Are you one of Australia's most innovative engineers? Thursday, 28 January 2016

Engineers Australia and create magazine are looking for Australia’s most innovative engineers.

Australia has a long history of innovation. From the stump jump plough to the black box flight recorder, the cochlear hearing implant and wi-fi, Australian engineers have a great record for coming up with ideas to solve practical problems.

In our July issue, create magazine will publish a list of 50 most innovative engineers and we are seeking nominations from the community.

We are looking to recognise outstanding engineers who have made noteworthy contributions to the community, the industry, and the profession.

Engineers can nominate themselves or be nominated by others and they do not need to be members of Engineers Australia. Nominations are open to all engineers working in Australia and Australian engineers working overseas. Any technology, project or product mentioned must have been developed, commenced or completed during the period 2014-2016.

There will be a number of different categories under which people can enter including Academia & Research, Building & Construction, Community, Consulting, Information & Communications Technology, Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities and General Industry. There will also be a Young Engineer category, for which entrants must be aged 35 or under on June 30, 2016.

If you are concerned about nominating because of confidentiality issues, you can request that proprietary details of your innovation not be published and the information you provide can be broadly descriptive.

Nominations are open now and close on 26 February, 2016 so it is important to start working on them now. Details on how to nominate can be found at the website: e-award.com.au/2016/mostinnovativeengineers/.