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Held at the end of last month, in the auditorium of the Headquarters of the Region Center of the Order of Engineers, in Coimbra, the award ceremony of the competition "The New Frontiers of Engineering" 2022, promoted by the Order of Engineers of the Center Region and sponsored by the Alves Bandeira Group.

This is a contest held annually to recognize the best articles published in scientific journals or presented at the scientific congress on engineering teaching, during the year 2021, whose works are authored by a student or group of students of Secondary Education or Basic Education, related to Engineering or Technology, of Schools located in the Central Region (districts of Coimbra, Aveiro, Leiria, Viseu, Guarda, and Castelo Branco).  

The prizes in this competition are 1.200 Euros, for the first place, 500 Euros, for the second place and 300 Euros, for the third place.

This year, the works presented by the students were subordinated to the theme "ENGINEERING IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY", and it was a team of three students from the 9th year of 2020/2021 of the Basic and Secondary School Quinta das Flores, in Coimbra, who won the 1st prize of the contest sponsored by the Alves Bandeira Group.

According to Engineer José Batista, who delivered the first prize in this contest "It is important to ensure proximity to these activities, so that, first of all, we can reward these young people for their research work, and so that, in the future, it will be easier to integrate this new knowledge into our business processes."

Find out more about this competition at: https://www.ordemengenheiros.pt/pt/a-ordem/regiao-centro/premios-novas-fronteiras-da-engenharia/