Worksop engineering student lands national award and Rolls Royce placement

Warren Frost, of Dryden Dale, Worksop, a first year aerospace engineering student at Sheffield Hallam University, has won the overall Telegraph STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) award as well as £25,000 prize money and a place in the awards mentoring schemes.

The 20-year-old was one of five students in the running for the award, after winning the aerospace category previously. He was up against the winners of the design, energy, health care and innovation categories.

“Winning the overall award and grand prize is a huge honour and I’m very proud to have won,” Warren said.

“Even getting to the final five was beyond what I expected so this really is a dream come true. The STEM Awards and mentoring scheme is a brilliant opportunity and will go a long way in helping me complete my studies at Hallam.”

Entrants for each category were asked to submit a solution to a specific problem or challenge. Warren won the aerospace section, beating rivals from other universities across the country and winning a placement with Rolls-Royce, for his solution to help minimise the impact by a future volcanic ash-cloud event on air travel.

He presented the idea to the judges for the overall award and was crowned the winner at an award ceremony in London.

Dr Anne Nortcliffe, collaborative programme leader in Hallam’s Department of Engineering and Maths, said: “As a department and university, we are immensely proud of Warren’s achievement in winning the overall award. Warren’s idea was ingenious after putting in a lot of work into researching the problem and finding a potential solution.”