(The winner Tiffanie with the 4 runner's up together with the judges and members of the IET TT LN)
The IET Trinidad & Tobago LN PATW Finals came to a conclusion on Saturday 23rd May with a round of seven fantastic presentations, culmunating in the winner, Ms. Tiffanie Bhagwandeen. She will be our representative at the IET PATW Americas Regional Finals, which will take place in Trinidad on the 25th July 2015.
Her presentation on Set-up Time Reduction was identified as the best amongst her peers, who each delivered an infomative and passionate display.
(Moments before the presentation begins as the preparations come to a close)
(Judges Brian James, Gerald Mendes and Sean Ocho as they prepare for the presenters)
The Vice Chair of the YPS opened the event with insightful comments and remarks about the benefit of the IET, the YPS and the PATW and how we all continue to learn.
(Master of Ceremonies and YPS Vice Chair, Joshua Durham)
Chair of the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network, Eng. Anthony Chadee, formally welcomed the participants, judges, IET members and guests to the final leg of the local PATW competitions.
(Anthony Chadee addresses the audience)
The Chair of the IET TT LN YPS, Greg Manohar, introduces the judges, providing the audience with a brief but poingnant overview of their accomplishments as engineers in industry as well as the various volunteering activities in which they are involved.
(Greg outlines the rules of the PATW competition before the official start of presentations)
The first presenter, Julio Bissessar, chosen at random, provided an insightful overview into his project of the "Utilization of Waste CO2 stream from Combined Cycle Power Plant".
Julio provides an impactful conculsion to his presentation with the key benefits and the outcomes that can be achieved with the implementation of the proposed design.
The second presenter, Javed Mustapha, introduces his topic on redesign of the conching process in chocolate manufacturing, to enhance the productivity of the system.
Javed clearly noted that the prototype was instrumental in moving the Cocoa industry forward and that many key benefits are achievable.
Daniel Ringis presented on the use of Augmented Reality systems in sporting environments, as a means to increase spectator involvement.
(Daniel highlights the existing problem of viewing a circket match without the use of AR)
Jameel Stephan Huggins illustrated the different effectiveness caused by various solar water heater designs.
Hannah Abdool demonstrated that the use of AI systems in identifying choices could potentially disrupt the food industry.
Shamar James provided insight into the requirements to design and build a solar powered aircraft.
Jameel noted the use of complex mathimatical equations and the aid of the Matlab software in the development of the required parameters for the aircraft.
The 2015 winner of the IET TT LN PATW Finals provided a clear justification for the use of set-up time reduction in improving efficiency and productivity of a manufacturing process.
Greg Monhar concludes the finalists presentations with an overview of the benefits of being an IET member, participating in YPS activities and encouraging the participants to become part of the largest engineering and technology body in the world.
Ahmad Mohammed, the Co-ordinator of the PATW and executive member of the IET TT LN, reiterartes the sentiments made by the Chairs of the LN and the YPS as well as the Vice Chair of the YPS, in terms of the benefit of being part of the Institution and taking part in the PATW events.
Brian James provides the judges' feedback to the participants and the audience members. This session was beneficial to the finalists as they were able to understand the rationale for the decisions as well as receive key suggestions that will aid them in the future.
The winners of the IET TT LN 2015 PATW Finals receive their certificates.
The judges' decision resulted in a 4-way tie for second place and with Tiffanie being the overall winner of the event.
The proud and accomplished finalist winners of the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network 2015 PATW Finals.
The visual impact of the IET material as the persons enter the Engineering Room for the PATW competition.
(Display of the IET material for the guests and presenters)
We thank all who have supported us throughout these PATW series, from the launch to the Finals and convey our congratulations to all of the presenters....you are all winners for having the courage to compete and present your ideas!
