STEM Alumni Awards

Our alumni are a talented group of people achieving great things working in their respective communities towards positive change.

To honour those who are making an outstanding impact, the School of Science & Technology launched the Annual Alumni Awards in two categories:

Distinguished STEM Alumni Award for alumni who have achieved significant success within the respective STEM discipline.
Excellence in STEM Achievement Alumni Award for alumni who have made significant progress in their careers within ten years of graduating from the School.

Celebrating the STEM Alumni Awards 2026

Join us for insightful talks and conversation, a chance to celebrate the achievements of this year’s winners of the STEM Alumni Awards, and networking with alumni, students, academics and guests.

28 Oct

‘Engineering a Sustainable Future: The STEM behind Net Zero’ Expert Panel and STEM Alumni Awards 2026

Wednesday, 28^th October 2026, 17:30 – 21:00

Location: Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tait Building, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom

Audience: Academics; Alumni; Staff; Students

2026 Alumni Awards Winners

Distinguished STEM Alumni Award Winners:

Giancarlo Buono MSc FRAes
Professor Robert Wood FREng

Excellence in STEM Achievement Award Winners:

Dr Marco Edoardo Rosti PhD
Rishi Preetam Thiruthani MSc

Meet the 2026 award winners

Watch the 2025 awards ceremony. 27 minutes

Awards panel discussion 2025

Awardees engaged the ceremony attendees with the panel discussion: ‘The Human-AI Workplace of the Future: The Path to Coexistence’, considering how artificial intelligence is transforming from a passive tool into an active collaborator, supported by humans when needed, and may eventually become an autonomous member of a team.