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Awards
YEA International Representative
Young Engineers Australia (YEA) is seeking an active member to represent YEA on the Young Engineers International (YEI) Group. This role will be for a term of 2 years, renewable for intervals of further 2 years upon successful re-election.
Nominations will be sought from young engineers who are active members and who are:
- Past or current YEA National Committee (YEANC) members;
- Past or current YEA Division Committee members
- Past or current YEA College representatives
- Young Engineers who have been actively involved in their division
Nominees must have been involved in executive positions or have a very good understanding of Engineers Australia's structure, procedures and office bearer positions.
Applications are due by 9am (AEST), Thursday, 12 August 2010 and should be submitted to
yea@engineersaustralia.org.au
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Australia's Most Inspiring Young Engineers
Young Engineers Australia has announced seven young engineers as Australia's Most Inspiring Young Engineers in 2010. The announcement was made during the Engineering Leadership Conference in Brisbane last week.
The winners are Kim Axworthy, Andrew Bagnall, Dr Andrew Botros, Dr Kimberley Clayfield, Michael D'Onofrio, Steven Lindsay and Darren Lomman.
For full details about the winners and their achievements please click here.
In addition to the winners, eight young engineers received high commendations. They are Rachel Ann Coxon, Sebastian Eckersley-Maslin, Salma Farouque, Jillian Kilby, Ashley Kingsborough, Suzanne Morris, Julian O'Shea and Kathryn Smith.
The judges were Young Engineers Australia National Committee chair Carla Cher, Engineers Australia vice-president Barry Tonkin and national past president Ian Pedersen.
2009 Snowy Hydro Young Professional Engineer of the Year - Adrian Clark - Sydney
The Snowy Hydro Young Professional Engineer of the Year acknowledges and rewards young professional engineers who have reached and high level of achievement and involvement in engineering and community affairs.
Adrian Clark is responsible for leading the team developing and implementing the EnergyAustralia smart grid program. This program is a major transformation in the electricity industry, whereby intelligent sensors and analytics are being overlayed across the end to end electricity grid to enable it to become more reliable, efficient, customer friendly and to accommodate renewable energy generation.
Adrian is well known both locally and internationally as an expert in the emerging field of intelligent networks. Prior to this role Adrian was instrumental in the development of EnergyAustralia's telecommunications strategy and the establishment of major programs to build and operate a utilities-specific next generation telecommunications network.
Young Professional Engineer of the Year 2009 Entrants
| Michael Thompson | GradIEAust | Northern Division |
Adrian Clark |
| Sydney Division |
Michael Scott | MIEAust CPEng | South Australia Division |
Jerome Bowen | MIEAust | Western Australia Division |
Alesha Printz | GradIEAust | Victoria Division |
Liz Schofield | MIEAust | Queensland Division |
Anntonette Joseph | GradIEAust | Canberra Division |
Nicholas Bates | GradIEAust | Newcastle Division |
General Awards
Each year Engineers Australia, in partnership with YEA, presents three national awards for young engineers:
- Young Professional Engineer of the Year
- Young Engineering Technologist of the Year
- Young Engineering Associate of the Year
There are also a number of awards sponsored by other organisations available to Engineers under the age of 35 including:
About the Awards
The awards apply to practising engineers under the age of 35. They seek to acknowledge and reward young professional engineers and young engineering technologists and officers who have:
- realised competence and significant achievement in community affairs;
- a demonstrated understanding of the role and purpose of the engineering profession in society;
- proficiency in the use of communication skills in engineering projects;
- effective communication with public media.
Each Division of Engineers Australia, in partnership with the local YEA group may run its own competitions to nominate a single finalist from each occupational category for the national award.
The awards are presented at state and territory levels by the divisions of Engineers Australia. Winners go on to vie for the national title. The national winner is announced at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA), which is usually held in Canberra during November.
For full details about the awards available in your area and how to enter, please visit the Awards section of the website.
