University Honours Engineer
22 June 2010
Cranfield University's recent graduation ceremony
saw a Costain engineer receive a special accolade.
Mechanical Project Engineer, Richard Crane, who has been with
the Group for seven years and works on the United Utilities AMP4
contract based in Warrington, received the prize for the best
thesis delivered by a student on a part-time Masters' course on
water science. His award-winning topic was 'The fate of copper and
zinc in biological wastewater treatment'.
Richard took the course as part of his efforts to become a
chartered member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Costain sponsored him on the three-year course. "I did the work
alongside my normal day job," he said. "It was a hard slog at
times, but to become a member of the Institute I required a
Masters' degree."
Following on from the work at Cranfield University, funded by
United Utilities PLC, two papers are being published in the next
issue of the Environmental Technology Journal titled 'Fate and
behaviour of copper and zinc in secondary biological wastewater
treatment processes: I Evaluation of biomass adsorption capacity'
and 'Fate and behaviour of copper and zinc in secondary biological
wastewater treatment processes: II Removal at varying sludge
age'.
This month (June) Richard received his prize at his department's
Welcome Reception prior to the graduation ceremony itself, at which
his success was formally announced.