James Veale, product manager at GiroNEX – a spin-out company from Innomech Group – has been named ‘Young Design Engineer of the Year’ at the 10th anniversary British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony in London on Friday 11 October.
James was chosen as the overall winner within his category in recognition of his technical contribution in helping GiroNEX to develop and launch its first product series at such an early point in his own career, and for his personal qualities as an ambassador for the engineering profession. James joined GiroNEX as a graduate engineer in 2017 and went on to help the company launch its Cube system for automated precision powder dispensing earlier this year. The judges were also impressed by his active involvement in helping local secondary schools to run competitive robotics events and getting their students excited about engineering design and programming.
This year’s judging panel included Pete Lomas, honorary president of Institution of Engineering Designers, and co-founder and trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation; and Philippa Oldham, head of the national network programmes at Advanced Propulsion Centre.
The British Engineering Excellence Awards scheme was established in 2009 by MA Business, publishers of Eureka, New Electronics and The Engineer. Awards were made across 10 different categories at this year’s awards including Design Engineer of the Decade which was won by Sebastien Cuvelier Mussalian. Sebastien landed two BEE awards in 2013 before then going on to found Pix Medical with the vision to develop world-leading connected apps and devices to transform healthcare.
Simon McKay, press officer at Innomech Group | simonmckay@innomechgroup.co.uk | +44 (0)1353 741075 | www.gironex.com