THE AWARD

Siemens will offer a 2 sponsorship to 2 teams in the Industrial Automation category in terms of problem selection and solution provided.
The best of these teams will be granted an internship.

Prize 1: internship & sponsorship

This special award is presented by Siemens to:

Students doing their graduation projects related to Industrial Automation.

Students doing a course work project related to Industrial Automation.

Students from the hackathon generating a problem and a solution related Industrial Automation.

Internship will be for all team members (max of 5 students) . The sponsorship will be technical knowledge & components to build their project.

Prize 2: sponsorship

This special award is presented by Siemens to:

Students doing their graduation projects related to Industrial Automation.

Students doing a course work project related to Industrial Automation.

Students from the hackathon generating a problem and a solution related Industrial Automation.

The sponsorship will be technical knowledge & components to build their project.

The criteria for submiting the project to the jury is as follows:

The project (or problem description) is related to industrial application. The solution will make use of industrial components (example: PLC, HMI, Electric Drives, etc..)

The project is feasible and will be able to be implemented with the current resources in the Egyptian market. Please note that winning teams are obliged to build/implement their project

Provide a solid background research about the problem to be solved and its impact & frequency of occurrence in the industry.

The final presentation should cover all aspects of the solution implementation including but not limited:

• System diagram or Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) for the solution
• Input & Output count for the solution
• Components required to implement the project are included and well presented (mechanical and electrical)
• Time diagram for project implementation
• The Team members has the technical capabilities to implement the project
• In case the project will be implemented in a real factory; then the team is responsible for making sure the factory management is aligned that Siemens products will be used in the implementation and proof of that to be presented.