extending London City Airport to a poster detailing how to build a predictive machine-learning model to assess the quality of red wine.

Engineering students showcasing their poster
Image captionEngineering and construction students showcasing their posters.

One of the panel of judges, Steve Acott, Membership Development Manager at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, was impressed by the range of projects on show. He said, “I think the students’ work is fantastic. It was very clearly presented with aims, methodology and findings which make it easy to understand for non-expert audiences.” 

Architecture students building an installation.
Image captionArchitecture students building an installation.

The event also saw the building of architectural installations in the courtyard of the Architecture and Visual Arts building, with a focus on sustainable construction materials. There was also a display of architectural models in the atrium. Sagarita Bhattacharjee, who’s studying for a master’s degree in architecture and urbanism, worked on the installation of the Trillium Pavilion in the courtyard. She said, “I really enjoyed the process and learnt so much. I have learnt how to bend copper and experiment with a lot of materials.”

The Lightwell and the Way Out East gallery were also filled with work by students from the school’s Visual Arts cluster, from real-life models of chairs to artworks narrating students’ lived experiences, to branding for a restaurant. 

Head of Department, Carl Callaghan, said that this year had been a particularly exciting one for staff and students, “We had lots of really interesting research and students’ projects, for example, in robotics, biomaterials, and in advanced technologies such as printed concrete made into models for housing. In every room, there was an exciting new thing to see.”

Artist exhibiting their work

The awards ceremony was held in the evening at the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability. Louisa Amelia Tulloch, winner of the Dean's Prize for Architecture, was thrilled her work had been recognised. She said, “I had the best year at the University of East London, and everyone at ACE has been absolutely great. Professors and staff believe in me and have been so supportive. I am sad to leave, but hoping to secure a job soon.”

Computing and Digital Technologies Award winner, Tianning Luo, was delighted to have had the opportunity to present his work to other students and praised the help he’d got from his supervisor, Dr Fadi Safieddine. He said, “Dr Safieddine helped me so much with this project, with his knowledge and his motivation keeping me pushing forward. These events are very exciting to see other students’ ideas and how they approach problems.”

Meera Patel was delighted to win the MSc Construction and Engineering Management Award for her dissertation. She said, “Getting this award, especially for my dissertation, which was such hard work, is really motivating for me.  My work is around Building Information Modelling (BIM), so I am looking for jobs in the area and hoping to study a PhD in BIM and other technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.”

Full list of award winners from the School of Computing, Architecture and Engineering 

Computing and Digital Technologies:

Award-winning projects: 

  • “A VR Museum tour” by Tianning Luo, supervised by Dr Fadi Safieddine.
  • “Predicting the health impacts of commuting on productivity at work”, Madhav Raj Theeng Tamang, supervised by Dr Saeed Sharif.
  • “Dementia Prediction” by Abin Daniel Zorto, supervised by Dr Saeed Sharif.
    Runner-up projects:
  • “Hand recognition system control” by Riazul Islam, supervised by Dr Seyed Ali Ghorashi
  • “Traffic Light Simulation Using ML” by Amit Adhikari, supervised by Dr Seyed Ali Ghorashi
  • “Blockchain-Integrated Disease Detection System Using ML” by Deva Raj Sharma Megharaj, supervised by Dr Saeed Sharif.
Computer Science and Digital students and academics.
Image captionComputer Science and Digital students and academics.

Engineering and Construction:

Award-winning students: 

  • Ehichioya Sunday Anakali

  • Joseph Dobisz

  • Meera Nalinkumar Patel

  • Joel John

  • Rukhieya Osman

  • Gaurang Parmar

  • Rafia Mahmud

  • Alexander Opoku Boateng

  • Raxesh Ketanbhai Darji

  • Imelda Curri

  • Mahfuza Akhter

  • Alexander Opoku Boateng

  • Santhosh Gandheri

  • Jay Parekh

  • Aryan Phade

  • Jasmeet Singh

  • Hossain Behbahanian

  • Alexander Opoku Boateng

  • Shawan Ali

  • Rabah Aissou Baraka

  • Ayomikun Mosaku

Engineering and Construction students and academics.
Image captionEngineering and Construction students and academics.

Visual Arts:

Foundation in Art + Design awards: 

  • Artist Merit: Luna Goodwin and Filippo Robaldo

  • Dedication To Study Award: Carmen Byford

  • Progression: Andra Jechianu

  • Foundation Top Prize: “Raison d’être” Dine Nkana

BA in Photography awards:

  • Dean’s Prize: Emily Damyan

  • Progression: Emily Thornhill

  • L5 Award: Hannah Bloomfield and Shannon Childs

  • L4 Award: Katerina Hudakova  and Richie Lacey

BA in Fine Art award:

  • Dean’s Prize: Justas Pakstys

  • Excellence in Practice: Ashlee Clark

  • Excellence in Material Development: Simarpreet Kaura

  • Excellence in Event: Valentina Cojocaru, for Orkshun

  • £1000 purchase prize: Jay Ho 

BA in Illustration awards:

  • Dean’s Prize: June Bubbles

  • Excellence in Professional Practice: Zuzanna Wachowicz

  • Penguin Random House Picture Book: Sorina-Elena Bujor

BA in Graphic Design:

  • Excellence in Experimentation and Application Part 1: Max Wardale-Seely

  • Excellence in Design Practice 2: Beatrix Julien

  • Excellence in Design Practice 3: Cassandra Tsoungui Onguene

  • Excellence in Experimentation and Application Part 2: Nishat Noor

  • Excellence in Advanced Practice: Peter Moldovan

  • Excellence in Independent Major Project Creation: Chiara Vario

  • Dean’s Prize: Camilla Serini

Visual Arts students and academics.
Image captionVisual Arts students and academics.

Architecture:

  • Dean's Prize Winner: Louisa Amelia Tulloch

  • Level 4 Design Investigation Prize Winner: Lukas Phong

  • Level 4 Technical Studies + Representation Winner: Oliwia Jaworska

  • Arch Foundation Year: Best Achievement Prize Winner: Maria Eugenia Moran

  • Arch Foundation Year: Portfolio Prize Winner: Oswald Patricio Calderon Moran

  • BSc Arch Level 4 History and Theory The Best Essay Prize Winner: Kiran Kaur Aujla

  • BSc Arch Level 4 History and Theory The Best Essay, RIBA East London Architecture Group "First Year Portfolio", Best Achievement Level 4 Prize Winner: Gary Fuller

  • Level 4 Design Resolution Prize Winner: Mohammed Alam

  • Level 4 Material Integration Prize Winner: Charlotte Grant

  • Level 4 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Teodora Iancu

  • Level 5 Design Investigation Prize Winner: Ishya Thompson

  • Level 5 Technical Studies + Representation Winner: Worakitt Meenil

  • Level 5 History and Theory, Mental Wealth and Resolution Prize Winner: Thomas Manley

  • Level 5 Material Integration Prize Winner: Helin Silfikir

  • Level 6 Design Investigation Prize Winner: Prince Garcia

  • Level 6 Integrated Technologies and History and Theory Prize Winner: Millie Lawrence

  • Level 6 History and Theory Prize Winner: Nabiha Warsame

  • Level 6 Design Resolution Prize Winner: Joseph Pearce

  • Level 6 Material Integration and Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Tonisha Harvey

  • Level 6 Design Evolution Prize Winner: Kidst Belete

  • Level 4 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Ceril Djomeni

  • Level 6 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Noman Nadeem

  • Level 4 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Belma Akgul Pisarski

  • Level 5 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Pulcheria Thanasingham

  • Level 6 Mental Wealth Prize Winner: Sara Bonito

  • Level 5 History and Theory Prize Winner: Prince Partee

  • ADT Best Portfolio Year 1 Winner: Dawid Wojcieszek

  • ADT Best Portfolio Year 2 Winner: Maximus Hart

  • ADT Best Portfolio Year 3 Winner: Daniel Bonney Andrews

  • ADT Best Research Project and Best Physical Model Winners: Omid Rahat and Daniel Bonney Andrews

  • ADT Best Development Winner: Stanley Wiskin

  • MARCH Level 5 History and Theory Essay Prize Winner: Jennifer Glowacka,

  • MARCH Level 5 History and Theory Essay Prize Winner: Miles James

  • MARCH Level 4 History and Theory Essay Prize and Regenerative & Ecological Practice Winner: Zakaria Arif

  • MARCH Level 5 Academic Portfolio, MArch Regenerative & Ecologic Practice, Level 5 TS ES PS and RIBA Silver Medal nomination Design Prize Winner: William Fullick

  • MARCH Level 4 Academic Portfolio Prize Winner: Sharanya Rajashekhar

  • March Level 4 TS ES PS prize and Regenerative & Ecologic Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Winner: Saw Yan Naung

  • MARCH Level 4 TS ES PS prize Winner: Elsa Lea Sibille

  • MARCH Model Prize Winner Unit 6 Team Puncture: Kawan Ranasinghe

  • MARCH Model Prize Winner Unit 6 Team Puncture: Andreas Kallis

  • MARCH Model Prize Winner Unit 6 Team Puncture: Twinkle Nileshkumar Shah

  • Architects Journal nomination MArch Winner: Ronak Akbari

  • RIBA Silver Medal nomination Theory Essay Winner: Faith Ogundare

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Construction Week Team: Bahar Bozygit

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Construction Week Team: Talha Jariwala

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Construction Week Team: Junaid Nohur

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Construction Week Team: Kelly Yamba

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee Spindle Construction Week Team: Bhairavi Sanjay Sende

  • RIBA MArch Regenerative & Ecological Practice Prize Nominee: Faith Ogundare.

  • RIBA MArch Contextual Responsibility Prize Nominee: James Miles.

  • RIBA MArch Contextual Responsibility Prize Nominee: Junicila Cardoso Santos de Oliveira.

  • RIBA MArch Contextual Responsibility Prize Nominee: Elsa Lea Sibille.

  • RIBA MArch Contextual Responsibility Prize Nominee: Patryk Filuk.

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "First Year Portfolio" and Steven Lawrence Prize winner: Daniel Ogeh George

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "First Year Portfolio" winner: Madihah Hajar

  • Level 4 BSc Arch Best Development Winner: Belma Akgul Pisarski

  • Level 4 BSc Arch Best Development Winner: Zaynab Ahmed

  • Steven Lawrence Prize Winner: Madihah Hajar

  • Studio Culture Prize Winner: Priyanka Gole

  • Level 5 BSc Arch Portfolio Prize Winner: Karleen Menes

  • Level 5 BSc Arch Portfolio Prize Winner; Sahil Nayak

  • Level 5 BSc Arch Year Prize Winner: Alfred Mowse

  • Level 6 BSc Arch Portfolio Prize + Bronze Medal Nomination, RIBA East London Architecture Group "Sustainable Design", and Architects Journal Prize nomination Winner: Agata Nyckowska

  • Level 6 BSc Arch Portfolio Prize + Bronze Medal Nomination Winner: Nabiha Warsame

  • Level 6 BSc Arch Portfolio Prize and RIBA East London Architecture Group "Contextual Design” Winner: Brendan Tate Hampton

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Contextual Design" Winner: Zuhaida Salum

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Contextual Design" Winner: Anik Md Chowdury

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Contextual Design" Winner: Edmund Balasca

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Sustainable Design" Winner: Joanna Wong

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Sustainable Design" Winner: Klaudia Depczynska

  • RIBA East London Architecture Group "Sustainable Design" Winner: Nabiha Warsame

  • Level 4 Product Design Investigation Winner: Joshua Vasco

  • Level 4 Product Design Technical Studies + Representation Winner: Chloe Haygarth

  • Level 4 Product Design Material Integration Winner: Kelsie Anderson

  • Level 4 Product Design Resolution Winner: Randy Boahen

  • Level 5 Product Design Investigation Winner: Esma Bektasoglu

  • Level 5 Product Design Integration Winner: Amaan Naveed

  • Level 5 Product Design Resolution Winner: George Davis

  • Level 5 Product Design Material Integration Winner: Leo Sotiri

  • Level 6 Product Design History and Theory Winner: Natalia Higuera Garzon

  • Level 6 Product Design Material Integration Winner: Noman Nadeen

  • Level 6 Product Design Resolution Winner: Nitan Banger

  • MA+U Model Prize Winner; Sinem Canli

  • MA+U Model Prize Winner: Naomi Nakoulma

  • MA+U Academic Portfolio Prize Winner: George Kelechukwu Onwudebe

  • MA+U Academic Portfolio Prize Winner: Rohit Singh Satbir Singh Parmar

  • Landscape - Student of the Year Winner: Janekke Gilissen

  • Landscape - Essay Prize Winner: Charlotte Wicker

  • Landscape - Technical Studies Prize Winner: Chris Granger

  • Landscape - Theory Prize Winner: Martha Laney

  • Landscape - Major Project Prize Winner: Shanon Du Hasky

Architecture and Physical Design students and academics.
Image captionArchitecture and Physical Design students and academics.
  • School of Architecture Computing and Engineering
  • Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability (RDCS)

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