East Midlands - awards

Pitch 200

Pitch 200 is an engineering competition with a difference.

As one of the four core national activities for ICE 200, this competition is an opportunity to show the general public how civil engineers transform their lives directly in order to encourage the next generation into the profession.

Different to many of the other ICE competitions, Pitch 200 draws on engineers creativity to demonstrate a particular aspect of civil engineering to a public audience – and you only have 200 seconds to do it.

Members at every level have the opportunity to submit a presentation in the weirdest, wackiest and most unconventional way using anything at their disposal to explain your chosen idea.

Entering the Pitch 200 gives you a great chance to:

• Promote civil engineering as an exciting industry to the public, your area of research/practice and the variety and diversity of jobs within the profession
• Develop your skills and confidence in public speaking
• Demonstrate your talent to the engineering community and peers
• Become ICE Regional Ambassador for 2019 (providing a 'money can't buy' prize that greatly increases the profile and contacts of the winner).

Initial entries are a 60 second video summary of what your full presentation would be, and can be based on your own work, discipline or another aspect on civil engineering that fascinates you. It can be adapted from project reports, university/employment research papers or something entirely new.

The regional winner will be shortlisted for the Pitch 200 Final where the overall ICE Ambassador for 2019 will be awarded.

The East & West Midlands region Pitch 200 is open to all current ICE members who live, work or study in the East or West Midlands region.

To enter, you need to register your intent to join the competition by completing and sending the Pitch 200 Entry Form and 60 second summary video to ice.westmidlands@ice.org.uk by 31 December 2017.

Emerging Engineers Award

This competition is held every year to promote and reward excellent communication of civil engineering issues and ideas.

The Award is an excellent chance to practice your writing and presentation skills – perfect preparation for a viva or Professional Review. It'll also raise your profile, help promote your university or employer, and give you the opportunity to have your paper published. Competitors can also win a cash prize of up to £250. Plus, should your paper be chosen for the National Competition, there's another cash prize and the prestigious Institution Medal for the overall winner.

The competition is open to all ICE graduate and student members with papers on any area of engineering design, research or practice. Papers have to be expertly presented and discussed, as well as innovative and well written. Graduate members can adapt papers from professional development or Professional Review reports. Student members can adapt a university project or thesis which should preferably be based on your own work.

The competition is open to all graduate and student members of ICE who live, work or study in the East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland).

A cash prize will be awarded to the regional winner, and the overall regional winner will be considered for a place in the national final.

Previous winning titles include:

• How to lift a building with your bare hands
• Slipforming Concrete Mix - Defining a concrete mix for vertical slipform construction under low temperatures

Synopses of up to 400 words should be submitted to ice.eatmidlands@ice.org.uk by 2 February 2018. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 19 February 2018. Applicants are asked to submit a full 4000 word paper by 10 April. The final competition will be held on 24 April at Stephenson College, Coalville.

Download the application form

Previous winner

The 2017 winner of the Emerging Engineers Award was Robin de Jongh for his paper: 'How to lift a building with your bare hands'