Time for Young Territorians to Shine

The achievements of young Territorians are recognised and celebrated through the Young Achiever Awards. The awards are held annually and every year one of the category winners is named The Young Achiever of the Year for the Northern Territory.

They are open to young people aged 14 to 26 in the categories of Science and Engineering, Community Service, Sport, the Arts, Environment, Career Achievement, Regional and Rural Initiative and Youth Leadership.

Power and Water proudly sponsors the Science and Engineering category that celebrates the initiatives and achievements of young Territorians behind many intelligent and visionary engineering and science projects.

Winners are announced annually during National Youth Week. A gala awards presentation banquet is also held to showcase the three finalists in each category and to announce the winners. For more information, or to nominate a young achiever, go to www.awardsaustralia.com

Contact:
Donna Black,
Corporate Communications
Ph: 8985 8540

2006 Young Achiever Awards, Science and Engineering Category

Congratulations to Kate Mounsey – winner of the 2006 Young Achiever’s Science and Engineering Award.
From Left to right: Finalists of the Young Achiever Science and Engineering Award - Kate Mounsey, Yasmin Antwertinger, Bertram Birk, Power and Water Corporation and Rachel Meldrum.

Power and Water is proud to sponsor the Science and Engineering Award, which honours young scientists and engineers who are responsible for many innovative ideas that benefit our community. Click here for more.

• 6 September 2006, Time for Young Territorians to Shine
• 4 April 2006, Winner of the 2006 Young Achiever’s Science and Engineering Award
• 31 August 2005, Young Territorians Under the Spotlight
• 9 April 2005, Winner of the 2005 Young Achiever’s Science and Technology Award

Past winners of this category include:

2005 Mr George Philby , spent 300 hours conducting the first biological census of Lake Alexander as part of the 2004 CSIRO Student Research Team. His comprehensive research identified new species to the ecosystem and revealed what species could be destroyed if the Cassiopea jellyfish was eradicated. George also works as a volunteer in the natural science section of the Northern Territory’s Museum and Art Gallery.

2004 Ms Gurmeet Kaur, majoring in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Charles Darwin University. She was a member of the Northern Territory University 's Solar Car Team, which built a new solar/electric car for the World Solar Car Challenge.

2003 Mr Steven Camilleri, Masters in Engineering from Charles Darwin University. Steve rebuilt the electronic controller of the NT’s car in the World Solar Car Challenge. His design has since been adopted by other entrants and patented, as being more reliable.