THE following are expected to graduate from The Robert Gordon University at a ceremony in Aberdeen today:
FACULTY OF DESIGN
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Joanna Ruth Wherrett.
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
Marion Coats Donald.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
in ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL
STUDIES
Leeat Ainhorn; Shimon Asban; Dror Barber; Simon George Bowsie; Eyal Moran.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
in ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL
STUDIES
Andrew James Armstrong; Stephen George Barker; Tzahi Dov Ben-Hur; Peter Edward Bills; Ian Douglas Blaney; Avriam Botbol; Avi Boujo; Timothy Francis Cane; David MacAndrew Carlyle; Suzanne Cotton with Distinction; Stuart Patrick Freckingham; Gillian Hanley; Odelia Hasky; Gillian Hayes with Distinction; Gavin Trevor Edward Jefcoate with Distinction; Stephen James King; Anne McCaw; Brian John Patrick McElhinney with Distinction; Iain Robert McMurray; Andrew Hayward McNair; Andrew John Mitton; Zaharuddin Muslimin; Gary John Paterson; John Purves; Leanne Ramshaw; Ilan Rapoport; Shafino Samsuri; Anthony Sarros; Jeffrey Malcolm Sempey; Zehavit Simovitch; Wan Mohamad Wan Isa; Brian Youngson.
in HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Josephine Suzanne Anthony; Russell Richard Craig with Distinction; Lynda Gowans; Eilidh Sutherland; Alexis Dianne Watson.
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE
in ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL
STUDIES
Karen Elizabeth Kerr.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(Honours)
in ARCHITECTURE
I - David Stuart Cameron. II:1 - Mark William Adams; Ross George Cowie; Stuart Guy Croxford; Neil Bruce Farquhar; Barry Paul Kane; Simon John Leeman; Ronen Magid; Stuart James McKenzie; Charles James McManus; Donald Alexander Moir; Paul Michael Moran; Chun Chien Ng; Stephen Mark Pirie; Christopher James Rhodes; Neil Hugh Ross; Alexander James Shaw; Joanna Leigh Smith; Kevin Alan Stephen; Neil George Strachan; Lyall Scott Thow; Hailan Wang; Kirsteen Mary Wilkinson. II:2 - Michael David Alexander; Anat Aroch; John Norman Stewart Baird; Robert Cameron Forrest Bennett; Roei Haim Borstein; Avi Boujo; Douglas Robert Brown; Gavin Wilson Brown; Eoghann David Campbell; Thomas Lee Chalmers; Richard Patrick Connell; Colin Alastair Craig; Claire Jane Foster; Warwick David Heavon-Jones; Stephen Gordon Hepburn; Jonathan Ishai; Dan Lahat; Duncan MacDonald; Ruairidh MacLean; Karl Nathaniel Markham; John
Owen Minford; Gail Marjorie Morton; John William Patterson; Callum John Pirie; Mark Porter; Shane Michael Scott; Gary Robert Strachan; Owen Christopher Trevor; Omar Wessely; Shelly Zilberstein. III - Maththumagala Kankanamalage Deshaka Miagra Alwis.
In INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
II:1 - John Neil Beswick; Charina Elizabeth Cassels Lee; John MacDonald Scott; Claire Louise Wynne. II:2 - Julia Cordiner; Donald John Junor; Roy James Montgomery.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
in ARCHITECTURE
Christine Patricia Allan; Dawn Teresa Main; Philip Andrew Murray; Zaharuddin Muslimin; Benjamin Robin Thorburn.
SCHOOL OF ART
BACHELOR OF ARTS
(Honours)
in DESIGN AND CRAFT
I - Graeme Adam Findlay; Donna Marie Wilson. II:1 - Sandrine Barth; Claire Beattie; Gordon Brown; Martin James Christie; Gillian Easson; Joanna Margaret Holdsworth; Sally-Ann Johns; Ross Thomas Knight; Emma Jane Little; Iona Somerville; Alastair Iain Sweet. II:2 - Euan Brunton; Neil James Dryden; Anne Marie Feeney; Jamie Matthew John Fletcher; David William Robertson Fraser; Alison Juliana Gonzalez; Sally Grant; Donna Leah Littlejohn; Morag MacDonald; Kerry McCombie; Mairi Louise McDonald; Stephen Samuel Robertson; Rachel Emma Sims; Lisa Marcelle Siwek; Gillian Margaret Smith; Robert John Tait Thomson; Kerry Gairn Wilson; Lan Wong.
III - John Christopher Angus; Carin Mhairi Bain; Claire Lee Davidson; Emma Frances Deans; Kim Downie; Pamela Anne Eastwood; Kerri Michelle Flynn; Ross Webster Lawrie; Elaine Jane MacPherson; Michael Anthony McCosh; Angela Helen Miele; Sarah Marie Ratter; Kerry Anne Smith. Unclassified: Jennifer Gail McDonald; Avril Nairn.
in FINE ART
I - Mona Orstad Hansen; Fiona Ann Michie; Faye Phimister; Anne Gudrun Sejersen; Lillian Vaule. II:1 - Ellen Victoria Baikie; Diana Jane Bumpus; Kelly-Anne Cairns; George Collier; Susan Margaret Ann Convery; Lynsey Anne Alison Cowan; Lynn Dalziel; Gillian Isabella Ferguson; Alison Louise Gunn; Marie Rowena Jeffreys-Jones; Donald Mark MacDonald; Shaun Harold Robert MacDonald; Stuart McGarey; Michael Morton; Christopher Newman; Anita Taylor; Angela Thouless; Peter John Webster; Robert James Wilson. II:2 - Faye Louise Anderson; Claire Louise Boersma; Amy Brocklehurst; Deborah Justine Cruden; Fiona Grace Farris; Craig John Horsfall; Jean Irons; Shirley James; Doreen Jeffrey; Peter Leghorn; May Britt Ovrebo; Caroline Michelle Viagas; Heather Lynne-Joy Wilson. III - Tanya Helene Aanderaa; Lorraine Laird; Rebecca Claire McKell; Elaine Robertson; Rhona Jane Storie. Unclassified:
Merete Dille.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(Honours)
in DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY
I - James Alexander Hall. II:1 - Alan John Jamieson; John McDonald; Lindsay Robert Parker. II:2 - Iain Blair; Lily Law; Thomas Robert Payne; Grant James Sinclair Watson. III - Andrew James Kinmond; Daniel Joel Saunders; Craig Richard Watson.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
in DESIGN AND CRAFT
Elizabeth Baroch; Geoffrey John Bryan Drake; Kelly Lyn Robb.
in FINE ART
Joan Myles Robertson.
DIPLOMAS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
in DESIGN AND CRAFT
Amanda Louise Beattie; Janine Kent Stevenson.
in DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY
Lindsay Elizabeth Inglis; Janette Russell.
CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
in ART AND DESIGN
Frances Louise Hall.
SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION, PROPERTY AND SURVEYING
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
Isabel Mary Boyle.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
in ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
Janice Elizabeth Regulski with Distinction.
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATEs
in FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Fiona Garden.
in PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Colin Mitchell with Distinction.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(Honours)
in ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
I - Nicola Louise Gelati. II:1 - Andrew James Jackson. II:2 - Susan Anderson; Louise Margaret Drysdale; James Douglas Smith. III - Simon Jon Hemmings.
in BUILDING SURVEYING
I - Gordon John Rogerson. II:1 - David McCurdy; Derek Cameron Tough. II:2 - Craig William Addison; Ross Campbell; Caroline Marit Hunter. III - Michael James Fraser.
in CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
II:1 - Kevin Jude Gallacher.
in QUANTITY SURVEYING
II:1 - Kah Pui Chia; Sutt Har Lee; Khor Ah Sim.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
in ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Sean Roger Barclay.
in BUILDING SURVEYING
Brian James Anderson; Dawn Baty; Donald Iain MacIntyre; Alasdair Duncan Malcolm MacLean; Andrew Maitland Miller; Roderick Morrison with Distinction; Keith James Rankine; Ross Edward Thomson; Peter Charles Yuill.
in CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Stacey Michelle Callaghan; Sarah Louise Freeman; Bryan Leask with Distinction; Alan Graeme Lorimer; Richard John Stewart.
in QUANTITY SURVEYING
Daniel Frederick Richard Bird; Scott Charles Dickson Cameron; Gavin Neil Esslemont; Iain Scott Gammie; Paul Gardner; Kok Weng Lum; Colin John MacIver; Andrew Iain Milne; Christopher George Porter; Peter James Stephen; Nicholas Rex Stewart; Roy Martin Thomson; Joanne Tecla Watson.
DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
in ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Adrian Joseph Gomes
DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN BUILDING SURVEYING
Nigel Thomas Charles Lock.
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMAS
in ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Samantha Fong; Michael John Goldie; Kevin McKenzie; Lorena Rivera; Tracy Linda Stoker.
in BUILDING SURVEYING
Greig Graham Baxter; Gareth Douglas Cordiner; Scott MacLeod Finlayson; Kris David Johnston; Stuart James MacGregor.
in QUANTITY SURVEYING
Andrew John Aitken; Graeme Forbes Beaton; Colin Magee.
HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE in ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Ewan Fraser Campbell; Kevin Coutts; Andrew Scott Haw; Martin Alan Johnston; Stuart Andrew Lindsay; John Alexander Smith; Murray Young.
HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATES
in CIVIL ENGINEERING
Suzanne Bennett; David John McKay Rennie; Steven Michael Slessor.
in CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Nick Henderson; Ben Stewart.
in QUANTITY SURVEYING
Kelly Murray; Mark Ryan Skene.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF APPLIED
SCIENCE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Stephanie Bourin; Vladimir Alexandrovich Kuksa; Robert Gordon Milne.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(Honours)
IN APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
AND CHEMISTRY
I - David Brough; Grant MacKenzie; Jill Wilson. II:1 - Laura Maree Ellis; Alastair Ian Traquair. II:2 - Caroline Paterson Clubb; Kara Gladys Daly; Lorna Ann MacLeod; Janette Morrison; Pamela Innes Mutch. III - Lewis Ross MacKenzie.
IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY
II:1 - Caroline Delahoyde; Stuart Archibald Kemp. II:2 - Jane Suzannah Gilmore; Paul Thomas Linklater; Rodney Douglas McKnight. III - David Graeme McLaughlin.
IN APPLIED PHYSICS
I - Delphine Le Roux; Barry McKenzie; John Norman Wailes. II:1 - Christopher Gavin Kemp; Alan Stewart McGhie; Jennifer Lisa Whyte. II:2 - Barrie Stephen Innes Anderson.
III - Helen Elisabeth Turner.
IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
I - Alison Claire Bell. II:1 - Brian McCurdy; Patricia Margaret McParland; Simon Henry Pattullo; Alan Robert Tait. II:2 - Matthew Jeffrey Brodie; Catherine Judith Morrison Coles; Brett Silvers; Robin James Williamson.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
AND CHEMISTRY
Catherine Louise Bridger; Scott Cooper; Michael William Curley; Nicola Anne Howie; Samantha King; Roderick Malcolm Maciver; Ruth Maclean; Karen Maxfield; Margaret Flynn Galbraith Stewart McKenzie; Neil Robert McMinn; Serena Ann Louise Melville; Fergus James Lauchlan Smith; Lyndsay Ann Stewart.
IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Lee Ann Barber; Donna Louise Henderson; Gwenda Jane McDonald; Stuart Shepherd; Sara Young.
IN APPLIED PHYSICS
Kenneth James Rae; Karine Monique Reix.
IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Andrea Margaret West.
DIPLOMAS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
AND CHEMISTRY
Katja Robina Allen; Lindsay Sarah Crawford.
IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Moray Reid.
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMAS
IN APPLIED BIOSCIENCES
AND CHEMISTRY
Gillian Cruickshank; Claire Victoria Downing; Iona Elisaid Grant; Carol Hutton; Melanie Anne King.
IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Alastair Grant Laird; Talitha Angela Neill; Allan David Thompson.
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Joemon Madukkakuzhy Jose; Andrei Petrovski.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(Honours)
IN BUSINESS COMPUTING
I - Ayesha Christine Abrams; Grant Matthews. II:1 - Ewan James Ironside; Violet Christian Michie; Graham Brian Miller; Neil Henry Saunders; Kathryn Mary Slater; Andrew Souter; Nicola Margaret Stark; Colin James White. II:2 - Avril Rose Davidson; Shelley Sylvia Davidson; Gavin Farquhar; Aisha Catherine McIntyre; Wayne Cameron George Sheed; Russell Todd.
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
II:1 - Susan Louise Coupar; Keith William Donaldson; Ian James Gordon; Stefan Dominic Jachnik; Lee Kindness; Duncan Stuart McDiarmid; Alasdair MacPherson Sinclair.
II:2 - Raquel Valeza Cayabyab.
IN COMPUTING
I - Duncan Cumming; Stephen Gentle; Lesley Harrison; Arlene Robertson. II:1 - Nathan Brown. II:2 - Noel Jeevakumar Ethirveerasingam; Mark Grayson; Christopher Graham McGiffen; Sarah Louise Philp; Timothy Daniel Prue; Alisdair James Rendell; Neil Alexander Stewart. III - Gary James Milne; Stuart Gregory Milton; Ara Paiaya.
IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
II:1 - Nichola Macintyre. II:2 - Neil Scott.
IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING WITH EDUCATION
II:2 - Gordon William Rae.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN BUSINESS COMPUTING
Stephen Bryce; Darren Alexander Christie; Hannah Jade Forbes; Iain Hossack; Graham MacDonald; Gavin Bryce Rennie; Ian McLean Stewart.
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Andrew James Bentley; Kevin Buchan; Leanne Tracey Connolly; John Peter Donald; Robert Clark Duff; Stuart Nicoll Low; Ross McLean; Paul Niven; Arie Ozarov; Vered Ozarov; Ori Pinhasi; Euan David Pirie; Keith Gordon Thom; Nicholas Alastair Webster; Eyal Zamir.
IN COMPUTING
Murray James Cormack; Tony Lee Fysh; Sharon Joyce Ingram; Allison Grant Johnston; Kok On (Bryan) Mah; Susan Clare McRoberts; Aileen Margaret Mearns; David Reynolds; Joanne Hammersley Riach; Punitha Seenivasagam; Thirumalai Sengottayan; Kevin Alistair Thomson.
IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Stuart Brown; Alisdair George Kidd; Dawn Coleen Wood.
IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING WITH EDUCATION
George Alexander Drew.
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA
IN COMPUTING
Jacqueline Ann Christie; Lorna Will Hawthorn; Suzanne Mary Hutchison; Jamie Francis McIntosh.
SCHOOL OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Alexandra Barbour; Alister Cowie Murray.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Radhakrishnan S Ambady; Kashif Aslam Chaudhry; Praveen Harisundar; Karl Patrick Gunson; Anna Mouromkina; James William Robert Weatherley.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Maxwell Graham Douglas Dunlop; Peter Gordon Geddes; William MacKenzie; Abde Rahim Senoussi; Cameron S F Sutherland; James Harold Gregor Tait.
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE
IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Marcus James Donald; Douglas Allan Muirhead.
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
(Honours)
IN ELECTRONIC AND
COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
II:1 - William Donald Nicolson; Anthony Douglas Stewart; Karuppiah Valuthi Sathan Ramiah. II:2 - Scott MacPherson Boyd; Winston Anthony D'Souza; Julien Delgoulet; Damien Foucher; Anandh Kumar Ganapathi; Raymond Robert Robertson; V. Premanand Vallayan; Sivakumar Vellayan; Shanmugam Vijayaram; Ross Elliott White.
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
I - Kevin William Ferguson Hume; Lior Weintraub. II:1 - Evan William Tuer; Iain Scott Young. II:2 - Iain Christie; Allan Murray.
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
I - Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed Anas; Ang Eng Aun; Choon Hoe Ng; Anita Lee-Jin Teo.
II:1 - Quah Soo Aik; Anthony Lucio Iannetta; Kim Tai Kua; Graham Potter; Lay Yau Woon; Kam Lup Yoong. II:2 - Chong Kian Kok; Khoo Hock Leong; Graeme Stuart McNeil; Cheo Hau Ng; Khai Sim Ng; Rakesh Venkatesen Raja Gopal; Louise Frances Riederer; Suresh Kumar Somasundram; Chia Say Wei; Li Lim Yap. III - Mark Richard Collins; Benjamin Cheng Kong Ooi; Kenneth James Peatie.
IN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
I - Alison Jane Getty; Michael James Meldrum; Caroline Ann Porter. II:1 - Jennifer Duncan; Stewart Alexander Hamilton; Fraser MacDougall. II:2 - Cara Louise Baillie; Nicholas Francis Apps Clinton; Bryan James Goodlad; Michael Hunter; Daniel Hyland; Claire Louise Stephenson; Richard John Graeme Stuart; Carrie Michelle Weir. III - Bruce Sinclair Den McKay; Douglas Andrew Trail.
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN ELECTRONIC AND
COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
Joanne Gan Lay Bee; Steven Johnstone Garmory; Serena Siew Ming Lye; Bastiampillai Remington Yarlenthan.
IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
William Smith Black; Richard Balfour Geddes; David John Harcombe.
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Kong Kam Hoong; Jeya Gopi Raman.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Sidney Stanley Coltman; Graeme Cook; Craig Alexander Esson; Craig William John Faskin; Mark George Fotheringham; Stuart Gray; Odyssefs Kyriakidis; Hugh Angus MacKay; Roderick Martin; David McCowan; William Moir; Alexander James Ritchie; Donald George Shaw; Robert David Thomas; Alan Thomson; David Wilson.
IN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
Melanie Ann Kinch; James Harold Gregor Tait; Gail Lynsey Taylor.
DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
Keith Donald Bertram.
HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Stuart Michael Gray; Kriss David Ross.
CERTIFICATES OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
Michael Hamilton Corbett.
IN ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
Andrew Thomas Leslie.
IN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
Katherine Pauline.
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND OFFSHORE
ENGINEERING
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Susan D'Arcy; Stephen Wan Yee Ming; Mariana Rashkova Kruntcheva.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ASSET MANAGAEMENT
David Madison Ritchie.
IN OFFSHORE ENGINEERING
Ronald Andrew Forbes; Paul Anthony Hunter; Ailsa Taylor McMaster; James Rutherford Bruce Webster.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
IN OFFSHORE ENGINEERING
Ezazul Islam; Goran Kolaric; Robert MacLeod; Stephen George Mair.
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
(Honours)
IN MECHANICAL AND OFFSHORE
ENGINEERING
I - Malcolm Neil MacLean; Jennifer Ann McDonnell; Russell Connon Morrice; Jasper Naylor. II:1 - Jeanine Birnie; Robert James Bouchard; Paul Craig Fordyce; Steven Fraser; Ross Michael Littlewood; Regis Yannick Mercy; Dale Errol Millward; Calum John Mitchell; Gokulpradeep Ramachandran; Michael John Ross. II:2 - Steven Robert Brown; Stephen Clinton; Maureen Coyne; Francis Gordon Donald; Hugh David Evans; Ramkumar Kandasamy; James Joseph Kennedy; Arul Ramkumar Permal; Peter Skinner; Neil Kenneth Thomson; Chandra Kumar Veliappan. III - Banesh Balakrishnan; Neil Arthur Donaldson; Jayaneethe Naranasamy; J Neil A Robertson; Graeme Alexander William Russell.
IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
I - Mark Ivor Gilmore; Richard John Knox; Allan David Moir. II:1 - Stuart Anthony Lockhead; Abdul Karim Mohamad Yasin; Mohamed Rasheed; Greg Sangster. II:2 - Graeme Robert Dustan; Ian Roderick MacKenzie; Sean Munro. III - Kevin Alastair Cooper; Yee Lung Lee.
IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
David James Miller.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Peter William Armstrong; Francisco Javier Arteaga-Martin; Kevin Scott Brown; Richard Michael Docherty; Roderick Ferguson; Alan Rae Fotheringham; Stephen Alan Gibson; Adam Paul Greenwood; Derek Ronald Hicks; Ezazul Islam; Kee Fai Loh; Ann Margaret Elizabeth Mackay; Jamie C Mackay; Eoin Anthony Mackinnon; Michael Christopher McAdie; Colin Russell McKenzie; Alan Martin Melia; Matthew John Murray; Jason Hepburn Nicol; David Andrew Niven; Philip Anthony Owens; Stuart Peter Rainer; Colin Reid; Gregor Duncan Robertson; Dominic Edward Rouse; Douglas William Thom.
CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
IN MECHANICAL AND OFFSHORE
ENGINEERING
James Andrew Lawson Adamson; Douglas Euan Cairns; Martin Downer.
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