FICT Excellence Awards
Welcome to the Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies (FICT) Awards for Excellence web page, hosted by Swinburne Astronomy Online. SAO is operated by the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, which is a part of FICT.
Each year the Faculty recognises student excellence in its programs and this page celebrates top students in each of the three SAO degree programs. The FICT Awards for Excellence began in 2004.
These awards are made possible by the generous support of our current sponsors, Palgrave Macmillan publishing; Australian Sky and Telescope and former sponsors (Sky & Space Magazines, Cambridge University Press).
Award for the best Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy):
| Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy) |
| 2011 |
Darryl Smith |
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| 2010 |
Paula Tomlinson |
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| 2009 |
Torben Andersen |
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| 2008 |
Duncan Tolmie |
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| 2007 |
Graeme Knight |

Dr Alister Graham, Graeme Knight, Mrs Knight, Dr Glen Mackie |
| 2006 |
Mark Taylor |
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| 2005 |
Jeffrey Stanger and Peter Edwards |
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| 2004 |
Trevor Barry |

Dr Glen Mackie, Trevor Barry & Prof Doug Grant |
The prize for this award has been generously donated by:
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Award for the best Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy):
| Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy) |
| 2011 | Andrew Fraser |
| 2010 | Stamatios Daniilas |
| 2009 | Livio Fasiani |
| 2008 | Not awarded |
| 2007 | Not awarded |
| 2006 | Steven Marks |
| 2005 | Luis Arguelles |
| 2004 | Chris Johnston |
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Since 2009 the prize for this award has been generously donated by the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology :
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Award for the best Master of Science (Astronomy):
| Master of Science (Astronomy) |
| 2011 | Brian Ludwig |
| 2010 | Robert French (best final yr) |
| 2010 | Stephen Harper (best first yr) |
| 2009 | Pekka Rautajoki |
| 2008 | Stephen Berg |
| 2007 | Eduardo Manuel Alvarez |
| 2006 | Kenneth Dixon |
| 2005 | Richard Adduci |
| 2004 | Philip Evans |
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In 2010 FICT decided to award two prizes - one for best first year, and the other for best final year. The prize for this award has been generously donated by :
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