Frimley, 2014-Feb-10
Nine young engineers from some of the UK’s leading universities (Imperial, Lincoln, Loughborough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Manchester, Sheffield and Strathclyde), have been recognised by their universities and Siemens as being the most outstanding students in their year. They received the Sir William Siemens Medal, specially designed and struck by The Royal Mint, and a paid internship with Siemens.
The overall winner, Eu Pin Tien, also took home a cheque for £1,000 and an iPad. He is currently in the 2nd year of his Material Science and Engineering degree program studying at the University of Manchester. A panel of senior engineering managers from Siemens deemed his submission to be the best due to not only all-round exceptional academic ability, but also his passion for engineering and his clearly demonstrable knowledge of engineering challenges and the possible solutions.
Siemens has a long standing association with many of the UK's leading universities. Its UK university partnering programme represents a major part of its commitment to the UK engineering skills agenda. Collaboration ranges from joint research programmes, to providing industry placements as an integral part of education programmes, to recognising and rewarding undergraduate excellence as the Sir William Siemens Medal Award does.
Juergen Maier, Managing Director for Industry said, “At Siemens in the UK we are investing heavily in skills and training and we have a strong commitment to working with universities and recruiting top graduate engineering talent. Through the Sir William Siemens Medal Award we can work more closely with our target universities to encourage more students to take an interest in a career in engineering, to reward engineering excellence and to try to ensure that more of the world’s leading technology is developed within the UK.”
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Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 170 years ago and now employs around 13,520 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £3.2 billion*. As a leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, across the key sectors of energy, industry, infrastructure & cities and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk
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