National Instruments UK and Ireland awards prize for 'Overall Best MSc Student' in Electronic Instrumentation Systems at the University of Manchester, UK
National Instruments UK and Ireland recently presented the prize for the Overall Best MSc Student in Electronic Instrumentation Systems to Mohammed Al-Loulah.
Originally from Syria, Al-Loulah began his studies at the University of Manchester in September 2004.
He achieved 76% in taught modules and 78.5% for his project entitled 'Interfacing a DSP to PC by USB'.
Both grades are well above the Distinction level of 70% and ensured Al-Loulah finished top in the whole MSc class and Overall Best Student.
"I am very pleased with the award" said Al-Loulah.
"I have always aimed at a Distinction, but the NI prize was an extremely valuable recognition of my knowledge, skills and hard work".
Al-Loulah is currently applying for the UK Science and Engineering Graduates employment scheme and for scholarships to continue studying towards a PhD degree.
"We are very pleased with our collaboration with the University of Manchester, and in particular with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering" said Robert Morton, National Instruments area sales manager, who presented the award.
"We are looking forward to building on this relationship, with more initiatives planned for the coming year.
"Building strong relationships with academia is a key strategy for NI, with the long term aim of helping to improve engineering education, and therefore increasing it's appeal to future applicants".
As well as awarding prize, NI has donated data acquisition equipment to a laboratory for the MSc course at the University.
The University of Manchester was formed by merging two strong research-led universities, the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) and the Victoria University of Manchester, in October 2004.
By combining the strengths of these two strong universities, the new single university has become a superpower in the UK, competing with Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College and UCL.
In a recent ranking by the Times newspaper, the University of Manchester was ranked No 43 in the world.
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering originated from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at Umist, which was strong in both research and teaching.
The MSc in electronic instrumentation systems has been jointly run by Umist and the Victoria University of Manchester (now the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the School of Computer Science) for many years.
Because of the nature of the MSc course in instrumentation and data acquisition, the relationship between this MSc course and National Instruments is very close, with NI awarding two prizes to the top students studying this MSc course each year.
