University of Melbourne clinches student prize again
5th June 2014
A jubilant University of Melbourne team has taken out this year’s prestigious Pratt Prize award for the third year running - sharing in a generous prize pool of A$1,500 between them.
The University of Melbourne team comprised of Chloe Jack, Huachen Liu, Hiep Thuan Lu, Fan Wu and Yue Wu, whose winning entry was for the design of Ammonium Nitrate Production Facility. Runners-up were from RMIT and Monash University.
The Pratt Prize is open to final year chemical engineering students in Victoria and is co-ordinated by the Joint Victorian Chemical Engineering Committee (JVCEC), with the winner automatically qualifying for the BOC Design Award presented at Chemeca 2014 in September.
IChemE director Australasia, Peter Slane, said the event offers an opportunity for students in their penultimate year to glean tips on how to manage their own projects.
“Pratt Prize entries are judged by senior chemical engineers from a range of industries and are assessed against set criteria.
“The Judges expect entries that are well organised, clear and concise with effective use of diagrams and illustrations. Other factors include a broad approach, sound methodology and practical solutions.”
The prize is awarded in memory of the late Clive Pratt, a distinguished honorary professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne. Pratt was instrumental in the set-up of the Victorian IChemE Member Group and was the first chairman of the National IChemE Committee (1967-68) in Australia.
Prizes were presented by IChemE Fellow, Robert Pratt, son of Clive.