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Graduate and Student Papers Competition 2010
The Graduate and Student Papers Competition (GSPC) encourages graduate and student members of ICE to submit a paper on any civil engineering related topic and compete for the top prize of £1,500 cash!
This competition promotes and rewards excellence in the communication of civil engineering ideas and research. It also provides you an excellent opportunity to:
§ showcase your talent to the engineering community
§ boost your self-marketing skills and confidence in public speaking
§ network with industry VIPs and exposure at ICE Awards Ceremony
§ promote your employer or university´s name
The GSPC is run in two stages:
§ Each region will hold heats and announce a winner
§ The regional winning papers will be reviewed by the GSPC Panel who will select three papers to battle it out at the final
GSPC is now calling for entries.
How to Apply
To enter submit application form ICE 3159 together with a synopsis of your paper, to your ICE Regional Support Team (RST).
Prizes include:
1st prize
§ £1,500 cash and an Institution Medal.
2nd Prize
§ £500 cash
3rd Prize
§ £250 cash
2009´s winner, Joshua Macabuag, successfully came through the regional heats and took home first prize at One Great George Street, London. Read more about the final from 2009.
ICE would like to thanks Atkins for sponsoring the 2010 competition and Leeds Metropolitan University for hosting the final. This will take place on Tuesday 22nd June 2010 and promises to be bigger than ever with over £2,000 in prizes to be won. Please contact the Awards Executive to book your free place.
Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and one of the world´s leading engineering and design consultancies. We offer graduates access to a world class business environment where training and development, mentoring and the exchange of ideas are nurtured to deliver excellence in everything we do. We have been named among 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2009 by The Sunday Times; The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2009; and The Times Top 50 Companies Where Women Want to Work 2009. We also won the construction and civil engineering sector category for the fourth consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2009.
2009 Graduate and Student Papers Competition Final
The culmination of ICE´s 2009 Graduate and Student Papers Competition took place on 25 June 2009 at One Great George Street. Three regional winners presented their papers in front of a packed audience of ICE student and graduate members.
ICE London´s Joshua Macabuag, a Graduate Engineer with a young structural consultancy, Edge Structures Ltd was announced the winner after delivering an inspiring presentation, `Extending the Collapse Time of Non-Engineered Masonry Buildings Under Seismic Loading´ which researched retrofitting technology specifically aimed at preventing or prolonging the collapse of adobe (mud brick) buildings in strong earthquakes.
“I am delighted to win the 2009 ICE Graduates and Students Papers Competition. It´s been a fantastic opportunity to research and discuss a topic that I am passionate about. It´s also been a great confidence boost to continue working in this field of development and the generous prize money will enable me to conduct further investigation in Peru.” said Joshua.
Joshua prizes included £1,500 cash prize, three days Thomas Telford Training, an Institution Medal and a Thomas Telford Publications voucher worth £150.
Second place went to ICE Wales' Mark Glendinning, a Structural and Geotechnical engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff in Cardiff. Mark presented his paper `Artificial Ground Freezing (AGF) – Behaviour, Application and Considerations´ which discussed his research work into the finite element modelling of soil-structure interaction problems.
Mark won £500 cash prize, two days Thomas Telford Training and a Thomas Telford book voucher worth £75.
The third finalist was ICE Yorkshire and Humber´s Anneke Kellond, a Graduate Engineer with Mott MacDonald in Sheffield. Anneke´s paper, 'Improving communication on construction sites with the aim to improving health and safety' researched how communication can help reduce accidents rates on site.
Anneke won £250 cash prize and a Thomas Telford Publications voucher worth £75.
Chair of the Event, ICE President Jean Venables said, ““This was a superb evening that gave the opportunity for our members to debate with some of ICE´s top graduate and student members on some of today´s most topical civil engineering issues.”
Also speaking at the final was Emma Kent, 2008 NCE Graduate of the Year, who gave an inspiring speech celebrating the work of ICE student and graduate members. Emma urged those student and graduate members in the audience to get involved with competitions like the GSPC and the NCE Graduate Awards.
 “They are the perfect opportunity to showcase your talent, passion and commitment to engineering and entering alone will be highly regarded by those around you – this is a true case of “it´s the taking part that counts, not just the winning.”
To view a recording of the event please click here.
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