At the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) AGM Luncheon on the 6th October this year’s Donald Maxwell undergraduate award was presented to Kate Devereux who is just entering her 4th and final year of her MEng as a Ship Science student at the University of Southampton.

Kate received a cheque for £1,000 and her certificate from the Chairman of SMI Mr Peter French.
Mr French said: “Kate is a worthy recipient of this year’s award. Her dissertation is a fantastic example of the work young women are doing in our industry and SMI is proud to be part of celebrating British female engineers.”
The award is given for the best final year degree project from a UK resident student undertaking their study on a degree accredited by The Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST).
Judging was undertaken by SMI Board member Mr Duncan Cunningham FIMarEST and Mr Phil Green CEng FRINA. Kate’s paper most impressed the judges and was on the topic of “Investigation into the suitability of composite materials for the construction of marine propellers.”
The work was carried out following a summer internship at local propeller company CJR propellers working with FSI Alumni Dr Simon Lewis.