Boeing will sponsor the annual engineering student of the year award, now in its fourth year, in association with Flight International. The award, open to engineering students around the world, will be presented in November during the Flightglobal Achievement Awards at the Dubai air show.
"Engineering innovation is the heart and soul of the aerospace industry, and Boeing is committed to engaging and developing the workforce that will solve the challenges of tomorrow," says Charles Toups, vice- president of engineering and mission assurance at the Boeing's Integrated Defence Systems unit.
The worldwide competition is open to any full- or part-time engineering student pursuing a recognised degree. The winning student's work must be judged as likely to impact the future of aerospace engineering in areas such as new or enhanced capabilities, systems, processes or tools; new levels of performance; and improved lifecycle costs.
Last year's competition attracted a record number of entries. Among the nations represented by the participating students were Australia, India, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the USA. The winner was Agnes Blom, a Dutch doctoral student of aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Blom was recognised for her research in the development of advanced, fibre-steered, variable-stiffness composite laminates.
Source: Flight Daily News