Great day for Knight at power engineering conference
Published on 13 December, 2010
CQUniversity student Ben Knight is the latest Power Engineering Research Group member to achieve success, gaining the 'best paper' award at the 20th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2010).
The conference, held in Christchurch from December 5-8, is the premium conference in electrical power engineering in Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia.
Having completed his degree, Ben is now based at the Gold Coast as a Graduate Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer with CPG Resources - Mineral Technologies.
Ben's success comes soon after that of power engineering graduate John Quinn, who gained first place in the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 2010 Australasian student 'three-minute thesis' competition, held in Melbourne on November 25. LINK for John's other award successes via Quinn mighty proud of 3-minute milestone
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Power Engineering Dr Amanullah M Than Oo noted that postgraduate student Sumaira Tasnim also received an award recently during the IRIS (Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability) conference in Rockhampton. Her presentation was on Power Loss in Transmission in a Wind Farm. LINK for 'IRIS' postgrads show they'll be a force for the future .
