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PRESS
RELEASE: 2005 Young Professional Engineer Award –
Cheryl Paten
 Cheryl
Paten named Australia’s 2005 Young Professional
Engineer of the Year by The Institution of
Engineers Australia.
We are very pleased to
announce that TNEP’s Education Coordinator,
Mrs Cheryl Paten, was
named Australia’s 2005 'Young Engineer of
the Year’ by the Institution of Engineers
Australia at the recent National Engineering Excellence
Awards (30 November, Parliament House). This was
a particular highlight for The Natural Edge Project
as 2005 is Engineers Australia's "Year of the
Young Engineer".
 Terry
Charlton, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of Snowy Hydro Limited, presented Cheryl
with the award and provided an overview of previous
winners over the last four years. Cheryl accepted
the award on behalf of the TNEP network, without
whom many of the projects and experiences over the
last three years would not have been possible.
Cheryl joined
TNEP formally in 2003 after working in a volunteer
capacity. She brought with her energy and wisdom that
has strengthened the project over the last two years.
We believe Cheryl is a great ambassador to Young Engineers
- Her commitment to her work and colleagues is unwavering
and we are very grateful to have her on our team.
Cheryl was recognised for graduating from environmental
engineering from Griffith University with a University
Medal, four years in an international consulting engineering
firm (Arup), eight months on contracts to the Queensland
public service (Main Roads and the EPA), and her current
collaborative role as Education Coordinator for TNEP
and lecturer at Griffith University.
She has
worked on the Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program,
is the TNEP representative on the International Advisory
Board for the International Journal of Sustainability
in Higher Education, and is currently working on a
PhD to further embed sustainability principles and
practices into engineering education. Cheryl’s
research has been developed to feed into TNEP education
priorities, focusing on the current level of sustainability
education within engineering undergraduate degrees,
and opportunities to significantly improve the national
'benchmark'. Cheryl celebrated the award in Canberra
with her parents Judy and Bhaskar Desha, TNEP team
mate Michael Smith and his fiancée and Cheryl’s
close friend Sarah Chapman, and the team from Engineers
Australia.
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