AusIMM announces 2023 Education Endowment Fund Scholarship recipients

Every year the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) Board of Trustees award the annual EEF Scholarships, including the prestigious Sir Frank Espie/Rio Tinto Leadership Award and EEF Premium Scholarships.

Students from all over Australia studying a minerals-related degree are encouraged to apply. The purpose of the EEF program is to identify future industry leaders among AusIMM’s student members and ensure they are offered meaningful opportunities to develop professionally.

We are delighted to announce and congratulate the following recipients of our 2023 EEF Scholarships. Full biographies of our recipients will be shared in an upcoming edition of the digital AusIMM Bulletin. 

Sir Frank Espie/Rio Tinto Leadership Award and EEF Premium Scholarship

• Guster Laufmann – Curtin University – Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering)/Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)

Undergraduate Premium Scholarships

• Elora Baird – James Cook University – Bachelor of Science (Honours)(Earth Science)
• Liam Brunton – University of New South Wales – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Petroleum Engineering)
• Bridget Burghardt – Flinders University – Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Biotechnology/Microbiology)
• Joel Calabro – Federation University - Bachelor of Geoscience (Geology)
• Kathleen Cox – University of Queensland – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
• Sophie Gillogly – University of Newcastle – Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Business
• Zac Oswald – University of Wollongong – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Mining Engineering)
• Adam Peterson – University of Wollongong – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Mining Engineering)
• Issi Port – University of Tasmania – Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Earth Sciences)
• Connor Russell – University of Sydney – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Civil Engineering)(Bachelor of Commerce
• Lauren Symon – Queensland University of Technology – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Civil)/Bachelor of Science (Earth Sciences)
• Adeleine Watson – University of Queensland – Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)(Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering)

Postgraduate Research Scholarships

• Hanrong Huang – PhD – University of New South Wales
• Loren Nicholls – PhD – University of Queensland

L-R – Lachlan Cumming AAusIMM (2013 scholarship recipient and Manager - Mining, West Angelas Operations, Rio Tinto); Janet Underwood (daughter, Sir Frank Espie); Lou Rozman FAusIMM(CP) (Non executive director, Empire Energy Group); Jared Osborne FAusIMM (EEF Chair & General Manager, Technical Development, Rio Tinto); Paul Espie AO FAusIMM (Chairman, Empire Energy & Chairman, Menzies Research Centre); Gus Laufmann AAusIMM, Adeleine Watson SAusIMM, Kathleen Cox SAusIMM, Zack Oswald SAusIMM (2023 recipients); Peter Cleary (Non executive director, Empire Energy Group); and Alex Underwood (Grandson, Sir Frank Espie & CEO, Empire Energy Group).