Professor Ian Hutchings gave the Staudinger-Durrer lecture at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) where he was awarded the Staudinger-Durrer Prize and Medal.
The winning image in the Owlstone Photography Competition was taken by students Henry Hallam, Robert Fryers, Carl Morland, Daniel Strange and Iain Waugh.
Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996) known as the inventor of the jet engine, gained a BA with first class honours in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos here in the Department in 1936.