KBR Student Design Prize Awarded to Melbourne University
The 2016 KBR Student Design Prize was recently awarded to Melbourne University by the Australia and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers (ANZFChE) Awards of Excellence. The award was announced at the Chemeca Conference in Adelaide in September.The KBR Student Design Prize recognizes outstanding final year design projects from Australia and New Zealand university chemical engineering departments. KBR, in partnership with ANZFChE, sponsors the award to showcase outstanding achievements in the field of chemical engineering such as the development of every day products like antibiotics, plastics, safe drinking water, fertilizers and transportation fuels.The Melbourne University team impressed the judges with their design for a microalgae biodiesel production facility. Their submission applied sound chemical engineering design principals to a project focused on delivering sustainable outcomes through the production of renewable fuels.
This year's award was extremely competitive with Waikato University coming in a close second for their design of a wastewater treatment facility for a meat processing plant. Other entrants, including Queensland University of Technology (QUT), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Curtin University and Adelaide University, were also commended for their design projects covering a range of industrial applications.KBR congratulates all entrants in this year's Student Design Prize on their submissions which highlight the talent, ideas, and innovation these young professionals bring to our industry," said Greg Conlon, KBR President, APAC."As a global engineering and technology company, KBR is proud to support education initiatives, such as the ANZFChE awards, that promote careers for young people in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, subjects that foster our future leaders and innovators," added Conlon.
KBR believes in giving back to the community with a focus on education, health and environmental initiatives around the globe as part our commitment to leaving a positive legacy in the communities where we live and work.
Caption: KBR Discipline Manager for Process Engineering South Australia, John Stewart (center) with Melbourne University representative Dr Chris Honig (left) and student Robert Murray acepting the KBR Design Prize on behalf of the winning team. (Image courtesy of Australia and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers)"
