Smart cards and intelligent plugs on show at engineering trade fair

1 November 2001

A Smart Card for vehicles, Intelligent Plug, Automatic Filing System and Cutlery Sorter will be just some of the innovative projects on display at the University of Wollongong tomorrow when the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering hosts its annual Trade Fair.

The Trade Fair will be held in the University Hall from 3:30pm until 5:30pm tomorrow, Friday 2 November 2001.

It will showcase the products developed by second and third year students enrolled in Engineering Design and Management as well as second year Internet Science and Technology students.

These projects have been developed around the following themes: The Environmentally Friendly "Green" Office; The Intelligent Office; Intelligent and Green Transportation; Wireless Networking and Location Aware Computing; Team Robots; Identification/Sorting Systems; Embedded Internet Systems and Smart Internet.

During the Trade Fair, students will provide demonstrations on their projects at work. Everyone is invited to come along and see the types of projects being developed by students from the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering.

For further information contact Dr Ian Burnett on 4221 3399 or Associate Professor Golshah Naghdy on 4221 3411.

Media please note: Projects will be set up in the University Hall from 3pm tomorrow for photo/filming opportunities and will be supervised by students.