R25000 prize money from EE Publishers is up for grabs to undergrads!
The South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) in association with EE Publishers and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) are pleased to announce:
South Africa's leading tertiary educational institutions of electrical, electronics, computer and information engineering (academic universities and universities of technology) are participating and fielding eligible team(s) of final-year undergraduate students at the contest.
DATE: Thursday 25 November 2010
TIME: Project presentations: Commencing 10h00;
Cocktail party and prize giving: Commencing 17h00
(Programme subject to minor change depending on number of entrants)
VENUE: The School of Tourism and Hospitality Auditorium, University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road, Cottesloe, Johannesburg
COST: No cost, free-of-charge
Al media; academia; postgraduate and undergraduate students and their families; representatives from government, state-owned enterprises, organisations and companies in the public and private sectors (and in particular HR representatives interested in recruiting the very best skilled engineering staff); and the general interested public; are cordially invited to attend and experience for themselves the top talent emerging from South African universities of electrical, electronic, computer and information engineering.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the annual SAIEE National Student Project Competition is to:
- Provide a platform for undergraduate students to present their final year projects to their fellow students, academia, industry and the interested public. This enables students to develop and display their academic and innovative talents, engineering competency and presentation skills to the invited audience.
- Provide an opportunity for tertiary educational institutions to select project team(s) to be entered into the competition, and to use the opportunity to showcase the intellectual output of their universities.
- Provide an opportunity for the electrical engineering fraternity, industry and the wider community to witness the contest and see the quality and standard of training given to graduates of South Africa's tertiary engineering institutions.
PRIZE MONEY
The 2010 SAIEE National Student Project Competition will be opened by SAIEE President Dr. Angus Hay of Neotel, and a total prize money of R25000, sponsored by EE Publishers, is up for grabs by the winners!
Necessary travel and accommodation costs of entrants is included and will be paid for by the SAIEE. The venue, food and refreshments for the event are sponsored by the University of Johannesburg.
EXHIBITION
During the event and the cocktail party, a mini-exibition will be held to showcase the projects being presented by the participating tertiary educational institutions. This will take the form of poster papers and the hardware and/or software developed by the presenters. The presenters themselves will also be on hand to discuss and demonstrate their projects.
In addition, as the Contest Host, the University of Johannesburg and its Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering will be showcasing some of their exciting research and community development projects and activities.
BENEFITS
The benefits to participating tertiary engineering educational institutions (in terms of closer contact with the industry and society), students (in terms of their skills and career development) and industry (in terms of opportunities to recruit the best of the best engineering students coming onto the job market), are obvious.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
For further information on the 2010 SAIEE National Student Project Competition, please follow the following links:
Rules, procedures, judging and adjudication criteria
Schedule of information, participants and prizes
Contest scoring sheets
Alternatively, please contact:
Gerda Geyer, SAIEE; Tel: 011 487-3003; [email protected]
SAIEE website: www.saiee.org.za