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Graduate and Student Emerging Engineers Award

The Hong Kong Association Graduates and Students Emerging Engineers Award promotes and awards excellence in communication of civil engineering ideas, research and best practice on projects and design.

Applicants compete for prizes in the Hong Kong regional final and winner may be shortlisted for the Emerging Engineers global final in the UK for a cash prize and medal.

The competition is open to all graduate and student members of ICE resident in Hong Kong.

Conditions of entry

1. Author must be a current graduate or student member of the Institution of Civil Engineers at the time of entering the Award.
2. Papers are to be written by one author only.
3. Papers must follow the Rules of Paper Submission.
4. Authors are permitted to enter Emerging Engineers Award in consecutive years but not with the same paper.
5. Disciplines for papers include:
   • Structural and mechanics
   • Geotechnical
   • Environmental, hydraulics and hydrology
   • Highways, railways and transportation

Submitting your entry

The submission period for entries closes on 21 September 2018

Papers must be submitted electronically in A4 pdf format together with a scanned copy of the signed entry form to gs@icehk.org.hk using the subject line ICE HKA G&S Emerging Engineers Award 2018 Submission

Download entry form

Regional final and awards

Shortlisted candidates will be allocated a total time of 20 minutes; 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. The presentation will emphasise the key features and approaches to your topic.

Prizes include:

• Winner - Certificate and cash prize of HK$2,000
• First Runner up - Certificate and cash prize of HK$1,500
• Second runner up - Certificate and cash prize of HK$1,000
• Merit – a Certificate and cash prize of HK$500.00
• Shortlisted - Certificate

Further information

For further information, we have prepared a fact sheet explaining the award. Alternatively you can contact Ms Natalie Lo on:

t: +852 6256 7981
e: gs@icehk.org.hk

Download fact sheet

Most recent winners

The winners of the ICE 200 Emerging Engineers Award are as follows:

• Champion: Wengcy Chan Wing Lam and Winnie Lai
• Second runner-up: Doug Ho Chun Tak
• Merit: Natalie Lo Tien Sun

Graduate and Student Communications Competition

Communications Competition has been hosted in the UK as one of the signature events for young ICE members for years. It aims at nurturing the young members by developing their skills and techniques for public consultation and preparing them to excel in this increasingly demanding society.

Conditions of Entry:

The competition consists of written tasks and a 30-minute interactive mock public consultation meeting where competitors present a development project and face questions from judges and audience. In addition to the presentation, the teams have to prepare the following documents to support delivery of the mock public consultation meeting. The project scenario will be released once the application is closed.

Submission Documents:

You can find out more in the Information Pack.

Application Deadline 30 November 2018 (Friday)

Date of Final (Mock public consultation meeting): 16 February 2019 (Saturday)

Register for the Communications Competition 2018/19

Awards:

You may register here online for student membership for free and graduate membership. Application to the competition is valid as long as the membership registration is submitted on or before 30 November 2018. Should you have any enquiry on membership, please feel free to contact Regional support team on +852 3153 4185 or at membership@icehk.org.hk for assistance.

In case of overwhelming response, shortlisting mechanism will be introduced and notified to successful applicants.

Please feel free to contact Ms Irene Ngai on +852 5507 2225 or via email at gs@icehk.org.hk for any enquiry. ICE HKA G&S reserves all rights of the competition except the result of judgement.

Student Model Building Competition

Model Building Competition is an annual competition in which participating teams formed by civil engineering undergraduates will compete against each other. The event can arouse the interest of undergraduate students in engineering and provide them with a valuable chance to apply their technical knowledge and creativity into practical use. This competition also requires students to present their engineering justification of the model built where they would further polish their presentation skills.

Participants are required to build a model made of Balsa wood within a given time limit. The model will be tested by applying loads on the building fixing on an earthquake simulating machine. The theme of this year is “Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research (IDEERS)”.

Prerequisite

• Teams must be formed by full-time undergraduate students
• Four to six members are allowed in one team
• All team members must be student members of The Institution of Civil Engineers
• Contestants from previous years are allowed to join the competition
• If there are more than EIGHT teams registered successfully, contestants will be selected by a draw
• A refundable deposit of HK$100 per team will be collected during registration. This deposit will be refundable if the team is not enrolled in the competition.

Competition Format

The project specifications, rules and judging criteria will be made available after the event registration. The competition consists of three parts: model building, testing and presentation.

Model building: Teams are given 210 minutes to complete the model according to specifications of the competition by using materials and tools provided by ICE only. Penalty is applicable if overtime working happens.

Testing: The model will be tested based on the project specifications. The assessment of the structural performance includes both physical measurements (i.e. dimensions, self-weight) and structural integrity/efficiency (i.e. loading performance). All tests will be performed by ICE under the witness of honourable judges.

Presentation: Each team is given 5 minutes to illustrate their engineering justification regarding the model in English only. Penalty is applicable if the presentation is over 5 minutes.

Prizes

The cash prize will be awarded to:

• Winner Team: HK$2500 and Certificates
• First Runner-up Team: HK$1500 and Certificates
• Second Runner-up Team: HK$500 and Certificates
• Best Presentation Team: HK$300 and Certificates

Prize and certificates for winner, first runner-up, second runner-up and best presentation teams will be presented in G&S Annual General Meeting.

*You may register online for student membership for free. Application for the competition is valid as long as the membership registration is submitted on or before 6 January 2019. Should you have any enquiry on membership, please feel free to contact the regional support team on +852 3153 4185 or at membership@icehk.org.hk for assistance.

For more information, please contact:

Mr Michael Wong
t: +852 6676 7287
e: gs@icehk.org.hk

ICE HKA G&S reserves all rights of the competition except the result of judgement.