A former soldier, Julio Ponte’s first-class Engineering Masters from the University of Greenwich has changed his life.
However, it would not have been possible without the university’s widening participation programme which allowed Julio to study for a four-year extended degree despite lacking the required qualifications for entry.
Here, he studied with Dr Bob Jenner, Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering & Science at the university’s Medway campus.
Dr Jenner praised his dedication: “Julio’s excellent Masters project researched the movement and control of particles on a pneumatic conveyor – research conducted with our world-recognised Wolfson Centre at Medway. He is very intelligent and works really hard – his work ethic is faultless.”
Julio went on to win an award for outstanding academic achievement in his Masters project from the Institute of Measurement & Control (InstMC).
After graduating, Julio landed an accelerated graduate post within the oil and gas industry.
He has worked on the design and construction of a gas plant in Egypt for which he has already being presented with a Quality Medal for his contribution to the company.
The success he first experienced at Greenwich looks set to follow Julio into a long career in his sector.
