At this year's Western Australian Engineering Excellence Awards, Paul Deuchar from Argon Technology, was awarded a Special Commendation for Young Professional Engineer of the Year. The award recognised Paul's achievements as an entrepreneur and contributions to the fields of Robotics & Automation, Laboratory Safety and Advanced Education.

Engineers Australia's Engineering Excellence Awards are the night of nights for engineering in Western Australia. The awards night is a social black tie event held to present the Awards. They are awarded across ten categories of the Engineering Profession and are awarded to entries embodying excellence, distinction, merit, perfection, quality, imagination and virtue.