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Student and alumni achievements

We’re proud to have a community of driven students who are making an impact during their time at Monash – and long after they graduate.

Student successes

External awards and scholarships View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Ian Lawson Van Toch Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper Dinithi Sumanaweera	Intelligence Systems for Molecular Biology and the European Conference on Computational Biology (ISMB-ECCB)
2018	Commbank Cyber Prize Adrian Kristanto and Draga Doncila Pop	Commonwealth Bank
2018	Knowledge Management Award Anthony Adams	Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
2017	Commbank Cyber Prize Alexander Maxwell Knight and Kenneth Cheng Onn Ng	Commonwealth Bank
2017	Knowledge Management Award Kieran Corneilus Hegarty	Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
2016	Telstra University Challenge Bin Monsters team	Telstra and Keep Australia Beautiful
2015	Knowledge Management Excellence Award Steven David Graham	Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
2014	M2M Team challenge winner: OnTrack app Team Monash	Telstra
2013	Vision Australia bursary and Fairhall Memorial Scholarship Daniel Dalton	Vision Australia
2012	Second place in Practical Training Competition for ComicPainter app MAD team	Southeast University and BroadenGate Technologies Co Ltd
2011	Pacific Climate Challenge game Jun Zhu, Shaila Pervin and Sheng Cheng	UNICEF Pacific

Cliff Bellamy Awards View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (third year) Draga Doncila Pop	Faculty of IT
2019	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (second year) Kah Xuan Lim	Faculty of IT
2019	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (first year) Thanh Dat Tran	Faculty of IT
2018	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (second year) Yisong Yu	Faculty of IT
2018	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (first year) Yuan Ai Ho	Faculty of IT
2017	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (third year) David Lei	Faculty of IT
2017	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (second year) Michael Louyao Cui	Faculty of IT
2017	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (first year) Draga Doncila Pop	Faculty of IT
2015	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (second year) Chenyang Wang	Faculty of IT
2015	Professor Cliff Bellamy Award (first year) Alexander Maxwell Knight and Andrew John Ioannou	Faculty of IT

Dean’s Achievement Awards View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Dean’s Achievement Awards (postgraduate) Elliot Freeman, Arth Patel, Cristiana Gewerc, Yueyang Liu and Thong Zhu	Faculty of IT
2019	Dean’s Achievement Awards (undergraduate) Dean Weistevens, Mengyu Li, Amit Harim, Mariusz Skoneczko, David Spry, Zhi Lim, Chin Tan, Minsoo Kim, Pei Kii and Yisong Yu	Faculty of IT
2018	Dean’s Achievement Awards (postgraduate) Linda Woodburn, Robert, Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang, Xiuzhi Chen and Lyndsey O’Brien	Faculty of IT
2018	Dean’s Achievement Awards (undergraduate) Caleb Joseph, Joshua Nelsson-Smith, Bojie Shen, Andrew Kallasmae, Shi Hui Ng, Ying Zheng, Adrian Kristanto, Chin Huan Tan, Billy Phan and Mengyu Li	Faculty of IT
2017	Dean’s Achievement Awards (postgraduate) Angus Dempster, Lynn Miller, Nassar Islam Hany Abbas, Letian Wang and Linda Woodburn	Faculty of IT
2017	Dean’s Achievement Awards (Undergraduate) Joshi Saurabh, Benjamin Geoffrey Parker, Jackson Goerner, Cameron Stollery, Kenneth Cheng Onn Ng, Zhihao Pei, Adrian Kristanto, Joshua Xavier Nelsson-Smith and Lee Loong Kuan	Faculty of IT
2015	Dean’s Achievement Awards (postgraduate) Michael Ted Hian Bong, Steven David Graham, Yunlong Wang, Monika Magdalena Schwarz, Andi Aulia Sabri	Faculty of IT
2015	Dean’s Achievement Awards (Undergraduate) Daniel Liam Anderson, Zhanhui Bian, Peter Michael Capon, Vijay-Luxmi Maistry, Terence Long Huynh, Taylor James Kearney, Royce Xin Yi Lim, Norman Jia Kai Chen, Ryan Chenxi Ling, Benjamin Wing Bun Yap, Loong Kuan Lee, Daniel Benjamin Stanhope, Kevin Vo	Faculty of IT

Dux awards View

Recognises the top-graduating students in each of our courses.

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Dux Award (postgraduate) Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang, Master of Data Science Bharat Sharma, Master of Networks and Security Xiuzhi Chen, Master of Information Technology Konstantin Rebrin, Master of Business Information Systems	Faculty of IT
2019	Dux Award (undergraduate) Benjamin Parker, Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences Samuel Esler, Bachelor of Computer Science (Advanced) Adrian Kristanto, Bachelor of Computer Science Christine Chow, Bachelor of Information Technology Benjamin Yap, Bachelor of Software Engineering	Faculty of IT
2018	Dux Award (postgraduate) Angus Dempster, Master of Data Science Yuanjun Liu, Master of Information Technology Mona Shahrasbi, Master of Networks and Security Anshuman Acharya, Master of Business Information Systems	Faculty of IT
2018	Dux Award (undergraduate) Biondi Wiyono, Bachelor of Business Information Systems Daniel Rosenberg, Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences Saurabh Joshi and Michael Cui, Bachelor of Computer Science Shannon Malone, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems Caleb Joseph, Bachelor of Software Engineering Mustafa Mansour, Bachelor of Information Technology Loong Lee, Bachelor of Informatics and Computation Advanced (Honours)	Faculty of IT
2017	Dux Award (postgraduate) Lynn Miller, Master of Data Science Kuo Zhao, Master of Networks and Security Yingchen Liu, Master of Information Technology Lorraine Rose, Master of Business Information Systems	Faculty of IT
2017	Dux Award (undergraduate) Brendan Daron Kotzen, Bachelor of Business Information Systems Vijay-Luxmi Maistry, Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences Isabel Suizi Mai, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems Alexander Maxwell Knight, Bachelor of Computer Science Chenyang Wang, Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) Arvin Wiyono, Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours)	Faculty of IT
2015	Dux Award (postgraduate) Yue Xu, Graham Barber Thomas Alva Seel Sean Bly Adel Mohammed I K Al-Maraghi (Honours)	Faculty of IT
2015	Dux Award (undergraduate) Zhanhui Bian Daniel Liam Anderson Peter Michael Capon James Edward Georgeson James Stewart Macindoe (Honours)	Faculty of IT

Noel Craske Awards View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Pei Kee and Sayuj Datey	Faculty of IT
2018	Nam Lu, Fengze Sun and Damon Cai	Faculty of IT
2017	Nicholas Aladar Young and Lim Hang Yang	Faculty of IT
2016	Charles Kusuma Wijaya and Meng Pao Siow	Faculty of IT

University awards and medals View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2019	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Robert	Monash University
2019	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Joseph Walkenhorst	Monash University
2019	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang	Monash University
2019	University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence Shu Tew	Monash University
2018	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Angus Dempster, Linda Woodburn and Islam Nassar	Monash University
2018	University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence Saurabh Joshi	Monash University
2018	Sir John Monash Medal Benjamin Ramcharan	Monash University
2017	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Lynn Miller	Monash University
2017	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Trevor Douglas Yann	Monash University
2017	Sir John Monash Medal Julie Hillel	Monash University
2017	University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence Chenyang Wang	Monash University
2015	Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study Graham Barber	Monash University
2015	Sir John Monash Medal Syin Tan	Monash University
2015	University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence James Stewart Macindoe	Monash University

Alumni highlights

Noteworthy initiatives View

Year	Achievement	Issuer
2020	Fitcus app initiative Joseph Roccisano	Monash Generator
2020	Edapt Education platform Christopher Hoang	Monash Generator
2018	Doctor of Law honoris causa Dion Weisler	Faculty of IT
2017	Monash University Fellowship Greg Baxter	Monash University
2016	Bipolar Chame launches on Steam Jason Free	Steam
2014	Top 40: Samsung Gear App Challenge Shaila Pervin	Samsung
2012	CEO of PwC and President, Global Brands and Innovation of Kimberly-Clark Corporation Luke Sayers and Tony Palmer	PwC and Kimberly-Clarke Corporation
2010	Monash University Fellowship Kee Wong	Monash University
2004	Doctor of Information Technology honoris causa Gerry Maynard	Faculty of IT

Distinguished Alumni Awards

Every year, we recognise exceptional graduates with Distinguished Alumni Awards. People who are using the skills they gained at Monash to better our world.