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IEEE Student Thesis Prize

Student Thesis Prizes administered by IEEE Queensland Section

The IEEE Queensland Section administers two thesis prizes for undergraduate students in Queensland universities: the IEEE Student Thesis Prize and the ICPADM-Mat Darveniza IEEE Student Prize.  The former is open to students in all fields of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, while the latter is restricted to thesis topics in the field of Power Engineering.
 

Rules for the IEEE Student Prize for the Best Final Year Undergraduate Thesis in All Fields of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

These rules are applicable to:
  • the IEEE Student Prize for the Best Final Year Thesis in All Fields of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and
  • the ICPADM-Mat Darveniza IEEE Student Prize for the Best Final Year Thesis in Power Engineering.

1. Prize Description

(a) Special certificate endorsed by the chairman of the IEEE Queensland Section
(b) Cheque for $500.00

2. Eligibility Criteria

(a) Candidates must hold current IEEE student membership. 
(b) Thesis must be submitted in the final year of study.
(c) For the ICPADM-Mat Darveniza IEEE Student Prize, the thesis must be adjudged to be in the field of Power Engineering.

3. Candidate Nominations

Nominations for the above prize will be accepted from the following universities (one per university):
(a) Central Queensland University
(b) Griffith University
(c) Queensland University of Technology
(d) University of Queensland
(e) University of Southern Queensland

The important dates of this year's thesis prize selection / award are

  • Student Counsellor of each university collects thesis from 1 Nov 08 – 11 Nov 2008;
  • Student Counsellor of each university sends recommendation (one for general prize and one for power engineering prize from each university) to the thesis prize selection committee by Tuesday 14 Nov 2008;
  • Thesis prize committee members evaluate the selected thesis and finalise the winners. Prize winners to be notified by Friday 28 Nov 2008.
Prizes to be awarded during the section AGM on Thursday 4 Dec 2008

4. Selection Process

The prize winner will be selected by the prize committee comprising:
(a) Chair of the IEEE Queensland Section
(b) Secretary of the IEEE Queensland Section
(c) Student Activities Coordinator of the IEEE Queensland Section

The selection criteria are described here.

5. Prize Information

Information about the prize will be distributed by means of the IEEE newsletter, the IEEE university Student Branch Counsellors, and the IEEE Queensland Section web page.

 
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