Interest in the annual Siemens Cyber Junkyard competition, now in its sixth year, continues to grow among universities as well as enterprises in the private and public sectors, not least because it has become a recruitment ground for companies looking to employ the cream of tomorrow's engineers.
The 10 finalists that will be exhibiting their projects at the Siemens annual TIA User Forum at the end of October 2008 include last year's joint winner - the University of Johannesburg, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, North West University, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bloemfontein's Central University of Technology, Tshwane University of Technology, the Durban University of Technology, the University of Botswana, Zambia's Copperbelt University and the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology.
Applicants were invited to respond to a tender that outlined the 2008 project and requested proposals, the quality of these forming the basis for final selection. This year's assignment will see the teams designing and building a hot and cold beverage producing machine that incorporates additional elements such as the HMI, wireless communication, visualisation, system status monitoring and PLC programming.
Participating institutions get to keep the project equipment which is supplied by Siemens and Festo and valued at approximately R150 000.
The finalists' projects will be adjudicated on 28 October 2008 during the annual Siemens TIA User Forum at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Johannesburg and winners will be announced at the event's Gala Dinner.
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