Eli Lilly Award for Excellence in Engineering 2019

Eli Lilly Awards for Excellence in Engineering presented by:-

Gordon Flanagan:                  Process Engineering Team Lead

In Attendance

1. Jennifer Massey Business Leader Engineering Kinsale
2. Noel Henderson Personnel Representative

Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly and Company has been in business for over 140 years. The global, research-based company was founded in May 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Midwestern section of the United States

Lilly has been in Ireland since 1978 and today employs around 1,300 people, with an additional 500 outsourced & contract staff involved in the provision of day-to-day support services for the company’s operations here.

Eli Lilly have sponsored the 'Eli Lilly Awards for Excellence in Process & Chemical Engineering' at UCC from the Academic Year 2006-2007. The Award, which consists of a specially minted medal and a cash prize sponsored by Lilly, is made annually to students from each of the four years in Process & Chemical Engineering at UCC on the basis of academic excellence (70%) and contribution to department (30%). The students are nominated by their class, and then chosen by staff on the basis of the selection criteria. Given that the awards are made to a different student each year, students may have up to four chances to enter the Lilly Hall of Fame.

2019 Award Winners are:

2^nd Year: Cillian Desmond - Graduating 2022/23

3^rd Year: Brian O’ Callaghan - Graduating 2021/22

4^th Year:  Emer Twohig - Graduating 2020

Award:-  A specially minted medal and a Cheque for €200