23/10/2003
Young engineer to give water the treatment after receiving a prestigious bursary
Rita Henderson, 24, has been awarded the prestigious £7000 Sir Angus Paton Bursary from the Royal Academy of Engineering. She will be using this award to fund her MSc studies at Cranfield University in Water Pollution Control Technology.
After receiving a First Class Honours degree in Environmental Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, Rita started her career as an environmental consultant in Scotland.
After completing the course at Cranfield, Rita wants to undertake research in water treatment methods, combining process engineering and chemical techniques. This kind of combined experience will be put to use when she returns to a consultancy bringing with her an expertise pertaining specifically to this area of engineering. “I have a solid background in chemistry, and through my role as an environmental consultant, an awareness of problems the water sector are facing” says Rita.
Rita sees this course as opening up other opportunities for her: “I believe this course will be a stepping stone towards my career goals. It will not only consolidate my knowledge of relevant chemical principles, but also introduce biological, physical and membrane processes with respect to process engineering.”
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- The Sir Angus Paton Bursary is a scholarship awarded annually to an engineer enrolled on a full-time approved Masters degree course related to the environment.
- The late Sir Angus Paton CMG made this scholarship possible through an endowment to the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1986. He was a Fellow of both the Academy and the Royal Society. As one of the UK’s most distinguished civil engineers, he was in charge of many overseas engineering projects, including the giant Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River and the Indus Basin project in Pakistan.
- The Royal Academy of Engineering brings together the UK’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines. They use their unrivalled knowledge and experience for the public good, giving independent advice to Government, supporting engineering education and research and encouraging excellence and innovation.
For more information please contact:
Lize King at the Royal Academy of Engineering
