National Committee on Engineering Design (NCED)
1. Public role and professional standing
- Continued distribution and promotion of the Committee’s Design Guidelines for our Planet & Us.
- Provided comments and advice to the DEWR Safe Design guidelines.
- Advice to BCME on sustainability within engineering design and engineering design education.
- Efforts are being made to found an Australian Graduate School of Engineering Design.
2. An inclusive professional team
3. Youth appeal
- 2008 was the 21st year of the Warman Design-and-Build Competition. 14 universities from Australia & NZ participated in the 2008 National Final for 2nd year Mechanical Engineering students. Winners were from the University of Adelaide – Bryn Crawford, Shane Fitzgerald, Tristan Goss and Eric Parsonage. Continued sponsorship of Competition by Weir Minerals Australia Ltd (approx $35K per annum).
- 2009 competition well underway.
4. Chartered Status
5. Continuing professional development
- Facilitation of the half-day annual Engineering Design Education Forum for campus organisers – held as part of the Weir Warman National Final in Sep 2008. In a new initiative, one of the winners of Sydney Division Engineering Excellence Awards was included as one of the presenters.
6. International reach and influence
- Participation in and contribution to the Conference of Heads of Mechanical Engineering, Auckland, November 2008.
- The Weir Warman Competition continues to be supported by universities from New Zealand.
7. Internal (member) communications
- Webpages updated and maintained.
- Regular publication of articles and notices in the EA Magazine & e-News to keep members informed of the Committee’s activities.
8. A capable organisation
- Face-to-face meeting held Sep 2008 as part of the Weir Warman National Final activities.
