NTU student wins ICE Emerging Engineers Award
Level 6 Civil Engineer Degree Apprenticeship student, George Grant has been announced as the East Midlands Regional Winner of the Emerging Engineers Award 2023.
By Ruth Melling | Published on 7 July 2023
The award itself is with the ICE and investigates new research undertaken by engineers early in their career. George submitted a shortened version of his dissertation and gave a presentation in front of various judges and people within the industry presenting his research. Within the presentation, he ran through the current industry faults around sustainable urban drainage and suggested a new below-ground SuDS systems revolving around the implementation of moss to help remediate urban runoff and reduce flood risk.
George commented, “my research comprised of developing a new below-ground sustainable drainage system (SuDS), with the implementation of moss to remediate contaminated water and promote sustainable urbanisation.
I'm really pleased to have won the award, and I really hope I can further the research and continue to shape the world, helping prevent the impacts of climate change. I think the awards are a really good opportunity to have and it was really motivating listening to success stories from industry experts, I felt very honoured to be there and proud to have won.”
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