To build a bridge between Inholland Alkmaar's engineering students and the business community, the Alkmaar region of the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI) created a graduation prize. On Tuesday 18 October 2016, the final evening took place during a special circle evening of the Alkmaar region. The best three graduation projects from the technical departments of electrical and mechanical engineering were nominated by Inholland and assessed by a (professional) jury formed by members of KIVI region Alkmaar. Judging criteria were the topicality of the subject, originality, technical and financial feasibility, objectivity and readability/comprehensibility of the documents and the presentation during the circle evening.

The evening started - like every circle evening - with a good three-course dinner. Afterwards, all finalists had ten minutes to present their project to a 30-strong audience, consisting of KIVI members and guests from Inholland. After this, the audience could ask questions to the finalist for five minutes. At the end, there was an opportunity to talk afterwards over a snack and drink.

For the Electrical Engineering study programme, the first prize was won by Foaud Abakri with his graduation project 'SolaRail' in which he proposes using PV panels to take away some of the energy consumption of public transport. The jury particularly liked the fact that this is an innovation that is highly relevant to society (Zero-Emmision). The second prize went to Chagay Hamelzky with his graduation project 'Quadcarver', in which he proposed steering for a four-wheel-drive 'rollator'. The jury praised the good step-by-step elaboration to achieve product improvement, with sufficient attention given to maintainability.

For Mechanical Engineering, the jury was unanimous in its opinion that all finalists delivered a fine graduation work in which they clearly showed that methodological design is important within mechanical engineering. The first prize here was won by Roel Postema with the project 'Setup design for static and fatigue testing of micro composite samples', in which he designed a device for testing glass fibres and glass fibre connections. In this research, the jury was impressed by the fact that his research was well and thoroughly (formulas, derivations etc) substantiated per sub-step. The jury was also very pleased that the cost aspect was clearly taken into account. The second prize in mechanical engineering went to Auke Sytsma for 'Analysis and optimisation of fume extraction on an SPC 1200 pipe profiler', which involved research into reducing fume generation when cutting large pipe profiles. The jury found this to be a thorough study that is very practical and applicable. The topic is also socially relevant as it has to do with occupational health and safety.

All finalists went home with a year's membership of KIVI and a certificate. In addition, the first prize winners each received a gift to rise to even greater heights, namely a tour in a hot-air balloon. Congratulations to all finalists and thank you for your active contribution to the initial success of this graduation prize.

This graduation prize would not have been possible without a number of volunteers. First of all, the board of the Alkmaar region would like to thank all jury members who had to judge the graduation works during the summer holidays. In addition, this activity could not have taken place without the help of Inholland University of Applied Sciences: many thanks to all lecturers, graduation coordinators and, in particular, Dirk van der Bijl and Damiene Leijen for your cooperation!

Description

On this evening, the Alkmaar circle hosts the presentation of the KIVI Alkmaar graduation prize. The received graduation reports have been carefully evaluated by the jury members and on this special circle evening we will share our findings with the rest of the region and the participants involved!

Each finalist has been asked to give a presentation of approximately 10 minutes of his project. After all presentations, the award ceremony will take place, followed by drinks.
A special event in the history of the KIVI Kring Alkmaar.

Speaker(s)

Finalists KIVI Alkmaar graduation prize

Location

Hotel/café/restaurant de Buizerd

Spoorstraat 124, 1723 NG Noordscharwoude

Organiser

Circle Alkmaar

Name and contact details for information

P. J. van Eenennaam

kringalkmaar@kivi.nl