Program Features

Thursday 11 October

IPWEAQ Futures Challenge

Three students from QUT, CQU and USQ will prepare poster boards for display in the trade exhibition area. Delegates are asked to visit the displays and offer advice and feedback on the student’s theses. Students will then deliver a 10 minute presentation in the auditorium and delegates are asked to vote on the best presentation using the conference app. The winner will be announced at the gala awards ceremony/ dinner that night.

Participating projects:

Friday 12 October

The Great Debate - ‘tradition has no place in a modern workplace’

Moderator: Michael Pascoe

Team for the Affirmative:

• Ged Brennan, Managing Director, GenEng Solutions and IPWEAQ Past President.

• Cate Fennell, Cadet Engineer - Works, Parkes Shire Council (NSW) and IPWEAQ NSW Young Ambassador.

• Jimmy Scott, General Manager, Operations, Queensland Reconstruction Agency (QRA)

Team for the Negative:

• Kym Murphy, Regional Director, Downs South West Region Program Delivery And Operations Branch, Infrastructure Management and Delivery Division, TMR

• Mark Lamont, IPWEAQ Information Resources Manager

Matthew Soldatenko

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Double degree Civil Engineering – Business student Safety of shear wall structures in the context of changes to the provisions of wall design in the Australian concrete structures standard (2018) and earthquake design load standard (2018 update

• Matthew Brennan, Civil Engineer, George Bourne & Associates

Madison Stahlhut

University of Southern Queenlsand (USQ)

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) & Bachelor of Business (Management & Leadership)

Potential for Energy Generation using Pumped Storage

Hydropower in the Toowoomba Water Supply

Lindsay Strafford

CQ University (CQU)

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (First Class Honours) and Diploma of Professional Practice (Co-Operative) – recently graduated

Controlling and Monitoring Algae Blooms in Effluent Ponds