THE achievements of placement students at healthcare firm Random were celebrated recently.
Randox works closely with a number of universities throughout the UK to support the professional and personal development of students, by providing work placements in its world-leading Engineering, Science and Business departments.
The Randox Pinnacle Placement Awards recognise and reward the work of the top three students within each discipline for their outstanding contributions, presenting them with certificates of merit and prizes to mark their achievements.
Receiving special recognition for his work was 21-year-old Dean McGonagle, an Aerospace Engineering student from Queen’s University, who was awarded the Best Overall Placement Student for his contributions to Randox.
Dean redesigned the Biochip storage module on Randox Evolution machines, and the changes are being implemented into production analyser machines across the company.
Receiving his award, Dean said: “I have really enjoyed seeing my designs actually being used within the Evolution analysers and how that is having a positive impact on the business.
“A particular highlight of my placement year was getting to travel to England to observe the shipping crate I had designed for the Evolution undergo environmental and distribution testing.
“I have really enjoyed my time at Randox, I’ve been involved in many different projects and have received lots of help and guidance from the great engineering team here.”
Congratulating Dean and his fellow placement students, Linda Magee, head of Human Resources at Randox said: “At Randox we are great advocates of a placement during a student’s time in education.
“In a company such as Randox, with operations on a global scale, the student is provided with some very valuable work experience in their discipline.”
Linda added: “It’s not just the student who benefits — we have the pleasure of working with a dynamic generation of students who bring with them extremely fresh and forward-thinking ideas.”