South East Branch PDN Paper Competition

The South East PDN Paper Competition Final has been arranged to provide young professionals with the opportunity to deliver a 15-minute presentation on any subject pertaining to the pipeline industry (Water, Sewerage, Gas, Oil, Tunnelling, Onshore, Offshore, Health and Safety, Land and Environment), followed by a 5-minute Q&A session from a panel of judges.

The panel of judges from the Pipeline Industries Guild and Industry Partners shall award marks based on the following criteria:
• Relevance/potential benefit to the Pipeline Industry
• Originality and professional content of material
• Degree of personal involvement and depth of knowledge demonstrated in specified area
• Quality and enthusiasm of presentation; excitement/engagement and time limits
• Ability to deal with questions

The winner of the competition will have their name scribed on the shield and receive £250, a place in the National Final held at The Pipeline Industries Guild Annual Conference and see their work publicised in the Guild’s “In the Pipeline” magazine.

The three regional finalists are:

Zakir Amin - Mechanical & Process Engineer, J Murphy & Sons - Vented Gas Capture System - Reducing Maintenance Emissions for Natural Gas AGIs

James Crawley - Mechanical Engineer, Jacobs - Please mind the gap; the potential of generative AI to replace missing data in pipeline industries

Alex Gilmour - Graduate Civil Engineer, South East Water UK - Health & Safety Introduction to the Pipeline Industry (Water Specific)