Tuesday, 5 December 2006
UQ Business School undergraduate achieved a cumulative grade point average of 7 (the highest mark) to receive the Graduate of the Year award at a UQ ceremony last week.
Trent Carmichael, who achieved straight 7s in his Commerce (Honours) studies, and almost straight 7s in his Science degree majoring in mathematics and statistics, received the award at a ceremony at the UQ Centre.
Mr Carmichael won a number of awards in the process, including admission to the Dean's Honour Roll in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, achieving Dean's commendations every semester, and winning the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Prize 2004 and the Thomas Brown and Sons Ltd Prize for 2005.
"I was fortunate to be able to use knowledge from my maths degree and apply it to my commerce degree," he said.
"I'd like to pay tribute to my supervisor Dr Jamie Alcock, whom I met studying financial maths at the UQ Mathematics Department and who subsequently helped me in the UQ Business School.
"My thesis introduced a new nonparametric method for pricing American options which basically uses past stock price data to predict current option prices."
An all-rounder, Mr Carmichael balanced his studies with sport. He coached junior rugby and volleyball at his old school, Iona College at Wynnum, and played suburban rugby for the Wynnum Bugs. His Alexandra Hills family will attend the ceremony to cheer on their son tomorrow.
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