The Hunt Is on to Find Australia’s most Innovative Engineers for 2016?

Engineers Australia, our biggest and most diversified engineering professional body which represents over 100,000 members across the country is on the hunt for 50 of this year’s most exceptional Australian engineers.

The Nominees Should Be Outstanding Engineers

Only innovative engineering specialists who have proven themselves indispensable and committed to the engineering field and have made exceptional contributions to the sector, profession and community should be nominated.

Who can enter the 2016 Australia’s 

Most Innovative Engineers Awards? 

• Only Australian engineers can participate in these awards.

• You can enter yourself into the running, or other worthy engineering specialists you know.

• Australian engineers who are employed at home, as well as abroad, can enter, or nominate others.

• The individual nominated must have initiated, developed, or finished a project, product, or technology between 2014 and 2016.

• Multiple nominations are allowed.

• You don’t need to be an Engineers Australia member to take part in these awards.

• The Young Engineer Category will only accept nominations for award participants aged 35, or below on June 30, 2016.

The 2016 Engineering Award Results Will be published

The 50 most innovative Australian engineers for 2016 will be unveiled in this year’s July issue of Engineers Australia’s ‘Create’ magazine.

2016 Nomination Deadline

Friday, 26th February, but an extension may be negotiated with the Awards Coordinator.

Privacy Isn’t a Problem

Any proprietary information about your product, project, or tech can be left unpublished if it causes any privacy concerns for the business you work for. Just provide a general description, leaving out any specific details which might be risky to include. If in doubt, omit.

How to enter the 2016 Australia Engineering Awards

To nominate yourself, or an outstanding engineering professional you know, visit:

https://e-award.com.au/2016/mostinnovativeengineers/index.php

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