Once gain we held the annual PATW competition, this year at the University of Sheffield's Arts Tower building.

We had a record 'eleven' contestants presenting a wide range of varied topics which they were either interested in or involved with as a project within the course they're taking at University.

All the presentations were very impressive and delivered to the 'three judges' this year being - Alan Chater Immediate Past chairman & Brian Heathcote the Hon Secretary from the IET SYLN and Peter Ingham the Immediate Past Chairman of the IMechE Yorkshire Region. The winner this year was Nathan Edge, who's an Engineer with Rolls-Royce and presented a talk on Nuts and Bolts: Fasteners in Engineering, highlighting the significance and integrity which these often under-appreciated items play as key components of the technology we are increasingly reliant on. Nathan gave a glimpse into their history and importance in engineering.

The runner up was David Scott, a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student at UoS on the topic - Machine learning for Energy Load Forecasting

Our congratulations go out to all the contestants who came along and we now wish Nathan further success going  to the next level of the competition in Glasgow, later this year.