All Hands on DEC - September 2008
- Three DEC students chosen as IED prize winners
- Most influential paper award goes to DEC academic
- QuickPitch voted number 1 Festival Accessory
- DEC student wins competition and puts Talbot Campus on Google Earth
- Euro Office KTP proposal accepted
- Design students raise money on Indian adventure
- Postgraduate International Student Information Guide 2009
- How to submit future stories
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Three DEC students chosen as IED prize winners
The Institution of Engineering Designers has chosen three DEC students to receive the prestigious IED Prize. The scale of this achievement is demonstrated by the fact that only 11 individual prizes were given in total.
The prizes winners are Peter Honeyands and his Seastar X1 project from Computer Aided Product Design, Tom Davidson and his Purity Toilet Brush project from Product Design, and Jared Hall and his Hydroheel Yacht Stability System project from Design Engineering.
The prize winners will each receive a certificate, which will be presented at this year's graduation ceremony, a glass trophy, and one year's free graduate membership to the IED.
All IED-accredited courses were able to nominate one student for an IED prize. However, each student nominated should have achieved a first class grade for their final year project. Each nominated project report was assessed by a sub group of the IED's Education and Training Committee, before the final 11 winners were decided upon.
Most influential paper award goes to DEC academic
Cornelius Ncube from the Software Systems Research Centre has recently returned from the IEEE International Requirements Engineering (RE) conference with the Most Influential Paper award for his paper entitled Acquiring COTS Software Selection Requirements . This award is presented at each IEEE International Requirements Engineering (RE) conference to the author of the paper from the RE conference of ten years ago that is judged to have had the most influence on the theory or practice of requirements engineering during the ten years since its original publication. At the conference which took place in Barcelona from 8-12 September Cornelius was invited to present a retrospective talk alongside the paper's co-author, Neil Maiden of City University, London.
QuickPitch voted number 1 Festival Accessory
Franziska Conrad's pop-up tent has achieved yet more success after being voted number one festival accessory by Channel Five's 'The Gadget Show'. The programme rated the top five essentials needed at a Festival, with Franziska's pop-up tent coming out on top.
'The Gadget Show' host Jason Bradbury said: "Gone are the days when you need to spend hours banging tent plugs in with a hammer till your arms ache. This convenient tent will magically pitch up in a matter of seconds. While others around you are struggling to make their tent stand up, you'll be curled up warm inside away from the mud and rain."
Franziska is currently taking part in the Flying Start Global Entrepreneurs programme, after becoming the third BU design student to win a place on the prestigious scheme, following in the foot steps of Computer Aided Product Design graduates Simon Phelps and James Reed.
DEC student wins competition and puts Talbot Campus on Google Earth
BSc (Hons) Digital Media Development student Alex Geeves, along with BA (Hons) Business Studies student Phil Hazleton created a winning model of the Talbot Campus at this year's 'International Model Your Campus' competition.
After using Google SketchUp to create the campus buildings, Alex and Phil geo-referenced them in Google Earth and then uploaded their work using the Google 3D Warehouse application.
ommenting on Alex and Phil's entry, the judges said: "They captured the right level of detail to efficiently reflect the character and complexity of the campuses they represented. The photo-texturing was exceptional - people, cars and vegetation were removed so that the building textures were plainly visible."
Alex and Phil were among seven winners worldwide, other winners included Peking University , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Stockholm University and Cardiff University . Each winning student received a Nintendo Wii console, Apple iPod Touch and Google merchandise.
Euro Office KTP proposal accepted
Clive Hunt and Norman Stock have been successful in having a proposal for a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Euro Office Equipment Ltd approved.
The two-year partnership will see Clive working with the Bournemouth Airport-based company to introduce lean manufacturing techniques to their operation. This will involve a complete overhaul of their manufacturing processes to make them more efficient, resulting in a reduction of waste and an increase in profitability. A key target for the KTP is to develop the company's refurbishment capacity.
Design students raise money on Indian adventure
Matt Vansittart and Alex Bailey have just completed their degrees in Design Engineering, and are already looking forward to embarking on their next challenge in January 2009.
The pair aims to travel 2,000km across southern India on two 1950s Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles. The journey will involve Matt and Alex travelling from Goa to Cochin , encountering high mountains, tiger reserves and busy cities along the way.
Matt and Alex hope to raise £7,000 for UNICEF, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Rainbow Trust and Adventure Ashram. So far, they have received £1,000 from BU, and are seeking further support. Matt said: "We still need more support to help us get the trip off the ground and would be grateful for any further donations."
To sponsor the trip visit www.enduranceindia.co.uk
Postgraduate International Student Information Guide 2009
Hot off the press, the Postgraduate Guide is BU's first tailored postgraduate prospectus for international students.
The Guide combines School and course information together with general advice on how to apply, our entry requirements, tuition fees and scholarships, accommodation and lots more!
The Postgraduate Guide follows in the footsteps of the Undergraduate International Student Guide produced in June. These publications replace the general International Students Information Guide and individual prospectuses, and offer international students more tailored information, specific to their needs.
Copies of both have already been distributed to British Council offices worldwide and International Representatives will receive their copies in the next two weeks. The Guides will also be distributed at overseas exhibition and events during the next few months.
The Guides provide a colourful and attractive information source for prospective BU students and a very useful recruitment tool for BU staff and International Representatives alike.
If you would like to request a copy of either Guide please contact: internationalrelations@bournemouth.ac.uk
How to submit future stories
If you have a story you would like included in the next issue of "all hands on DEC" please send it to Emma Bennett . Each month the next deadline will be found at the bottom of the newsletter and a document can be found in the 'I drive' (I:\DEC\Private\Marketing\All Hands on DEC) with all copy/story deadlines for the rest of the year.
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