Senior teaching fellow that supported over 1,200 students wins at Scotland awards

Mike Murray, senior teaching fellow at the University of Strathclyde, was among a host of talented individuals recognised for their outstanding efforts within the Scottish civil engineering community.

This year’s ICE Scotland Awards were presented as part of the 120th ICE Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch Annual Dinner.

Welcoming over 800 guests, the event serves as one of the largest in the ICE calendar, providing a fantastic opportunity for the Scottish civil engineering community to gather.

ICE President David Porter and ICE Scotland chair, Ellen Halkon, hosted the ceremony at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow.

Inspiration and Support Award

Impressed by his continued commitment to support Strathclyde students, the judges were proud to honour Murray with the Inspiration and Support Award.

During his 27 years at the university, Murray has helped arrange partnerships with over 325 mentors, host over 145 workshops and support more than 1,200 students to receive practical engineering experience.

Upon receiving his award, Murray said: “By providing learning opportunities for mentees and mentors to engage in initial professional development, it has been incredibly rewarding to see how my efforts have encouraged collegial behaviour, and that this has enhanced the education and training of civil engineers.”

Temporary Works Champion

This year, ICE Scotland welcomed a new award that highlights the importance of temporary works coordinators, supervisors and designers in delivering projects safely.

Recognised for her consistent drive to innovate and champion new ideas, Gillian Pettigrew was named as the Temporary Works Champion.

Pettigrew is renowned as a well-respected individual within her company as well as being in regular attendance at the Temporary Works Forum, who helped set up the award.

Sustainability Champion

This year’s Sustainability Champion Award was awarded to Wendy White-Finnegan, founder and director of The Way Forward 2045.

White-Finnegan founded her own programme dedicated to training engineers to incorporate sustainable practices in their work.

Recognised by the Scottish government, her accredited carbon literacy programme has helped over 100 engineering professionals.

Diversity and Inclusion Champion

Ryan Doolan, principal engineer at Stantec was recognised as the Diversity and Inclusion Champion.

Doolan stood out to the judges for his continued efforts to promote a welcoming and inclusive workplace.

From organising LGBTQ+ events for Stantec and ICE Scotland, to being a key member of his employer’s committee to promote inclusion, he’s a true champion for the LGBTQ+ engineering community.

Outstanding Contribution Award

Jim Young was recognised for his outstanding contribution to ICE Scotland.

His relationship with the ICE spans over 51 years. He has spent uncountable hours volunteering as a STEM Ambassador, serving a term as president of the Aberdeen Association of Civil Engineers, chairing ICE Scotland and being a key member of the Policy and External Affairs Committee.

The judges were impressed by Young’s passion for the industry, where he brings an incredible dedication to sustainability and innovation.

The awards ceremony also recognised several of our other prize winners from the year. This includes Corey Boyle, who was recently awarded the Princess Royal Award for Emerging Engineers, and Scotland’s STEM Ambassador, Georgina Andrew.

Find out more about this year’s winners

This year’s ICE Scotland Awards and Glasgow and West of Scotland dinner was sponsored by Interspan, Arup, Lochwynd, WSP, George Leslie, Turner and Townsend, Temporary Works Forum, Waterman Aspen, Tech Ex Consulting and MHB Consultants.