THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS
IOM 3 Young Person's Lecture Competition 2010 - Local Heat
Tuesday 16th February 2010 - Centuria Building, Teesside University
The aim of the Young Persons Lecture Competition is to provide an atmosphere of friendly competition for young Materials, Minerals, Mining, Packaging and Clay Technology Scientists and Engineers so that their presentation skills will improve whilst addressing an informed audience.
Rules
The Competition, sponsored by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining with support from the Worshipful Company of Armourers & Brasiers, will consist of a number of lecture competitions organised by the local affiliated societies of the Institute, from which seven candidates, one from each region, will be selected to compete in the National Final. Each region will determine its own method for selecting its candidate for the final.
The competition is open to anyone who is following or has followed a course in any aspect of Materials, Minerals, Mining, Packaging, Clay Technology and Wood Science and Engineering. The basis on which presentations will be judged at both local and national levels will be as follows:
Classes
At local, regional and national events, there will be one class:
Abstracts
Abstracts of maximum 150 words must be submitted to the CIE before the 2nd of February 2010.
Presentations
Each entrant will give a presentation lasting not more than 15 minutes on a subject of their choice about any aspect of Materials, Minerals, Mining, Packaging, Clay Technology,Wood Science and Engineering. Facilities at the Final will permit OHP slides or computer generated presentations to be used. NB PowerPoint 2003 is the software used at the final.
Questioning
Questioning from three of the judges (appointed prior to the event) will take place immediately after each presentation. Each judge may ask one question.
Judges
A panel of three judges chosen by the local society or region concerned will adjudicate the competition. Judges should be made up of Academics and Industrialists, at least one of whom should be of MIMMM CEng grade within the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining.
Judging Criteria
The seven judging criteria will be the same for the Local, Regional and National Competitions.
Each entrant will be marked from a total of 100 points. Scores are as follows:
- Structure of the lecture, clarity of explanation and argument, neither assuming too much or too little knowledge on the part of the audience. (20 marks)
- Standard of presentation, clarity of diction, personal enthusiasm for the subject, ability to deliver lecture spontaneously (points deducted if constant reference to notes or memory aids interferes with presentation of the lecture) (20 marks)
- Clarity and relevance of any visual aids used. (15 marks)
- Calmness and competence in handling judges' questions. (15 marks)
- Technical content of the presentation. (10 marks)
- Ability to deliver a concise meaningful summary at the end of main points. (10 marks)
- Clarity and relevance of the entrant's abstract. (10 marks)
Penalties
Marks will be deducted for over-running of lecture time as follows: Penalties
by 2 to 4 minutes (i.e. between 17 and 19 minutes) 5 marks
by more than 4 minutes (i.e. more than 19 minutes) 10 marks
Registration
A registration form and a copy of the rules can be found here.
A poster advertising the event can be downloaded here.
Abstracts and registration forms may be submitted by e-mail to youngmembers@cieng.org , or on paper to the address below.
Corus Long Products,
Teesside Cast Products,
BOS Technical
Steelmaking Offices
Teesside Works
Redcar.
TS10 5QW
+44 (0) 1642 408946
The competition will be held at the Centuria Building, Teesside University on Tuesday 16th February 2010 at 17:30.
