Imperial College London College Imperial POSTGRADUATE GRADUATION 2017 GRADUATION POSTGRADUATE POSTGRADUATE GRADUATION 2017 Wednesday 3 May Royal Albert Hall, London Postgraduate Graduation 2017 PRESIDENT’S WELCOME CONTENTS 01 President’s welcome Welcome to the Imperial College London Postgraduate Graduation. 02 Chair’s welcome My colleagues and I are pleased 03 Senior staff at Imperial to be here to celebrate your accomplishments as our postgraduate 04 About the day degree recipients and honorees 06 Imperial’s past and future and award winners. We hope that you enjoy the ceremony and the 08 World-leading research celebration as much as we do. at Imperial We share the honour of celebrating your achievements 10 Honorary degree with all of those who have supported you on your journey. We know that pursuing graduate study 12 Imperial College Medals requires dedication and the steadfast support of family and friends, and we salute them too today. 14 President’s Medals Faculty mentors and doctoral advisors are also here to celebrate with us. Their guidance has been 19 Regius Professorship pivotal in graduates’ accomplishments and we thank them for being excellent teachers, academic leaders 20 Outstanding Student and role models. Achievement Awards You, our graduates, have worked long and hard 24 Imperial College Business for this distinction. You have followed your passion School and School of and become experts in your chosen fields. You have demonstrated the ability to think rigorously, to explore, Professional Development to question. We are inspired by the great breadth of your accomplishments and we know that you all join 38 Faculty of Natural Sciences the ranks of some 190,000 very distinguished alumni and Faculty of Medicine who bring prestige to Imperial’s name. 58 Faculty of Engineering We are proud of the important work we do at Imperial. Every day, we make new discoveries, achieve new 72 The Imperial alumni breakthroughs, find new cures, and solve new problems. community Our work brings tremendous value to society throughout Professor Alice P. Gast the world. I hope that we will take away with us today a stronger sense of exploring the unknown, working across “ You, our graduates, boundaries and across borders, and collaborating as friends and colleagues. You leave here able to question, have worked long and discover, explore, take risks, and to be leaders. hard for this distinction.” I wish you all the very best. Whatever the future holds and whatever path you choose, I know that Imperial graduates will always seek new challenges, remain curious, and forever work to improve the lives of others. I hope that as we celebrate together, today will live forever in your fondest memories. 1 2 Welcome CHAIR’S SENIOR STAFF WELCOME AT IMPERIAL SENIOR STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESIDENT CHAIR Thank you for joining us today Professor Alice P. Gast Sir Philip Dilley to celebrate the excellence of our PROVOST EXTERNAL MEMBERS Professor James Stirling Mr Christopher Brinsmead postgraduate students, to honour Mr Iain Conn staff and students who have CHIEF FINANCIAL Mr Toby Courtauld OFFICER Mr John Cullen made exceptional contributions Mr Muir Sanderson Ms Rachel Lomax to the College, and to recognise Ms Sara Murray COLLEGE SECRETARY Ms Alison Nimmo colleagues from outside of Imperial AND REGISTRAR Dr Mahnaz Safa Mr John Neilson Professor Jeremy Sanders through honorary awards for the Mr Chris Williams exceptional contribution they have VICE-PRESIDENT (ADVANCEMENT) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS made to their disciplines. Mrs Sarah Waterbury President, Professor Alice P. Gast I have fond memories of when I crossed the stage VICE-PRESIDENT Provost, Professor of the Royal Albert Hall as a graduand of Imperial, (COMMUNICATIONS James Stirling AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS) Chief Financial Officer, with my friends and family watching. My degree in Mr Luke Blair Mr Muir Sanderson Civil Engineering gave me the skills and confidence President of Imperial to embark on a career that has taken me to VICE-PRESIDENT College Union, Mr Nas countries across the globe. I am proud to now (INNOVATION) Andriopoulos Professor David Gann serve as Chair of the College’s governing Council. SENIOR STAFF VICE-PROVOST REPRESENTATIVES Imperial’s Royal Charter of 1907 gave our university (EDUCATION) Professor Nelson Phillips a distinct mandate focused on the application Professor Simone Professor Tom Welton of education, research and scholarship. For Buitendijk Professor Jeff Magee generations, those with a degree from Imperial Professor Gavin Screaton VICE-PROVOST have made their mark in science, technology, (RESEARCH) ELECTED STAFF engineering, medicine, business and education Professor Nick Jennings MEMBER to the benefit of society. Imperial graduates are Professor Neil Alford ACTING DEAN OF THE an illustrious group. BUSINESS SCHOOL THE CLERK TO THE Professor Nelson Phillips COURT AND COUNCIL To those graduating today, I would emphasise Mr John Neilson that this is not the end of a journey, but the DEAN OF THE FACULTY beginning of a new chapter in your life. You have OF ENGINEERING tackled advanced topics in your fields, gained Professor Jeff Magee new knowledge through your projects and research DEAN OF THE FACULTY and furthered your ability to think critically. You OF MEDICINE are poised to apply what you have learned and Professor Gavin Screaton make your mark in your chosen career. DEAN OF THE FACULTY Sir Philip Dilley You are also now part of the worldwide network OF NATURAL SCIENCES Professor Tom Welton of Imperial alumni that is a source of guidance, support and friendship. I encourage you to be an active part of this network over the coming “ To those graduating today, years. We alumni are proud of what you have I would emphasise that this achieved and excited by the promise of your is not the end of a journey, future achievements. Congratulations again to all those graduating but the beginning of a new and receiving awards and honours today. chapter in your life.” 3 4 About the day Postgraduate Graduation 2017 ABOUT THE DAY PLEASE NOTE: Screen visuals featuring metallic colour swatches will not look like the metallic pantone spec colour when printed. Refer to a Pantone metallic swatch MASTER COLOUR ARTWORK Graduations are a highlight of the College year, book to get an accurate colour match for print. CMYK MUSIC a time when we welcome back our graduating COLOURS C0. M0 . Y0. K.100 The orchestra is conducted by Mr Richard C100. M70 . Y0. K.0 Dickins, Director of Music and the Blyth Centre students, together with families and friends, to C0. M100. Y100. K.0 CMYK Gold celebrate outstanding academic achievement. C25. M25 . Y75. K.15 at Imperial. The violin solo is performed by Tudor Trita, a first year Mathematics student who is leader of the Imperial College Symphony Orchestra 15thMarch 2016 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON-MASTER ARTWORK and has performed with the National Theatre Orchestra of Mannheim and the Philharmonia THE COLLEGE COAT OF ARMS Orchestra of Madrid. The College coat of arms was assigned by Royal Warrant on 6 June 1908. Coats of arms date back ACADEMIC DRESS to the twelfth century, and continue to be used by Academic dress has its origins in medieval well-established and respected corporate bodies Europe, when it identified the rank and profession as a mark of identification. of the wearer. Today, academic dress denotes The shield incorporates the royal coat of arms and the graduate’s institution and the level of a book, representing knowledge. The motto, which degree awarded. Today, the Royal Albert Hall reads Scientia imperii decus et tutamen, can be is the historic location for The unifying theme of academic dress at Imperial translated as ‘Scientific knowledge, the crowning Imperial’s postgraduate is the colour purple. This is an homage to the work glory and the safeguard of the empire’. and undergraduate of Royal College of Chemistry alumnus Sir William graduation ceremonies. Henry Perkin, who invented mauveine, the world’s THE IMPERIAL MACE first synthetic purple dye, in 1856. The Imperial College London Mace was presented Master’s graduands wear black gowns and black to the College by the Goldsmiths’ Company in 2009 hoods with white and purple lining. The coloured Graduations for Imperial College London have in recognition of Imperial’s status as a university stripe on the collar of the hood denotes Faculty taken place in the Royal Albert Hall for over 60 in its own right. The generous gift reflects the livery affiliation. MPhil graduands wear black gowns and black hoods with purple lining. PhD, DEng, Above: The exterior of years. The Hall, which opened in 1871, was part of company’s longstanding relationship with Imperial the Royal Albert Hall, Prince Albert’s grand vision for a cultural, scientific and its predecessor institutions. MD and DSc graduands wear purple hoods and shown here in the late and artistic quarter in South Kensington. Given purple gowns: the sleeves of PhD, DEng and The intricate design of the Mace incorporates nineteenth century, is that Imperial also has its origins in this vision, MD graduands are purple, while those of DSc built from over 6 million elements of the College’s coat of arms and its it is fitting that the College should celebrate the graduands are white. red bricks and 80,000 motto. The helix-shaped stem represents human blocks of terracotta. accomplishments of its graduates here. DNA or a chain of atoms in a spiral, providing The order for the day is: a visual reference to the College’s expertise in science and medicine. 10.30: Graduation ceremony for Imperial College Business School and the School for Professional The Mace is a focal point of the College’s Development graduation ceremonies: it heralds the arrival of the Provost, President and Chair of Council 13.45: Graduation ceremony for the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Medicine during the Procession.