Postgraduate Awards and Scholarships
This section details major awards and scholarships received during the completion of my Ph.D at the University of Melbourne, commenced in February 2013.
Research Scholarships
- NICTA Victorian Research Laboratory Scholarship – 2013
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) – 2013
Travel Scholarships and Bursaries
- Bioplatforms Australia and EMBL Australia travel bursary, University of Queensland Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology – 2014
Teaching Awards
- Excellence in Tutoring Award, Department of Computing and Information Systems – 2014
- Melbourne School of Engineering Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning – 2013
Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships
This section details major awards and scholarships received during the completion of my undergraduate degrees in engineering and computer science at the University of Newcastle, Australia (2008-2012).
Awarded Degrees
- Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering with Honours Class I and University Medal – 2012
- Bachelor of Computer Science with Distinction – 2012
Research Awards
- “Best Student Paper” Award, 25th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence – 2012
Scholarships
- Summer Vacation Research Scholarship, CSIRO – 2012
- Honours Research Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2012
- PUNRSC Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2012
- Summer Research Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2011
- Summer Research Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2010
- Macquarie Generation Engineering Scholarship – 2008
- Phipps Charitable Trust Scholarship – 2008-2011
- Commonwealth Scholarship – 2008-2012
Academic Awards
- University Medal, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2012
- Dean’s Medal, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – 2012
- Purdue Prize in Computer Engineering – 2012
- Physics Staff Prize in Physics 1220 – 2009
- Dean’s Merit List, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment – All semesters, 2008-2012
Other Awards
- iLEAD (International Leadership Program) Completion with High Distinction – 2012
- Third Prize for Undergraduate Projects, IEEE Technologies of the Future Exhibition – 2012
- “Most Appealing Robot Design” Award, National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition – 2012
- Third Prize, National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition – 2012
- Shohoku Institute of Higher Education (Sony Institute) Exchange Program – 2011
Nominations
- Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Teaching Innovation Award – 2012