Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Final Year Project Prizes - 2007
The Agilent Technologies High Frequency Prize
Agilent Technologies High Frequency prize, donated annually by Agilent Technologies, is awarded to the final year student who achieves the best performance in a microwave related project, as determined by the Board of Examiners of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
(The prize consists of a loptop computer and a cheque for £400.)
AJ Power Prize
The AJ Power Prize was established in 2006. The prize of £ 200, is to be awarded annually to a student who, in the judgment of the Board of Examiners, produces the most innovative final year project in the field of diesel electric power generation. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 (BEng) or 315ELE401 (MEng) are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
Asidua Limited Prize
The Asidua Prize was established in 2009. The prize, which consists of a cheque for £150, is awarded to the student with the overall individual best mark in Software Engineering and Group project module at Level 2.
The IceMOS Technology Prize
The IceMOS prize of £200 is presented annually to the student who, in the judgement of the Board of Examiners, submits the best project in the general area of Microelectronics technology. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
The Invista Prize in Control Engineering
The Invista prize was established in 1999 and an annual prize of £150 is awarded to the final year student who achieves the best performance in a control engineering project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
A prize of £150, instituted in 1968, is awarded annually to the final year student on the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) courses in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering who, out of the group graduating with First Class or Second Class Honours, achieves the best performance in the final year project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by The Institution of Engineering and Technology on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners.
The IEEE Telecommunications Prize
The prize of £100 is awarded by the Communications Chapter of the IEEE UK&RI Section for the best performance in a telecommunications related final year project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
The Institute of Energy Award
A certificate and prize of £100, instituted in 2002, is awarded annually by the Institute of Energy for the best final year project having the theme "The Application of Research, Technology and or Management to Improve the Use and Control of Energy in a Modern Environment". All nominees for the award, who attend the prize giving ceremony, shall receive one year's membership of the Institute of Energy. To be considered for the award candidates must complete an application form available form the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. All final year students in Electrical and Electronic Engineering shall be eligible for the award.
Linggard Prize
This prize was founded in 1984 by Robert Linggard, senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1970-1984.
This prize, of the value of £100, will be awarded annually for the best final year project in the area of electrical communications in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
NIE Project Prize
The NIE Project Prize was established in 1989. The prize, of the value of £200 with a certificate, will be awarded annually for the best project in electric power engineering by a final year student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
Racal Innovation Endowment Prize
The Racal Innovation Endowment Prize was established in 1996 by Racal Instruments Ltd as part of the Racal-Radiocommunications Agency Graduate Innovation Award won in 1995 by Queen's University student Jayne Brady.
A cash prize of £50 for the purchase of books, tools and instruments is to be awarded annually to a student who, in the judgement of the Board of Examiners, exhibits an exceptional talent for innovative thinking in undertaking their final year project in the field of radiocommunications. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. . If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
Schrader Final Year Project Prize
The Schrader Prize was established in 2006. The prize, of the value of £ 400, is to be awarded annually to a student who, in the judgment of the Board of Examiners, exhibits innovative measurement techniques in undertaking their final year project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 (BEng) or 315ELE401 (MEng) are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
F G Wilson Machines Prize
The F G Wilson Machines Prize was established in 1997 by F G Wilson (Engineering) Limited. This annual prize of £100 is awarded to the final year student who achieves the best performance in an electrical machines related project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 or 315ELE401 are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
NEW Final Year Project Prize 2007
Openfx.org Final Year Project Prize – New for 2007
Proposed citation – to be confirmed.
The openfx.org prize, established in 2007, is presented annually to a student who, in the judgment of the Board of Examiners, exhibits world-class engineering-software design skills in their final year project. All students enrolled on module 315ELE301 (BEng), 315ELE401 (MEng), 315ESE301 (BEng) or 315ESE401 (MEng) are considered automatically. The prize is awarded by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. If the Board of Examiners decides that there is no project of sufficient merit then the prize will not be awarded.
Monetary value is expected to be £200.
Other Undergraduate Prizes
Frost-Smith Prizes in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
In commemoration of Hilary Frost-Smith, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1964 to 1978, an annual schools competition, coupled with his name and funded by donations from his colleagues, family and friends, was first instituted in 1978.
One prize is awarded to the student with the best overall performance in each year of the undergraduate degree courses in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as determined by the Board of Examiners of the School. The Stage 1 prize is £200, the Stage 2 prize is £250, and both the Stage 3 and 4 prizes are £300. In the 3rd year, the successful student also receives the engraved Frost-Smith Trophy for one year. Candidates are considered automatically.
The Kelman Prizes
The Kelman prizes were established in 2000 and are awarded to the students who have achieved the best performance in the MEng Design Projects (315ELE302) module in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as determined by the Board of Examiners of the School. The prizes are £300 for the student who achieves the best performance and £100 for the runner-up. Candidates are considered automatically.
Foundation Scholarships (Formally Academic Council then Faculty Controlled)
One Foundation scholarship is awarded annually to a Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 student with excellent examination results.
Other External Prizes – awarded annually
William L. Everitt Student Award of Excellence
This award is given each year at Universities affiliated with the International Engineering Consortium. It honours outstanding academic achievement coupled with evidence of professional interests and activities.
Certificate _+ Cross pen gift set.
Sir William Siemens Medal – NEW for 2006
Best Stage 3 MEng student majoring in Electrical Engineering. Majoring in Electrical Engineering is interoperated to mean studying at least 3 of the 5 power & control modules on offer to these students at Stage 3
Value £300 + medal
Other External Project Prizes
SET Awards
Awarded for:
“students who have worked on especially unusual or noteworthy projects”,
“projects which offer improvements in peoples’ health, technologies which may be usable in the home or may significantly change the way we live”
The Prize:
It costs nothing to enter; students could win up to £2,000 each.
Closing Date: 20th July 2007
Detail : www.setawards.org
The Royal Academy of Engineering Student Design Poster Prize.
The three themes judged are Design for Sustainable Development, Integrated System Design and Most Innovative design.
Closing date: 4.00 pm, 15th June 2007 – via the Deans Office
Details: Dr B Fox / Dr DJ Morrow
Postgraduate Prize
The T G Christie Award
This award of £1,000, was founded in 2002 under the Will of Miss Emma Magowan Christie by her cousin Mr Hill Hamilton Christie. It is in the memory of Mr T G Christie, formerly Chief Engineer and General Manager of Northern Ireland Electricity Board.
The purpose of this award is to encourage the best students to pursue postgraduate research in some aspect of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The award is given by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering to the most promising student, (defined by the School as the student graduating with the highest marks in the BEng or MEng degrees in the opinion of the Board of Examiners), who enrols for research in the School. The School may not offer the award in any year where there is no suitable candidate, or may divide the award between more than one student if there is more than one equally deserving candidate.
