September 2002
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Student Engineers rewarded for effective communication

Four universities recently took part in the Queen's Silver Jubilee competition aimed at encouraging student engineers to communicate effectively.

Presentations were based on each student's final-year project and covered a wide range of topics within mechanical and medical engineering.

The students taking part were: Tony Carter and Richard Jex, both of Sheffield Hallam University, Darren Moyles and Colin Urwin, both of Leeds University, Sarah Owen, of Sheffield University, and Ewen Thompson and David Wolfson, both of the University of Bradford.

Left to right: Sarah Owen and Darren Moyles were winners of this year's Queen's Silver Jubilee competition.

The Judges were the Institute of Mechanical Engineers' Regional Manager Peter Collins, Regional Administration Officer Jim Douglas, and Regional and International Operations Executive Officer Elena Gonzalez.

Before choosing the winners, Peter said: "I am impressed with the very high standard of the presentations seen and it has been difficult to select an overall winner and runner up."

The winner was Sarah Owen, whose presentation was on Finite Element modelling of the human brain and skull during extreme dynamic movement and impact of the head. The runner-up was Darren Moyles with a presentation on Improving the Efficiency of Production Processes at Unilever Faberge.

The event was organised by the Chairman of South Yorkshire Young Members Panel, Joanne Lewis, Member of South Yorkshire Young Members Panel Anna Chan, and the University's Dr Mike Rose.

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