The IET SA&NT

Congratulations to Ting Ting Sam, Winner of the 2007 IET Local Network Outstanding Female Student in Engineering Prize for UniSA, presented by Dan Kitching.

It is the time of year that information for the 2007 Australian Prestige Awards (APA) are released. Below you will find all the information you need to know about the three awards, which is also located on our Awards page.

2007 Jack Finlay Award Flyer

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2007 Sir Lionel Hooke Award Flyer

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2007 James N Kirby Award Flyer

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Below are photos from the 1st Anniversary Dinner. Please send requests for print quality images to the Honorary Secretary.

Please note that a more complete collection of photos can be located here.

The IET South Australia and Northern Territory Network cordially invites you to our IET Anniversary Dinner to be held at:

Adelaide Oval, Bradman Room
Friday 10 August at 7:00 pm for pre-dinner drinks.

This is the IET SA & NT prestigious event for 2007 where you the members have the opportunity to network or catch-up with friends and colleagues.

Seats are limited so get your RSVP in early!

Dress: Formal (Black Tie) preferred.
Venue: Adelaide Oval, Bradman Room, enter via Clarrie Grimmett or Phil Ridings Gates.
Cost: $47-50 per person for IET Members & Members’ guests, $35-00 for IET Younger Members and IET Student Members and $70-00 for non-members and guests.
Time: 7:00pm for pre-dinner drinks: 7:30pm – 11:00pm dinner.

Please print your invitation via the download link provided below. Members of IET South Australia and Northern Territory Local Network can expect an invitation to their postal address by 11th July. If you have not received your invitation by then, please contact the Local Network Secretary.

IET Anniversary Dinner Invitation

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As you may have noticed around campus there are posters advocating a Farnell initiated competition call LIVE-EDGE!

This is an environmental electronic/engineering/science design competition, where any idea to benefit the globe is valid to enter.

On the website you’ll find all the details including a presentation from our Farnell’s CEO Harriet Green giving an overview of the competition.

Basically anyone can enter it is not restricted in anyway – students, professionals, amateurs, individuals and companies alike, all the opportunity to win this prize and see their environmental invention grow!

Go on – register today, even if your design/idea is not finalised – there’s nothing to lose and no time to waste!

www.live-edge.com

Congratulations to Richard Meyer, who has won the IET SA & NT Local Network Manufacturing Prize for University of Adelaide, for 2006.

Congratulations to Say Wei Tan, who has won the IET SA & NT Local Network Outstanding Female Student in Engineering Prize for the University of Adelaide in 2006.

Each year the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the IEE) runs a “Present Around the World” competition, which in Australia takes the form of the “Australian Technical Presentation Prize” (ATPP) open to final year university students in disciplines within the scope of the IET. These include electrical, electronic, manufacturing and systems engineering and related sciences such as information technology and computing.

Each Australian State runs its own competition culminating in a State Final, with the winner proceeding to the National Final early in the following year (which is usually shortly after graduation). Later that year the National winner goes on to UK to compete in the World Final (the IET International Premium) and take part in an associated Younger Members Conference at that time.

The first National Final was held in Melbourne in 2002. It was again in Melbourne in 2003 but moved to Adelaide in 2004 where the winner was Kerrin Pine of South Australia who spoke on “Radio Direction Finding for Maritime Search & Rescue”. It moved to Perth in 2005 from where the winner, Tim Nelson again of South Australia who spoke on his robotic eye project “EyeSim”, went on to win the international event held in Birmingham UK in November 2005. Last year in Sydney the National winner was Kelly Poole of NSW whose topic was “Design of Zigbee systems: concept and implementation”, the gauging of student understanding in real time during lectures.

And now it’s Queensland’s turn. This year’s National Final will be held in Brisbane on Friday 30 March, the competition itself at the Novotel Hotel in the morning and the Presentation Dinner at Gianni’s Portside Restaurant in the evening. Details below, and all are encouraged to attend. Pre-registration for the Dinner is necessary, and the form for this is attached.

The Competition

Friday 30 March 2007 – 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
National Final of the IET Australian Technical Presentation Prize (ATPP)
Novotel Hotel, 200 Creek Street, Brisbane.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE.

The Gala Dinner

Friday 30 March 2007 – 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm
IET National Gala Dinner and ATPP Awards Presentation
Gianni’s Portside Restaurant, Remora Road, Hamilton.
See attachment for costs and registration

ATPP and Gala Dinner

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Also keep an eye on the National IET website for more information regarding this event.

Please note that these are IET National events, but the main organisation has been delegated to the IET Queensland Younger Members Section. As per the attachment, emailed returns are to be made to the YMS Chairman Tony Richardson. Also as per the attachment, any telephoned queries should be to Tony on 0424 578 224.

Tony says:

The IET ATPP is primarily a presentation skills competition. However, the topic should be relevant to IET endeavours and the speaker should target the presentation appropriately. Designing the latest gadgets and widgets is one thing; convincing people of their successful operation and commercial merit is another. The ATPP is a way for final year students enrolled in Engineering and Technology courses to test their skills in this area, so come along and support your future colleagues and fellow students.

Students from our three universities present their final year projects whilst competing in the IET Australia Technical Papers Presentation Prize Competition. IEEE Student Subject prizes will also be presented at this meeting.

Fore more information on the ATPP:
http://sant.theiet.org.au/awards/#atpp