UQ EUS Magazine - Volume 2 by The University of Queensland Engineering Undergraduate Society

Magazine 2013 - Volume 2

Engineering Undergraduate Society Quarterly Magazine

The University of Queensland Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) has existed in many shapes and forms since its foundation in 1913. In late 2010, the Presidents of the engineering student clubs at UQ came together to create a unified professional platform for engineering at UQ that provides services to all engineering students, regardless of their major. The structure which EUS ultimately adopted was to be an engineering club that oversees the operation of the Affiliated Societies, whilst representing their collective interests to UQ Engineering students and the wider community. The aims and objectives of EUS include:

EUS has a leadership team which comprises of a day-to-day executive, in addition to the Presidents of the Civil Engineering Student Association (CESA), Chemical and Environmental Engineering Student Society (ChESS), Electrically Based Engineering Student Society (EBESS), Mining and Metallurgy Association (MAMA), Mechanical Engineering Student Society (MESS) and Skirts in Engineering.

• Representing the interests of all UQ Engineering Students to the community and University; • Improving the governance, synergies and legitimacy of EUS Affiliated Societies; • Providing extensive online tools for the benefit of members and to assist in the administration of EUS Affiliated Societies; • Organising career based events which catered to all types of engineering taught at UQ; and • Organising social events which would typically be too large for a single club to run themselves.

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EUS Quarterly Magazine

Contents From the President From the Editor Upcoming events UQIC Executive TRL Competition

Professional Development and Industry Partners / Social Events

President’s Address

Pub Crawl

Merchandise

UQIC Executive TRL TRL Competition

Advanced Engineering Building

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EBESS

ChESS President’s Address

CESA

EUS

President’s Address

Team Project 2 BBQ

Staff vs. Student Cricket 2013

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EBESS Hoodies 2013

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MESS

MAMA President’s Address

President’s Address

MAMA Semester 1 Pubcrawl

Upcoming MAMA Ball

Pub Crawl/Merch MESS + Jacs Ball / For your Calendar

UQ Racing Formula SAE Team

First Year Mining Project Demo Day

MAMA Merchandise

SKIRTS

Industry Events 24

President’s Address

2013 New leaders Conference & National mining games

Skirts Networking Dinner

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FROM THE PRESIDENT I am incredibly excited to welcome everyone back to another semester with Engineering Societies at the University of Queensland. Whilst some lucky members were away in Europe soaking up the summer sun, or off to the New-Zealand ski fields hitting up the slopes over the holiday period, our executive has continued working tirelessly to bring you the next round of events that will undoubtedly amaze. This includes the biggest event of the 2013 Social Calendar, the EUS ‘Skyfall’ Engineering Ball! Last semester was an enormous success for both EUS and our Affiliated Engineering Societies, with the inaugural EUS First Year Event, the EUS Graduate Careers Fair and the EUS First Semester Launch Party held, in addition to weekly Industry Seminars and other Club Social Events. Semester One also saw the introduction of EUS Social Partnership as part of the EUS Membership Card and also the first ever edition of the EUS Quarterly Magazine. I extend heartfelt thank you to the EUS Vice Presidents – Liam Montgomery (Sponsorship), Alexander Bowen-Rotsaert (Media), Tara Jackson (Careers) and Lachlan McAlister (Social) – for their dedication and hard work in delivering these events and opportunities to our members.

The first week back has already seen the EUS Industry Experience Careers Fair and EUS Second Semester Launch Party that were both very successful events. First Release Tickets to the EUS ‘Skyfall’ Engineering Ball also went on sale through our newly-developed online ticketing function at 8am Monday morning, selling out in a record 30 minutes despite the early start! Second Release Tickets will be available online through the EUS Website (www.uqeus.com.au) from 8am Wednesday the 31st of July. We are all very excited for the next few weeks of events, which includes the Skirts in Engineering Networking Lunch, Skirts in Engineering Launch Party, MAMA ‘Suit and Tie’ Ball and CESA Cocktails. However, on the 31st of August we will take you back to a time in the early 20th Century when aeroplanes were a marvel of modern engineering, accessible only to the very rich and well-connected. We hope to see you all there, as our cabin crew arm the doors and cross-check for the flight of a lifetime! Miranda McLachlan President

CONTRIBUTORS

FROM THE EDITOR

Keshini Preeyadarshanan

CESA

Media Officer Grace O’Hanlon ChESS Media Officer

Welcome to the second volume of this magazine! It has been a brilliant effort to get this edition together, so a big thank you to everyone who was involved. This semester has a packed program so we hope to bring you more news of these fantastic events later in the year. If you would like to contribute to the next volume, please contact me at: vpmedia@uqeus.com.au

Bradley Coonan EBESS Media Officer Guy Cleaver

MAMA

Media Officer Annie Ryan MESS Media Officer

Alexander Bowen-Rotsaert Vice-President (Media)

Alaya Kota Skirts Media Officer

UPCOMING EVENTS Date

Club

Event

Overview

Tuesday 30 July

Barminco Industry Seminar

Barminco is an international leader in hard rock underground mining. The seminar will be a fantastic opportunity to learn about Barminco graduate and vacation work opportunities.

Wednesday 31 July

Skirts Networking Lunch

Skirts invites members to their Annual Networking Lunch. Come and meet representatives from many different companies and get the latest information on Vacation work opportunities.

Skirts Semester 2 Launch Party

After the annual 2013 Skirts Networking Lunch, come and celebrate all your new contacts at the Skirts Semester 2 Launch Party, supported by MESS.

Suit and Tie Ball

It’s time to ‘suit up’ for a night that can’t be missed! Off the back of winning 2012 UQU Ball of the Year, MAMA is elated to cordially invite you to night of decadence and visual gratification.

Wednesday 7 August

MMG Industry Seminar

MMG Limited is a mid-tier global resources company that mines, explores and develops base metal projects around the world. Come along and network to learn about vacation work and graduate opportunities with MMG.

Friday 9 August

Civil Cocktails

Civil Engineering at UQ is 100 this year. The Advanced Engineering Building is open for business. Time to get down and celebrate!

Thursday 22 August

EBESS Trivia Night

Come and join EBESS for a night of trivia in ELCX. Teams will be open to any UQ students or staff in teams of three. A good chance to test your knowledge of engineering, UQ and of course general knowledge, against our fellow students and staff. There will also be prizes for the winning teams.

Wednesday 28 August

Downer EDI Industry Seminar

Downer EDI Limited is a leading provider of engineering and infrastructure management services to customers in Minerals & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power, Road & Rail Infrastructure, Telecommunications and Water. Come along and network to learn about vacation work and graduate opportunities.

Saturday 31 August

Skyfall Engineering Ball

UQ EUS cordially invites you to celebrate the SKYFALL ENGINEERING BALL! Our private Hangar will turn into a mogul’s playground where you will be able to mingle with dapper gentlemen and well-to-do socialites before our cabin crew arm the doors and cross-check for the flight of a lifetime!

Friday 27 September

Revelry on the Riverside

It is time to add a bit of mystery to one of the classiest events of an engineer’s social calendar with the ChESS Masquerade Ball. So slip on a mask and join us for a mysterious rendezvous on the Brisbane River. Dress code is Black Tie... and of course a mask.

ALTERATIONS

Wednesday 31 July

COLOURS CMYK C-9, M-100, Y-88, K-1

Saturday 3 August

RGB R-216, G-31, B-51

UQ UNION logo Design Mechanical Engineering Student Society (MESS)

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CMYK C-99, M-86, Y-36, K-28 RGB R-27, G-51, B-93

UQ UNION logo Design Civil Engineering Student Association (CESA)

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UQIC EXECUTIVE TRL COMPETITION

The University of Queensland Interfaculty Competitions (UQIC) held their Executive Touch Rugby League Competition on Sunday 21 April. Teams from the EUS, CESA, ChESS, MAMA, and MESS executives competed against executives from other UQ student clubs and societies. The sheer numbers of willing clubs to compete in this event meant that a number of pools were needed to whittle down the numbers and find the best teams. Despite officially being Autumn, the radiant Aussie sun beat down harshly and ensured that competition would be a tough day. The EUS executive decided on a few simple tactics of ‘down the middle for the first three touches’ and ‘someone kick on the last’. A couple of run throughs, some sunscreen and explanations of the differences between touch and TRL, and the team was ready to go. A couple of experienced hands were able steer the team around the park and saw some decent wins over the Financial Management Association of Australia club and Journalism and Communication Society in the early games. The team managed to take advantage of lateral play and score many ‘girl trys’ (2 points) to rack up a sizeable for and Against. The other engineering execs had the good fortune to not face the EUS juggernaut in the round-robin pool matches. Some exciting matches between CESA, MAMA, MESS and CheSS meant the competitiveness between the teams cancelled each other out and unfortunately they could not all progress to the finals. CESA and ChESS emerged victorious from the pool rounds.

Consecutive games however meant that fatigue was a decisive issue. A narrow loss meant to the Next Generation Property club meant that a position in the finals was not guaranteed. However, the For and Against meant that the team managed to grab a spot in the finals. With no respite EUS were straight back into the finals. The team faced an unusual situation in the semi-final in that they were to face NGP again. Despite the intense fatigue, EUS used their previous experience to play the game at their tempo and scrape over the line into the Grand Final. There was little surprise to find that CheSS would be our opposition in the final. This team, both in the inaugural Executive Competition and annual UQIC TRL Competition, have dominated with clinical plays and exceptional fitness. With the sun setting behind the trees, it became apparent to the EUS team that they had been playing for hours and were exhausted. The EUS team finally met its match in the CheSS team, with the only try coming from an opportunistic snipe down the win just after half time. Bragging rights for the next year go to the CheSS executive, but it’s not the score line that counts (lots-1), but the fun had and of course the most important part of any sporting matches, the ‘third half’. But we can all take solace in the fact that engineering overall remains the dominant TRL force at UQ. A special thank you to UQIC President Rachel Zammit and her team for organising this event and continuing it for a second year. It truly has become a feature of the UQ Clubs and Socities Calendar and one to look forward to. Also thank you to the sponsors for the day, UQ Union and UQ Office of Undergraduate Education.

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PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. My name is Timothy Gibson, I am currently a third year studying an Extended Major in Civil Engineering, I am also the 2013 President of the UQ Civil Engineering Student Association (CESA). As Semester 1 has now concluded to a close it is always good to reflect back on what has been accomplished; the Second Years have grown from students who don’t know what Civil Engineering is to self-proclaimed gods after surviving structural mechanics.COLOUR The Third Years have found that in reality second year was a bludge and are just CMYK C-99, M-86, Y-36, K-28 beginning to get a taste of what real hard work is, and lastly RGB R-27, G-51, B-93 the Fourth Years have spent all semester chasing those elusive graduate jobs, occasionally turning up to uni to face UQ UNION logo Design Civil Engineering Student Association (CESA) the cruel and unusual torture that is fourth year. Semester 2 brings with it all the normal joys of University life but with one special bonus, the new Advanced Engineering Building will finally be open. I highly recommend everyone to drop by and walk through what is a truly amazing structure before CESA holds our unofficial christening of the building in week 3! I’d also like to take this chance to as always thank our industry partner Redpath for their continued support, without them clubs like CESA would not be able to exist. Until next time, Stay Civil. Tim Gibson CESA President

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PUB CRAWL The Civil Engineering Student Association Pub Crawl was a chance for UQ civil engineering students from all year levels to socialise together after their Open Channel Flow practicals and their Statics lectures. With our navy blue shirts on, we navigated the city of Brisbane together, looking at the Storey Bridge and sighing with relief that we did not have to manually inverse that 30x30 direct stiffness matrix. It was an opportunity for the older civil students to impart advice to their younger counterparts about the degree. It was also a chance to develop new friendships and strengthen existing ones. The pub crawl proved to show that many of our CESA members are talented and distinctive dancers who know how to carve up the dancefloor. It was a memorable evening that is sure to not be forgotten.

MERCHANDISE You arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a part of a club without the branding that comes with it! As a part of the 100th anniversary of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland, CESA created some commemorative shirts and other pieces of merchandise for our members. Navy sweatbands with the CESA logo were made available in anticipation of the UQ interfaculty netball, basketball, rugby and touch rugby competitions next semester.

UQIC TRL EXECUTIVE COMPETITION As the sun intensified in the late Autumn morning of April 21st, a battleground was formed at UQ’s Oval 6. Coloured jerseys and tight wristbands swarmed the field, the 2013 UQIC Executive Touch Competition was close at hand, and it was bound to be one for the ages. As the students stretched and teams began executing complicated drills, a gleaming beacon of light shone down from the heavens and made its way across to the upper-hill car park; the CESA team had arrived. Adonis-like specimens they were; a team assembled from the world class pedigree that is the UQ Civil School. The other teams could only quiver as they strode towards the centre field. Well, that’s what was going through my head anyway….

In reality though, the competition was a little bit more even-handed; but the rivalry was there. CESA vs MESS, MAMA vs CESA; it is the sort of event that separates the men from the boys. The competition overall was fantastic; an opportunity for the executives to meet, throw chat and laugh with embarrassment as Tim Gibson gets his third interception for any easy try. The event was an excellent preview of the 2013 UQIC competition this year, which all engineering students are encouraged to take part in at least once throughout their studies. In the end - after much blood, sweat and tears – CESA took home a commendable fourth in the competition; a warm-up drill for the UQIC competition where 1st finishes in the Netball, Basketball, Rugby and Touch are sure to be had.

ADVANCED ENGINEERING BUILDING From a giant hole in the ground to a masterpiece of architecture and engineering, the Advanced Engineering Building has finally opened its doors to us lowly students. It is the sort of structure that will force you to take a 15min detour from the Lakes Bus Stop to the UQ Centre (or maybe that is just me… forever civil engineer). Needless to say, it has certainly restated engineering’s position on top of the UQ academic ladder (it does quite literally shadow all of Architecture). To those who took advantage of the AEB tours that CESA offered last semester, I think

you can agree that it is truly astonishing to see how a series of floors and columns can turn into something so breathtaking and pristine. Again, even the building’s progress since CESA’s Admire the AEB Day last semester truly inspires you as an engineer. And now, for those lucky few who have bought their tickets, CESA’s capstone event for the year, ‘The 2013 CESA Cocktails’, will present a Level 5, uninterrupted view of the completed works in a night of laughter, festivities and so many terrible civil engineering puns… See you all there

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Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Address. Hello everyone and welcome back to UQ for another semester of engineering! We at ChESS are very excited to build on the successes of early 2013 and bring our members a host of great experiences in semester two. With a roaring Launch Party to kick things off and two massive Smokos to celebrate the end of assessments, semester one was a fun affair. Semester two is going to be bigger and better though, with ChESS bringing you; a night of revelry by the riverside at the long-awaited Masquerade Ball, a chance to socialise like a paid engineer at our Professional Drinks Night in the city, and slowly rotating porcine deliciousness when we close the year with Pig on a Spit. Following the success of our inaugural seminar in 2012, there will be another Professional Development Seminar in 2013, as well as the usual complement of insightful and entertaining Industry Seminars. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pause here to recognise and thank Hatch our partner level sponsor, and Caltex and Incitec Pivot as our supporter level sponsors. Involvement of the membership base in management of club activities has skyrocketed since 2012; we have more volunteers at every event than we know what to do with, and their help ensures our events are of the highest standard. ChESS would like to thank all of these volunteers for their support throughout the year, and also encourage them to run for 2014 ChESS executive positions. The community that has built up around ChESS is rich and vibrant, and we are looking forward to another memorable semester with all our members. Good luck with your studies. Kind regards, Joseph Kennerley ChESS President

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Professional Development & Industry Partners: In the second half of this year, ChESS plans to hold two exciting career focused events. The first of these events is a new initiative developed by this year’s executive, known as Professional Drinks Night where a small venue outside the university will host a networking evening, giving students a chance to make contacts in the industry in a relaxed setting. This event will be held in mid-August in conjunction with the Joint Chemical Engineering Committee (JCEC).

The second event will be held in October and will be a Professional Development Seminar with a panel of speakers chosen to talk about a very interesting part of engineering: overseas opportunities. This event will be held at UQ with the Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) faculty and will provide students the opportunity to approach professional engineers in a mentoring capacity. ChESS also looks forward to hosting several Industry Seminars with our generous sponsors in the coming semester. These events are open to all year levels of chemical engineering and will be particularly helpful for students seeking vacation or graduation employment, but are also helpful for general enquiries. Details for these up and coming events will be advertised on social networks and in the Chemical Engineering Building.

ChESS TRL Team

Social Events

ChESS Smoko

The end of semester one was whole-heartedly welcomed and celebrated in style at the Smoko on the last day of classes. The struggle of a grueling semester of assignments, way more than necessary mid-semester exams and even a little rain failing to dampen spirits. With numbers of attendance well over expected and the company of the Washington University Exchange Society, students and Alumni alike were able to relax and unwind in a relaxed and diverse environment. It was fantastic to see the strong interactions between students, staff and the visiting representatives flourishing in a social context. Semester One also saw ChESS take out the UQIC Club Executive TRL Competition for the second year running, defeating EUS in a viciously contested final. The Chemical Engineering Faculty is also looking to back up its TRL premiership in Semester Two during the Inter-Faculty competition, and is looking very competitive in rugby, netball and basketball.

This semester ChESS will be aiming higher and going bigger with the much anticipated ChESS Ball. With runner-up ball of the year under our belts from last year’s extraordinary event, this year ChESS is looking to take the title. The stage will be set, masks will be on and memories will be made as ChESS tackles the infamous masquerade ball. The glow of the city lights reflecting off the river, the stunning dresses of the ladies and magnificent suits of the men will surely demonstrate the finesse of ChESS’ members. In addition to this, the upcoming professional drinks evening, multiple professional seminars and the infamous pig on a spit to close out the year will get plenty of opportunities for networking and relaxing throughout the next semester.

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IPL’s Vacation Program provides an opportunity for students looking to work over their holidays to get some site based engineering experience. It’s a twelve week program which provides a real experience with supervised learning project work. We look to employ students who are in their penultimate year of university during the end-of-year break. Applications for IPL’s 2013/2014 Vacation Program open on Monday 5 August and close on Friday 30 August 2013. Please visit our website during this time to view available positions and to apply.

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PRESIDENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADDRESS. This has been a great semester for the Electrically Based Engineering Student Society (EBESS) with plenty more scheduled for next semester. The Battle of the Bands was a huge success with a great turn out from both our members and other areas of the University. Who is John ended up winning the competition and won the $300 first place prize money. Our other major event of the semester was the staff vs. student cricket competition. Unfortunately due to timing issues outside of our control not many of the staff members were able to make the event. The students still had a great time and played for a few hours on a Friday afternoon, with EBESS supplying free food and drinks. We have started planning our events for next semester. First off we have a trivia night where we will team up with the UQ Computing Society (UCCS). This was a great success last year and we had a few of the staff members play (although not very well). We also have a surprise event this semester which has never been done before, so keep a look out for details. EBESS has continued to offer tutoring sessions throughout the semester. In conjunction with our weekly tutoring, EBESS

held a super tute during SWOTVAC to help any students who were worried about their upcoming exams. With all of the exec in their third year or above and a few of the exec being University tutors it was a great opportunity for younger students to prepare for their exams. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to take this opportunity to thank Defence Force Recruiting for supporting the club and enabling us to run these events. Next semester is going to be a great semester for EBESS and EUS and I encourage all of our members to get involved as much as possible this semester. Alistair Francis EBESS President

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Team Project 2 BBQ On the 30th of May, EBESS held its Team Project 2 BBQ in conjunction with the ITEE graduating cohort photo. This BBQ gave the students that are currently completing either ENGG4810 or METR3800 a muchneeded opportunity to have a free meal and a small relaxation period during an intense last weekend before the projects were due. Thank you to all the students who attended for both the BBQ and graduation photograph. We wish you luck for the rest of the year and your graduate careers.

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STAFF VS STUDENT CRICKET 2013

On the 17th of May, EBESS held the annual Staff vs. Student Cricket competition. This event gave both the students and staff the opportunity to prove with is the better group on the cricket pitch. Unfortunately, the event was scheduled during Thesis seminars, which prevented the majority of staff members from participating. Although we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any Staff members from ITEE attend, we still had 4 student teams in the competition, which resulted in a fun afternoon of cricket. This allowed the students to meet each other out on the sporting field and prove who was the most proficient at Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite past time. Throughout the event, EBESS also provided a free BBQ and beverages, which was definitely a highlight of the day. We would like to thank everyone who came and got involved as you made the day the success that it was. Next year, careful consideration will be taken when organising the event date, such that staff members are free to attend.

EBESS HOODIES 2013 Engineering merchandise is very popular amongst UQ engineering students. This year, EBESS has continued the trend of 2012 by providing our members the opportunity to purchase EBESS branded hoodies. The hoodies were designed and organised by EBESS, and are a fantastic option for keeping warm during the end of semester exams when winter is starting to arrive. They are also extremely beneficial in spreading the EBESS brand throughout the university and the wider community. This year saw about fifty EBESS hoodies ordered, which is a great achievement, considering the number of members we currently have. We would like to thank all those who ordered hoodies, as well as PromosXchange for all their help in organising and manufacturing the hoodies. With additional sponsorship, we aim to provide more high quality, affordable EBESS apparel next semester.

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. Hello all, I hope semester one was productive and enjoyable and you have all had an excellent holiday. I am very excited to report that semester one was extremely successful for MAMA with our first pubcrawl doubling in size from 2012 and selling out! This was an excellent day for all involved and I would like to thank Hannah Roth (MAMA Social Officer) for all her hard work. In semester one we also hosted many industry BBQ’s and are looking forward to seeing all members at our upcoming seminars. Semester one also saw the launch of our MAMA Merchandise which looks fantastic! We have ordered more hoodies in (due to very high demand) and still have plenty of shirts and ruggers available. I would like to finish with a reminder that the 2013 GlencoreXstrata Mining and Metallurgy Association Annual Ball is fast approaching on the 3rd of August. This event sold out in a record time for any EUS or affiliated club ball and is expected to build on our reputation as the ‘Ball of the Year’ club as shown with our 2012 award. I hope you all have a fantastic semester, and I look forward to seeing more members at our events.

Tom Lucas MAMA President

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MAMA SEMESTER 1 PUB CRAWL The Semester 1 MAMA Pub-crawl went off without a hitch and was a huge success. A 100 strong team of the University of Queensland’s finest mining and metallurgy engineers hit the streets of Brisbane to converse, socialize and banter in an ‘of course’ orderly manner. Great times and shenanigans were had. Thanks to the MAMA social officer, Hannah Roth for her solid efforts in pulling the event together.

UPCOMING

MAMA BALL

The annual MAMA Ball is drawing closer and > is looking to be the event of the year, building on last year’s success as the official UQU ‘Ball of the Year’. It will be held on the 3rd of August in the Boulevard Room, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre with special guests Speech Pathology and Audiology Student Association (SPASA). The ball will

be in the theme of suit and tie and shall be a night of decadence and visual gratification. Social events are the best way for members to meet industry representatives, gain employment opportunities and enjoy university with their fellow mining and metallurgy peers.

FIRST YEAR MINING PROJECT DEMO DAY

On commencement of the bachelor of engineering degree at UQ students choose a first semester project that mirrors there desired discipline. This year, the first year mining engineering project was to design an efficient and suitable miniature bucket wheel excavator. Students were evaluated on the productivity, cost, durability, weight, safety and innovation of there invention. The students displayed a great deal of innovation and craftsman shift with there projects and experienced an invaluable introduction into student industry interaction. Congratulations to team P13 Aqua for placing first; •

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A big thank you goes out to Thiess who sponsored the whole day as well as Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Anglo American who sponsored each session.

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We offer opportunities to students from a range of disciplines, including engineering, science and exploration, health science and business. To be considered, it is preferable that students be in their third or penultimate year of study and be prepared to relocate within Australia, including to regional and/or remote areas. You must be available for the entire undergraduate program period, usually three months, including Christmas and New Year. Applications open 17 July and close on 21 August 2013 via the website.

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Winter hosted the release of some fine Mining and Metallurgy merchandise provided by MAMA.

Thus far MAMA has successfully hosted, Rio Tinto, Orica and Mining Education Australia (MEA) career BBQ’s at the UQ St Lucia campus. Additionally, the two International Collegiate Mining Games teams that competed in Golden, Colorado in April had the chance to thank all our sponsors personally at the IMG ‘thank-you’ BBQ.

MERCHANDISE

Hoodies arrived just in time for the cold of winter accompanied by T-shirts and ruggers preparing for some MAMA fashion in summer. The merchandise allows students to boast and reminisce over times studying mining and metallurgy engineering at the University of Queensland. Thanks to the lovely MAMA Secretary, Casey Costello, and MAMA executives who designed and ordered the merchandise.

EVENTS

The up and coming career Seminars for Semester 2 will include BHP, Anglo American, MMG, Barminco and Downer EDI among others. These Industry Seminars are vital events that create a networking environment for members and industry. These events to come in Semester 2 will help to assist students with finding vacation and graduate roles. Any companies interested in hosting/sponsoring an Industry Seminar at UQ in Semester 2 can contact out MAMA’s vice president, Jack Myers, at: vp.mama@uqeus.com.au. We would love your support!

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NEW LEADERS CONFERENCE & NATIONAL MINING GAMES The New Leaders Conference will be held at the Traders hotel, Roma Street on the 11-12 September and the National Mining games will be held on 14-15 September at the University of Queensland Experimental Mine, Indooroopilly. Attendees to the Conference will hear from experts from a variety of fields with a focus on imparting professional and technical skills required by New Leaders to progress their careers in the minerals industry. The two day conference will include a special industry networking lunch held on day one, a welcome function, a delegate breakfast and a post conference tour.

For more information on the Conference and how to register visit the Conference website at: www.ausimm.com.au/newleaders2013. The 2013 National Intercollegiate Mining Games will be hosted by the AusIMM Southern Queensland student chapter immediately after the New Leaders Conference (14-15 September 2013). There has already been a huge show of interest from the engineering faculty in the National Mining Games this year; so much so that the AusIMM Southern Queensland student chapter has decided to extend the team capacities. Consequently, much to our excitement, this year the National Mining Games are shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. Both students and industry members across Australia are encouraged to submit a team. For more information on the Games, including sponsorship opportunities and registration details, visit the Games website at: www.uqmama.com/nationalmininggames

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PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. UQ UNION logo Design Mechanical Engineering Student Society (MESS)

MESS has continued to sail through 2013 exceeding expectations. After our greatly successful launch party and industry seminars with our supporters and partners, MESS began to focus their attention on the second half of the semester. This plan included two major social events, MESS Merchandise and further free student tutorials for our members. This half of the semester proved to be a massive challenge for the executive, requiring heightened levels of delegation, communication and team work. Though, through this we managed to pull off one of the most successful balls that the university clubs will see this year. With our attendance figures reaching 600 people (a complete sell out - which was amazing considering our initial expectation was to only sell 2-300 tickets! ). The night and following day (inclusive recovery) went off without a hitch and positive feedback was felt from all who attended. Three weeks following this pub crawl also managed to exceed expectation. With a further 310 tickets sold for this event, it bettered any pub crawl MESS had held before. The merchandise orders from Canterbury were also taking place during all this, and sold in record numbers. Thanks to our supporter sponsor Bechtel, we were able to subsidise the merchandise for our members which helped greatly. Thank you again for this support Bechtel.

The second semester is looking to be just as busy as the first; we don’t intend on taking our foot off the pedal and have ideas brewing and are starting to put them in to motion during our time off. Further seminars, tutoring, services and social events are all included in these plans. To end I’d like to give a big thank you to our partner sponsor QCG for your support this year. And I would also like to make a quick thank you to my executive for working so hard during the first semester. I am genuinely proud of the work so far and look forward to the coming semester.

Seamus O’Connor MESS President

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MESS PUB CRAWL

MESS CELEBRATED THE END OF SEMESTER ONE WITH THE ANNUAL PUB CRAWL ON SUNDAY 23RD OF JUNE.

With five venues throughout the day there was plenty of opportunity to kick back, relax and catch up with friends. Thank you to the venues who took part in our crawl and congratulations to Blaice McCaul, the t-shirt design winner for 2013!

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MERCHANDISE

OUR MERCHANDISE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME FOR THE COLD WINTER WEATHER. Enjoy sporting your MESS supporters pack complete with duffle bag, hoodie, ruggers and t-shirt! We would like to thank Bechtel for their ongoing support of our merchandise this year.

MESS/JACS BALL This year MESS co-hosted the first of what is to be an annual ball with the Journalism and Communications Society. The Mad Men themed event kicked off at Cloudland, followed by an after party at Friday’s Riverside. The ball proved to be a massive success and a great opportunity to mingle with some of UQ’s ladies, not often seen around the engineering precinct. We look forward to continuing this event next year.

FOR YOUR CALENDAR Engineering week is set to kick off at the beginning of Semester 2 and MESS has got you covered! We will be hosting industry seminars with Bechtel along with other networking events. Stay tuned for further details – these events are not to be missed!

UQ RACING FORMULA SAE TEAM UQ Racing is UQ’s Formula SAE race team. Formula SAE is an international student design & management competition organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The competition requires student teams to design, develop and fabricate a small Formula-style (open-wheeled and open-cockpit) race car while adhering to a set of general design requirements and regulations. These general design requirements and regulations are open enough for different teams to develop and implement varying race car design philosophies. In addition, it challenges students to think of new and innovative ideas, and ensures the safety of all competitors. The UQ Racing team is comprised of approximately 40 undergraduate students. While most of the team are studying Mechanical Engineering, the project is open to any UQ student and the team is always looking for new members to join. The project allows students to apply knowledge gained in coursework in a hands-on activity, along with allowing additional learning opportunities. In 2012, UQR members undertook external fabrication, welding & machining courses, and a composites manufacturing course is currently being completed.

UQR is currently mid-way through constructing its new car, UQR-13 (nicknamed ‘Horse’ by the team), which is due to hit the track for the first time mid-year. This car is a significant improvement over the team’s past vehicles, building upon the lessons the team has learnt in previous years. Following several months of testing, the team will then compete at the 2013 Formula SAE Australasia Competition, to be held in Melbourne during mid-December. The team is aiming for a top ten overall position (against around 30 other universities), continuing UQR’s forward progress in the competition. UQ Racing also plans to retain the Presentation Event first place it claimed in 2012, along with claiming trophies in as many other competition events as possible.

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PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. The second quarter of this year saw began with the muchanticipated Skirts in Engineering Annual Networking Dinner. The event was bigger and better than ever before, at the new venue Royal on the Park Hotel. The night was filled with networking over food and drink and presentations were made by some of our sponsors, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Incitec Pivot. We would like to thank all of the students and the industry representatives for coming and we hope that everyone who attended made many new connections that can be carried on into the future. Skirts will be kicking off the second half of the year with our Annual Networking Lunch, which is just around the corner! The annual Skirts Networking Lunch is a great opportunity for students to converse with industry representatives and listen to industry speaker’s talk about their experiences as women in the engineering industry. This year, we will have presentations from Newcrest and QGC. The event is always a lovely lunch of networking with students and company representatives learning more about each other. This year the event will be held at the beautiful Women’s College at the St Lucia campus on the 31st of July. Following the Networking Lunch, we will be holding a Skirts Second Semester Launch Party (supported by MESS). The event is themed ‘Barbie and Ken’, so we are looking forward to seeing lots of pink and glitter on our female members and hopefully less pink and glitter on our male members. We will be selling tickets to this event throughout the week, so stay tuned for an opportunity to pick one up!

Becky Thomas Skirts President

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This year’s Skirts Networking Dinner was held at the Royal on The Park hotel with a record number of students and industry representatives attending.

The night started with introductions over drinks and canapés moving onto a 3-course meal accompanied by speeches from some of our major sponsors.

From sharing stories about their University days to how they have progressively developed their career.

The sit down meal was a great opportunity for engineering students to talk to professional engineers about everything from their transition from University to the Industry, to projects that they’re currently working on. It was great to see so many students forming new professional contacts and gaining an insight into a professional engineer’s career.

Skirts Networking Dinner was a fabulous night for forming connections and Skirts would like to thank all the students and industry representatives, especially our speakers, who attended for making the event such a success.

The night also included speeches from our major sponsors talking about their experiences as women in the industry.

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Chemical Engineer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Vacation Student Profile Name: Hannah Campbell Discipline: Chemical Engineering (currently a 4th year student at UQ) My journey with Incitec Pivot Limited began during the 2012 summer holidays when I was offered the opportunity to work a FIFO roster at Phosphate Hill in remote North Queensland. Having never worked on site before, I was unsure what to expect and somewhat tentative about joining the tight-knit team that results from FIFO sites given my lack of hands on experience. My main concern was that I would be unable to apply theoretical knowledge to the wide range of practical conditions and issues the team deals with on a daily basis. From the first day, however, I received more support than I could have imagined and immediately came to realise that my work and opinions were very much valued on site. While my learning of the Phosphoric Acid plant and how it impacts the process of fertiliser production continued to the final day of my program, the first roster was a huge learning curve for me. With the help of my mentor, team members and operators I was able to apply fundamental principles to the plant process, improving my technical knowledge ten-fold. At first it was over overwhelming, but the structured approach of the IPL Vacation Program helped me to master the overview of the process before extending this knowledge to troubleshooting and plant optimisation projects. The large emphasis placed on the mentoring and buddy program provides invaluable support, especially to young women like myself entering a largely male dominated industry. While I noticed myself to be somewhat of a minority during my time on site, it was not something I saw to disadvantage me, and I felt respected as an engineer regardless of gender. The personal relationships I developed with my team and especially other females was a definite advantage, and something that made the transition from university to work very smooth. With three months of process engineering experience under my belt, I was prepared and motivated for my final year of studies. The practical experience gained was invaluable and because of this, accepting a Graduate Program position with IPL for 2014 couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been a simpler decision. I am excited to continue the learning and challenges provided for me already by IPL and to further grow as a team member, leader and individual. For more information on Incitec Pivotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduate and vacation programs visit graduates.incitecpivot.com.au

Skirts cordially invites you to our Annual Networking Lunch. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Come and meet representatives from many different companies and get the latest info on Vacation work opportunities

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