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AIRAH Awards
The IIR/ AIRAH Award for Best Student Project Thesis
The IIR / AIRAH Award for Best Student Project Thesis recognises and encourages the pursuit of excellence in student research through the award of a certificate and cash prize to the student judged to have made the most valuable contribution to the science and/or practice of refrigeration in a written thesis.
The award is open to students who have submitted a research project thesis, during the year of the award, which contributes to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at an Australian University. The topic of the research project must fall within one of the fields of knowledge defined by the International Institute of Refrigeration Science and Technical Committees being
- Cryophysics and cryoengineering
- Liquifaction and separation of gases
- Thermodynamics and transfer processes
- Refrigerating equipment
- Cryobiology and cryomedicine
- Food science and engineering
- Refrigerated storage
- Refrigerated transport
- Air conditioning
- Heat pumps and energy recovery
Nominations for the award can be made by the student or the student’s supervisor. Students and supervisors do not need to be members of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) or the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)
Award Criteria
The thesis will be assessed against the following criteria
- Relevance of the work to the practice of refrigeration in Australia
- Demonstrates an understanding of refrigeration science and practice
- Investigates with logical and convincing methods
- Communicates results clearly and precisely
- Draws useful and insightful conclusions that assist with the understanding of refrigeration
- Novelty, although not specifically required, will be regarded highly.
A maximum of one award will be given each year, although no award will be made if the judges consider that there are no submissions of sufficient quality that meet the criteria. The judges will be non-academic members of IIR Australia, with no association to the submitted project. Judges may seek advice from other informed people and in all cases, the judges’ decision will be final.
Interested students should complete an application
form and return it to:
Emma Dowling
Level 3, 1 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Or Fax 03 9614 8949
Applications close December 1st 2007