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News Release from: OC Robotics
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2007
Student wins engineering award
Alex Lazell is now the second placement student at OC Robotics to have won the Engineering Leadership Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
OC Robotics current placement student, Alex Lazell, has become the second OC Robotics student to win the prestigious Engineering Leadership Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering The award, worth up to GBP 5500, aims to allow gifted engineering undergraduates with marked leadership potential to undertake an accelerated personal development programme to prepare them for a fast track executive career in engineering industry
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lazell is now the second placement student at OC Robotics to have won such an award.
He said, "I am so pleased to have won this award and am really excited about the opportunities that are now open to me".
"My colleagues here at OC Robotics, along with the experience of working at such a cutting-edge company, provided great support for my application and, now with two award winners, it is clear that OC Robotics is a great place to learn".
Lazell is working with OC Robotics as part of his mechanical engineering degree at the University of Bath and has been involved in many aspects of the company ranging from engineering design, to marketing.
OC Robotics Managing Director, Dr Rob Buckingham, said "I'm not surprised that Alex won the Engineering Leadership Award".
"He's an excellent all-round engineer and will make a significant contribution to OC Robotics in the future".
Alex is now deciding how best to use the funding provided by the award.
Andrew Bryant, last year's placement student and Engineering Leadership Award winner, is using the funding to study Japanese, and will be spending ten weeks this summer in Japan doing an intensive language course along with undertaking work experience in the robotics sector.
OC Robotics offers a variety of student placements which aim to find and develop future employees.
OC Robotics is taking on more students this year for between 2 and 12 month placements.
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