From an automated pool maintenance system to an online diet planner . . .

Oct 19, 2006

A showcase of new age, technology-driven student products and projects will be on display tomorrow (Friday 20 October) when the University of Wollongong’s School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering hosts its 9th Annual Trade Fair.

The projects are from second and third year Bachelor of Engineering students enrolled in Engineering Design and Management as well as second year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Internet Science and Technology.

Projects fall into the categories of ‘Personal Safety in the Community: Support for the Disabled’ and ‘Hardware and Software Projects that will benefit Australian Society’.

The wide variety of student inventions will include a Home Health Care Unit, Independence Aid, Motion Measuring Electronic Device, Fall Monitor and Vital Signs Monitor, ISeeU Security System, Advance Fence Monitoring System, Online Doctors Surgery Reservation and a Medical Online Database.

Companies including BlueScope Steel, Tycan Australia Pty Ltd and Spruson & Ferguson have donated cash prizes, as have UOW’s Faculty of Informatics and the School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering.

Awards will be presented on the day for the Most Popular Display.

Media please note

When: Friday October 20 from 3-5.30pm

Where: University Hall, University of Wollongong

For further information contact Tracey O’Keefe on (02) 4221 4500

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128