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 sponsors, Sky & Space Magazines, Palgrave Macmillan publishing, and Cambridge University Press.


Award for the best Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy):

Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy)
2006: Mark Taylor
2005: Jeffrey Stanger and Peter Edwards
2004: Trevor Barry Dr Glen Mackie, Trevor Barry & Prof Doug Grant

The prize for this award was generously donated by:



Award for the best Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy):

Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy)
2006: Steven Marks
2005: Luis Arguelles
2004: Chris Johnston

The prize for this award was generously donated by :


Award for the best Master of Science (Astronomy):

Graduate Diploma of Science (Astronomy)
2006: Kenneth Dixon
2005: Richard Adduci
2004: Philip Evans

The prize for this award was generously donated by :