Student Program
The local organizing committee is working hard towards creating programs for undergraduate and graduate students.
More information on the student program will be posted here as it becomes available.
Robert G. Auld Student Paper Competition
Reg Friesen Student Oral Paper Award
SNC Lavalin Plant Design Competition
Robert G. Auld Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by the Robert G. Auld Fund and Imperial Oil Ltd.
Application
Submit an abstract of 100 to 200 words that pertains to some aspect of chemical engineering. This can include work experience and educational or social issues affecting the profession, as well as a design or research project. This paper is of a technical nature.
Deadline
September 17, 2010
Eligibility
Any student currently enrolled in a Canadian undergraduate chemical engineering program.
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.
Format
The presentations will be 15 minutes in length including a question period. LCDs, and laptop will be available.
Judging
A panel of 3 judges consists of representatives chosen from 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
The 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 paper at the Student Program sessions of the national CSChE conference.
Deadline
September 17, 2010
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.
Format
The presentations will be 15 minutes in length including a question period. LCDs and laptop will be available.
Judging
A panel of 3 judges consists of representatives chosen from 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
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.
Deadline
May 15, 2010
Eligibility
Individuals and groups of undergraduate students registered in chemical engineering programs in Canadian universities during the academic year.
To minimize the number of projects to be judged, each chemical engineering department may only submit one entry.
Maximum size of team: 5 students
Prizes
Individual Prizes: Each team member of the first place team will receive a certificate as well as a one year electronic subscription to The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. Second and third place team members will receive certificates.
Team Prize: The top team will receive a cash award of $1,000.
Judging
All entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges drawn from industry, government and universities. The authors of the best three entries 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.
Each of the three finalist teams can 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.
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:
1. are above level of expectations in terms of quality and/or complexity
2. contain elements of creativity or novelty and
3. 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 starting information provided to the students as well as information regarding the subject plant such as:
1. Is it an improvement/expansion of an existing plant?
2. Is it a new plant and similar or identical plant exists?
3. 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:
Awards Manager
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
130 Slater Street, Suite 550
Ottawa, ON K1P 6E2
For more information contact:
613-232-6252 ext, 223
gthirlwall@cheminst.ca