Strathclyde Chemical Engineering

🎊 Congratulations to Alireza Bahmani who successfully defended his PhD these yesterday! 🎉

🥳👏Congratulations to Aidan Harvey who defended his PhD thesis today! 👏 🥳

👏🎉Congratulations to Connaire McCready who defended his PhD thesis yesterday, 18th May.

👏 Huge congratulations to Ellen Ramage-Jones who was recently awarded the 2026 Prince Philip Prize, having previously won the Hammermen of Glasgow Medal. Both awards recognise Ellen’s academic achievement, professional development, as well as contributing to the engineering community.

Ellen is a Degree Apprentice at Unilever and currently studying within the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering for her BEng Hons Degree Apprenticeship.

Ellen commented - “It has been an honour to represent both the University of Strathclyde and Unilever throughout this process…
“…This achievement reflects not only my own dedication and hard work, but also the support, encouragement, and guidance I’ve received throughout my apprenticeship and university journey.”

The Department of Chemical & Process Engineering PGR Society for 2026/27 has now been announced (pictured left to right):

Ben Paterson: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Rep
Gabriel Hamill: Social Convenor
Szymon Dobrowolski: Finance officer

To those in our PhD community, feel free to get in touch with the new society members if you have anything you'd like to discuss.

Congratulations to Ali Mohammed Al-Isawi who was awarded the prize for the highest credit weighted average for the full time MSc programme. Ali is pictured here with Dr Paul Mulheran our acting Head of Department who presented the award 🏆

A huge congratulations to our Spring 2026 Graduates (17 March 2026). The Department hosted a breakfast reception before the formal graduation ceremony for our graduates to celebrate with family, friends and staff. All the best for your future 🙌 👏

Congratulations to Ehud Kirsh who successfully passed his PhD 🙌👏

Congratulations to James MacLennan (5th Year MEng Chemical Engineering), who was recently awarded the Department Stalker Prize. A prize awarded to the student who has successfully demonstrated the application of lateral thinking in an engineering context in everyday life.

James commented “If you don’t buy the ticket, you don’t win the lottery. Grateful to be recognised.”

Don't miss our semester 2 Meet the Employer event! Lots of companies will be available to chat to about graduate opportunities and internships!