Student Competitions
Robert G. Auld Student Paper Competition
Reg Friesen Student Oral Paper Award
SNC Lavalin Plant Design Competition
Pocess Safety Management Student Poster Competition
Graduate Student Poster Competition
Robert G. Auld Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by the Robert G. Auld Fund and Imperial Oil Ltd.
Eligibility
Any undergraduate student currently enrolled in a Canadian chemical engineering program.
Deadline
September 21, 2012
Award
First prize: $300 and a plaque
Second prize: $200 and a certificate
Third prize: $150 and a certificate
Prizes will be announced at the Undergraduate Student Banquet.
Abstract Submission
Submit an abstract including the title, presenters name(s) and a brief summary (100 to 200 words) of your talk. The talk should pertain to some aspect of chemical engineering. This can include work experience as well as a design or research project. This paper is of a technical nature.
Talk Format
The oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length including a 2-3 minute question period. LCD and laptop will be provided.
Judging
There will be a panel of 3 judges representing industry, government and academia.
Questions and submissions should be sent to: awards@cheminst.ca
Reg Friesen Student Oral Paper Award
Sponsored by the Chemical Education Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada
This competition is intended to encourage students to present papers of general interest concerning the following: critical evaluation of their educational experiences; innovative learning/teaching strategies and materials; other topics that address chemistry or chemical engineering education.
Eligibility
This competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students presenting an oral nontechnical paper at the Student Program sessions of the national CSChE conference.
Deadline
September 21, 2012
Award
First prize: $350 and a certificate
Second prize: $150 and a certificate
Prizes will be announced at the Undergraduate Student Banquet.
Abstract Submission
Abstracts should include the title, presenters name(s) and a brief summary (100 to 200 words) of your talk.
Talk Format
The oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length including a 2-3 minute question period. LCD and laptop will be provided.
Judging
A panel of 3 judges representing industry, government and academia.
Questions and submissions should be sent to: awards@cheminst.ca
This award is administered by the CIC Chemical Education Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada.
SNC Lavalin Plant Design Competition
Sponsored by SNC-Lavalin
The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering offers the SNC-LAVALIN Undergraduate Plant Design Competition for students enrolled in undergraduate chemical engineering programs at Canadian Universities.
Eligibility
Individuals and groups of undergraduate students registered in chemical engineering programs in Canadian universities during the academic year. As most design projects are carried out in the final year courses, recent graduates are also eligible to apply.
To minimize the number of projects to be judged, each chemical engineering department may only submit one entry.
Maximum size of team: 5 students
Deadline
May 31, 2012
Awards
Individual Prizes: Each team member of the first place team will receive a certificate as well as a one year CSChE undergraduate membership. (For those who are recent graduates, the prize will provide an undergraduate member discount towards your upgraded membership.) Second and third place team members will receive certificates.
Team Prize: The top team will receive a cash award of $1,000.
Travel assistance: Each of the 3 finalist teams may claim up to $350 in travel costs/team to assist with travel to the CSChE Conference. To claim the reimbursement, the team should forward $350 in receipts to the Awards Manager following the conference.
Judging
All entries will be evaluated in 2 stages by a panel of 3 judges drawn from industry, government and academia. The best 3 entries will be chosen in preliminary judging and these teams will be invited to present their projects during a PowerPoint presentation to be held at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference where the judges will make their final decision.
Design Topic
Please provide your project in electronic format (on CD, not e-mail) to the CSChE Awards Manager. Entries for the competition should contain the following:
- a list of students who performed the work, with their permanent addresses and e-mail addresses
- a short summary, including a simplified flow sheet of the process
- a copy of the final report submitted to the university at the end of the project
- the name of the collaborating organization and the engineers who assisted the students and
- the submitting Professor/Department must provide a 1-2 pages “List of Arguments” stating the reasons the project:
- is above level of expectations in terms of quality and/or complexity
- contain elements of creativity or novelty and
- required knowledge and /or work exceeding the expected level of undergraduate chemical engineering students.
- Statements should be precisely formulated as “bullets”; generalities should be avoided.
- The ratio between process information/data given to the students by Professors and Industrial advisors versus the data and information the students had to find themselves is different for each submission. Therefore to assist in fairly judging the competition, each submitting Professor/Department must provide a summary statement of the initial information provided to the students as well as information regarding the subject plant such as:
- Is it an improvement/expansion of an existing plant?
- Is it a new plant and similar or identical plant exists?
- Is it a new plant and similar or identical plants do not exist?
Confidentiality
Entries should be accompanied by a letter from the head of the department of chemical engineering, indicating that the information is not confidential.
Submit nominations to:
Gale Thirlwall
Awards Manager
SNC Lavalin Competition
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
130 Slater Street, Suite 550
Ottawa, ON
K1P 6E2
Process Safety Management Student Poster Competition
The Process Safety Management Student Poster Competition takes place during the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to prepare a poster pertaining to Process Safety and Loss Management to compete for cash prizes.
Sponsor
CIC Process Safety Management Division
Eligibility
Any graduate or undergraduate student registered for the 2012 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference.
Deadline
September 15, 2012
Award
Cash prizes - amounts to be determined
Prizes are announced at the Student Awards Banquet.
Abstract Submission
Submit an abstract including the title, presenters name(s) and a brief summary (100 to 200 words) of your poster. The poster must pertain to some aspect of Process Safety Management.
Submit abstracts to:
Gale Thirlwall
Awards Manager
gthirlwall@cheminst.ca
Judging
A panel of judges from the PSM Division will judge posters during the designated competition time. Students are expected to be at their poster to answer questions during that period of time.
Prizes will be awarded at the Student Awards Banquet.
Graduate Student Poster Competition
The Graduate Student Poster Competition takes place annually during the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. Graduate students showcase their research among other top talents from across Canada to compete for cash prizes.
Eligibility
Any graduate student registered for the 2012 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. Students must have indicated, by checking the box during on-line abstract submission, their intent to participate in the competition.
Award
Cash prizes – amounts to be announced at a later date.
Prizes are awarded at the Student Awards Banquet.
Judging
A panel of judges will judge posters during the designated competition time. Students are expected to be at their poster to answer questions during that period of time.
Questions? Contact the Awards Manager at 613-232-6252 ext. 223 or gthirlwall@cheminst.ca
