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Help us choose the best technical article in EngineerIT for 2014 and win R1000


You are invited to help the editorial committee of EE Publishers choose the best article in EngineerIT magazine for 2014.


Qualifying articles are limited to those by authors in South Africa, and exclude company white papers or information supplied under a company name.

The EE Publishers editorial committee has chosen what it considers to be the top ten qualifying articles of 2014 (below), and requests your participation in choosing the best article from these finalists.

The 20th person that selects a potential winner from the papers below will win R1000 sponsored by EE Publishers.

The  author of the winning paper will receive a Canon i-SENSYS MF 8280Cw series device valued at about R3699, kindly sponsored by Canon.
                   
Voting deadline: 23 January 2015

The finalists chosen by the EE Publishers editorial committee, in order of publication date, are:

3D printing technology produced locally
by Ross Manyika, Digital Cube / Deltronics
EngineerIT, March 2014, pp49 - 51

3D printing technology has revolutionised the design and manufacturing field the world over. Our biggest challenge is that most of these devices originate from overseas, so obtaining one locally is expensive. Now the first locally designed 3D printer will soon be available... (more) (vote)

by Mark Eardley, B2B Marketing
EngineerIT, May 2014, pp56&58

Advanced analytics enable IT professionals to inform customer-centric business strategies that build revenue and profitability. The article highlights the fundamental importance of advanced statistical modelling that is able to provide accurate answers to pertinent business questions... (more) (vote)

Cyber security protection industrial control systems
by JHJ Pool, Proconics
EngineerIT, July 2014, pp30 - 32 & 34

The landscape for industrial cyber security has been changing along with the general cyber security landscape. New threats have emerged to challenge the shock created by Stuxnet. At the same time South Africa is still lagging behind in terms of industrial protection... (more) (vote)

Measuring the transverse sensitivity of vibration transducers
by CS Veldman, National Metrology Laboratory of South Africa
EngineerIT, Aug 2014, pp41-43

The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) has implemented a system to measure the transverse sensitivity of vibration transducers... (more) (vote)

Management of "bad actor" alarms at a refinery
by Nirmal Narotam and Tessa Langley, PAS Automation Services; Brian Thompson, Steve Sanders and Ray Paul Bhagwandin, Engen Petroleum
EngineerIT, Nov/Dec 2014, pp22 - 24

Excessive alarms to the operators create an active hindrance to their ability to act effectively as well as an operational culture of alarm acknowledgement without proper analysis... (more) (vote)

Using thermal imagery to detect viral infections
by Jeanri Mellanby, Comtest
EngineerIT, Nov/Dec 2014, pp33 - 34

Thermal imaging technology is being used on a daily basis to detect the body temperature of people, in an attempt to identify fever and viral infections. With the recent Ebola outbreak, letting one subject slip through the system could have catastrophic consquences... (more) (vote)

VoIP: The good, the bad and the ugly
by Paul Colmer, Paul Colmer& Associates
EngineerIT, Nov/Dec 2014, pp58 & 60

I think of a dusty town, where tumbleweeds roll and the incumbent operators squint into the distance with the echo of EnnioMorricone in their ears. VoIP has come to town... (more) (vote)


 


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