Past competitions
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Previous case studies and competition winners
Each competition challenge is developed in collaboration with industry. The winning team will be awarded the perpetual trophy, take part in an onsite tour at an industry premises, and undertake a mentoring opportunity with an industry professional.
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Winning team: Solar System Solutions
Zach Orelowitz, Ben Field, and Abby Bloom
Case summary
The 2022 Case Competition provided students with the opportunity to propose an innovative upcycling solution to solar panel waste e.g., the dismantling and removal process, the logistic and transportation, the processing of solar panel waste, and the end use of the processed materials. The case and prizes were generously provided by Elecsome.
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Winning team: Lime Engineering
Shawn Ingle, Broderick Overton, Tom McMahon, David Fogarty and Damon Ginevra
Case summary
The 2021 Case Competition provided students with the opportunity to conceptually design a net zero carbon future fuels infrastructure solution. The case and prizes were generously provided by Future Fuels CRC.
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Winning team: The Socially-Distanced Superstars
Matthew Khowira, Simone Costello, Clive Wang, Alexandra Wigley and Miro Bell
Case summary
Teams participating in the 2020 Case Competition were required to present concept designs for an innovative and forward-thinking discrete renewable energy solution for the Parkville Station precinct, as part of the Metro Tunnel Project – the biggest ever public transport project in the state. The renewable energy design also required a community education component.
The case and prizes were generously provided by CYP Design & Construction, who will deliver the Tunnels and Stations package for the Metro Tunnel Project.
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Winning team: T.T. Consulting
Khoa Tran, Karina Lee, Jacky Li, Dean Peach and Steven Lam
Case summary
The 2019 Case Study Competition saw student teams create a bid document that presented a innovative transport link to the Fishermans Bend Employment Precinct. Fishermans Bend is an important area of growth for population, economic, employment and education/research in Victoria. The Employment Precinct will include the new Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) campus and the transport link that the teams created needed to identify a was that guests visiting the area could enter through a impressive Innovation Precinct Gateway whilst seamlessly proceeding to the Employment Precinct.
The 2019 Case Competition was provided by WSP Australia.
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Winning team: Loads, Diodes and Cathodes
Nathaniel de Bell, Dominique Ling, Arthur Masion and Tony Srour
Case summary
The 2018 Case Competition provided student groups with the opportunity to present their ideas for the repurposing and decommission of two ExxonMobil offshore platforms in the Bass Strait. Ideas were judged both on their feasibility and creativity.
The case was delivered by ExxonMobil, who also generously donated a 12 month mentoring experience and site visit to the winning team.
The 2018 Case Competition was provided by ExxonMobil.
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Winning team: MEMB Consulting
Benjamin Appuhamy, Kulaghan Kumaradevan, Kevin Ngo and Vishwesh Sridhar
Case summary
Student groups participating in the 2017 competition received a project brief providing some background to the FEIT Campus II project. A set of considerations and criteria were delivered by AECOM, a multinational engineering consultancy and construction firm.
Each team provided a bidding document which outlined design concepts for the Campus II project. Six teams then progressed to the finals where they presented their ideas to a panel of industry judges.
The top two teams received a 12 month mentoring experience and site visit, generously donated by AECOM and ExxonMobil.
The 2017 Case Competition challenge was provided by AECOM.
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Winning team: Brief-case
Rupert Allan, Jason Lam, Albert Chang, Vlad Litvinenko and Irene Chandra
Case summary
Groups in the 2016 competition received a project brief asking them to review the use of an under-utilised desalination plant to supply a rural site. Within this simulated case study, a senior engineer assigned each group with the task of presenting the basic material required to bid on a call for tender for a rural water infrastructure project; the intention was to persuade a visiting division head that the team is equipped to bid for the project, and to solicit advice on how to proceed.
The student groups were presented with the case and delivered their bid presentation all on the same day, highlighting the teams adaptability and creativity in pitching their ideas.
The top team received a mentoring experience and site visit generously donated by ExxonMobil.