Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems (SEES)
International Project Competition (IPC 2012)
Open to University Students
METU NCC Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems Graduate Program, which has been established as a unique academic program in the Middle East to serve the most critical needs of our globe in the 21st century, proudly presents the International Project Competition (IPC) for university students. IPC has been devised to increase and enhance the global awareness of the Vital Triad: Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Energy, and Sustainable Water Resources.
The competitors are expected to form a team of two, come up with an original project idea to tackle a sustainability problem in support of the Vital Triad, and submit their work in an essay of two thousand words in English with three to six figures. The figures can be used to describe the addressed problem, the devised solution as a system and/or a process flow. The electronic submissions through the IPC web site will be evaluated by a jury panel based on:
Problem Relevance to Sustainability,
Originality, Feasibility, and Impact of Solution,
Verification of Feasibility through Analysis or Experimentation,
Quality of Writing and Illustrations.
The three finalist teams will be invited to METU NCC (all expenses paid) for five days in June 2012 to present their project in front of the jury. The winner team will earn the title of “Green Brain of the Year, 2012”. In addition to attending a guided tour in Northern Cyprus as finalists, the first, second, and third runner-up team members will be rewarded 1000, 750, and 500 Euros respectively.
We would like to hereby invite talented university students to submit their projects to IPC 2012, and start contributing ideas to a sustainable future for our beautiful globe.
IPC 2012 Summary Rules:
Participation: Students from universities offering internationally recognized degrees
Team Size: 2
Theme: Vital Triad (Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Water)
Application Format: A proposal of ~2000 words in English, describing problem, outlining proposed solution, and discussing feasibility. 3 to 6 figures to support description with pictorial depictions, flow chart, and/or critical data.
Application Deadline: May 1st
Submission : Through web site http://www.sees.ncc.metu.edu.tr/yonetim_ipc/ipc_insert.php (electronic)
Evaluation: International Jury Panel of 10
Announcement of 3 Finalists (for on-Campus Presentation): June 15th
Award*:
1st place: 1000 Euro
2nd place: 750 Euro + TRNC Trip for 3 Finalist
3rd place: 500 Euro
Criteria – The submissions will be scored and ranked based on: Problem relevance
to sustainability
Originality, Feasibility
and Impact of Concept Solution
Verification of
Feasibility through
Analysis
or Experimentation
Quality
of Writing
* The Jury Panel reserves the right not to give away any award if no participant qualifies
