Best Student of the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2023/24 honoured with Hovione Award
The ceremony to deliver the Hovione Award to the Best Student of the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, concluded in the academic year of 2023/24, José Pedro Silva, took place on June 23, 2025, at the Amphitheatre AM, in the Mechanics II Building of Técnico, starting at 5:00 pm.
The ceremony to deliver the Hovione Award to the Best Student of the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, concluded in the academic year of 2023/24, José Pedro Silva, took place on June 23, 2025, at the Amphitheatre AM, in the Mechanics II Building of Técnico, starting at 5:00 pm.
The Hovione Award, established by the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEM), in collaboration with the Coordination of the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and with the sponsorship of Hovione, aims to encourage and value excellence in the academic performance of students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. This year, being the 2nd edition since it was established, the Hovione Award honoured the Best Student of the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, concluded in the academic year of 2023/24, José Pedro Ribeiro da Silva.
The ceremony featured a series of brief speeches praising the awarded student, and with words of encouragement for his academic future, namely, by Professor Pedro Brogueira, President of the Scientific Council, and in representation of Professor Rogério Colaço, President of IST, by Professor Miguel Teixeira, President of the Pedagogical Council, by Professor Paulo Fernandes, President of DEM, by Professor Luís Reis, Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, by Doctor Carla Patrocínio, Coordinator of the Technology Transfer Office, and by Eng. Filipe Gaspar, Vice-President for R&D at Hovione. At last, the awarded student, José Pedro Ribeiro da Silva, honoured by the distinction of the Hovione Award, also gave a brief, sincere and moving speech.
This ceremony to deliver the Hovione Award to the Best Student of the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, concluded in the academic year of 2023/24, aims to celebrate excellence, congratulating especially the awarded student, José Pedro Silva, to give due thanks to Hovione, as well as to recognize the meritorious role of DEM and its Professors, together with the family support of the awarded student, in creating an ecosystem conductive to the excellence achieved.
DEM praises and congratulates the awarded student, José Pedro Silva.