Engineering an exciting career
Final-year students from the Technology School at Southampton Solent University will have the chance to impress potential employers at the WRTI Technology Innovation Awards this summer.
The awards, sponsored by the Wessex Round Table of Inventors, are open to Solent University students on engineering and computer networking courses.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony, attended by industry representatives. This year’s event will take place in the Southampton Solent University Conference Centre on 11 June from 5.30-7.30pm. There are cash prizes for the most innovative and commercial projects, in two categories.
This year’s entries include a web-based driving school system, a prototype of a portable refrigeration system and methods of reducing energy consumption for households using electronic equipment.
Last year’s Geoff Thomson Memorial Award for engineering was presented to Martin Middleton for his coolant recovery and reuse system. The BEng (Hons) Engineering with Business student’s practical engineering solution is successfully being used by his employer, DP World Southampton.
“Exhibiting at the event or winning one of the awards helps to raise the students’ profile, boost their CVs and gain future employment,” says Nick Woodfine, Academic Leader for Engineering.
“The awards are a great opportunity for the students to meet potential employers and for businesses to identify graduate talent.”
Businesses wishing to attend the event should email mt.degreeshow@solent.ac.uk
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE MEDIA OFFICE ON 023 8031 9040 or press.office@solent.ac.uk
Southampton Solent University offers more than 23,000 students over 200 qualifications ranging from HND to PhD, in subjects such as maritime education and training, fashion and design, media and television, music, health, sport and leisure, business, IT and technology. The university was awarded the 2013 Quality Assurance kitemark for quality and standards of teaching and learning. Solent was voted one of the most creative universities in the UK in a Which? University 2013 poll of students. It has been awarded ‘Gold approval’ by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
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