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Waikato Engineering Students win 2005 IPENZ Award
March 2005

Engineering students from Waikato University are this year’s winners of The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) 2005 Student Design Award. This award was sponsored by Meridian Energy Ltd.

Winners:
Aaron Jonassen, Andrew Morrison Jonathan Saunders and Nicola Withington for their Manufacturing Hemp Composites. University of Waikato, Materials and Process Engineering Department.

Merit Prize:
Connecting Rod Factory Feasibility Study – Winston Wickham, Peter Priest and Lance Groves – University of Waikato, Materials and Process Engineering Department.

Merit Prize:
Manufacturing Composite Lumber from Recycled Plastics in New Zealand – Robert Smith and Jonas Hoffman-Vocke – University of Waikato, Materials and Process Engineering Department.

Launched in 1999, the IPENZ Student Design Award is an annual award and is currently sponsored by Meridian Energy Limited. It is open to all undergraduate engineering students at a New Zealand university or polytechnic. The aim of the award is to recognise engineering excellence at the student level, and to reward innovation and entrepreneurial potential. Both individuals and teams may enter. Prizes include a first prize of $2000 and trophy from a total prize pool of $3000.

Entries show the enterprising viability of their design in the form of an executive report, suitable for Directors of a company or investors. Judges are looking for innovative design, investigation of market potential, analysis of financial implications analysed and communication of ideas. The 2005 Student Design Award were presented at the IPENZ Awards Dinner held at Auckland’s Ellerslie Convention Centre, on Thursday, 17 March 2005.

For more information contact:

Dr Andrew Cleland
Chief Executive IPENZ
Ph (04) 474 8935
Mob: 021 311 879
CE@ipenz.org.nz

or:

Michelle Duffy
Media Manager
IPENZ – Engineers New Zealand
Ph: 04 473 2028 (direct)
Mobile: 021 479 885
Email:media@ipenz.org.nz

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