The national body is now accepting entries for the 2021 Innovative Student and Graduate Engineer of the Year Awards, sponsored by Siemens.
The awards provide a platform for third-level students and graduates to showcase their engineering innovation excellence to a panel of professional engineers, industry leaders and entrepreneurs.
Along with winning one of the coveted awards, the winning student or student team will also win a share of a €1,500 prize fund.
Commenting on the awards, Gary O'Callaghan, CEO of Siemens, said: "Siemens is committed to ensuring that young people have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in meeting the challenges of a technology-led future. Through our longstanding partnership with Engineers Ireland, we are proud to demonstrate this commitment by providing a unique platform for Ireland's most innovative engineering students and graduates to demonstrate innovation and showcase creative thinking."
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Encouraging students and graduates to submit a free entry into the awards, Caroline Spillane, Director General of Engineers Ireland, added: "Our current third-level engineering students will soon become the engineering leaders of tomorrow and will play a key role in developing innovative solutions to overcome issues in industry and society. I would encourage all eligible third-level engineering students to submit their entry prior to the 29 August deadline and to showcase the diversity and creativity of contemporary engineering."
All applicants must be a student member of Engineers Ireland at the time of entry to the competition and must be enrolled on a full-time level 7 or level 8 engineering qualification or undertaking a master's degree or PhD research.
For more information and details on how to enter, click here.
