2008 Rex Johns (SPPAW State Level) Student Presentation Prize
The IET South Australia & Northern Territory Local Network is staging the 2008 IET Rex Johns (SPPAW State Level) Student Presentation Prize (recently renamed in honour of Mr Johns who did so much work to establish the prize). It is to be awarded to an individual for excellence in the presentation of his or her final year project. All students undertaking the final year of an IET accredited degree in South Australia are eligible to be nominated by their university to compete for the prizes. Each university can nominate only two candidates from their eligible courses to compete for the prizes and the chance to represent South Australia in the Australasian Final. The emphasis of this prize is on the ability of the student to communicate the technical information of their project to an audience.
Each individual student presenter will be given 15 minutes for his or her presentation, and a maximum of 5 minutes allowed for questions. There will be a marking panel of four judges. Results will be announced at the end of the evening. State Final winners will receive a $400 cash prize, a year’s free IET membership, and a trip to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in the Australasian Regional Final on April 17th 2009. Second place will receive a cash prize of $200, and third place $100.
The overall winner from the Australasian region will be flown to the U.K. to participate in an IET Younger Members conference and receive one year’s IET membership.
Previous years presentations have been as diverse as anything from Airship Telemetry to GSM (mobile phone) payphone systems. If you want to find out more or cheer on friends and family who are presenting on the night then come along on the evening of Tuesday 28th October.
Competition date
Tuesday 28th October 2008
5.30pm for 6.00pm. 11, Bagot Street, North Adelaide
Enquiries
Enquiries should be directed to Jason Smith in the first instance, or Dan Kitching.