The latest crop of Central Queensland graduating engineers are being snapped up to help lead Australia's resources boom.

The 27 CQU Engineering students who will give their final presentations in Rockhampton this week (Friday, June 20) are already on the radar of potential employers and many will be considering job offers, even before completing their degrees.

They will end their student days with professional-standard presentations on projects involving dragline buckets, engine performance, coal chutes, stress corrosion, crane design and level crossing safety.

Other projects will cover electric motors, rural power networks, substation automation and monitoring and wireless communication.

And there will also be details on sprayed bitumen, recycled water and management of water from coal seam gas projects.

Coordinator of the GECon (Graduating Engineers Conference) Mohammad Rasul said the event included participation by Engineers Australia and key industry representatives.

"These graduates will provide leadership for the resources boom across Australia, and in some cases overseas, for decades to come," he said.

Meanwhile, CQU Engineering graduate, former Alumnus of the Year and four-time paralympian Dr Brendan Burkett OAM has been confirmed as guest speaker for the GECon conference dinner on Friday evening at the Heritage Village.

Details of the Friday's program are at: http://fseh.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/view.do?page=6531