Samantha won the award for numerous reasons, including: academic achievements and her financial need. Samantha's goal is to analysis the effects of plastic molded motorcycle fairings in protecting the motorcycle engine in comparison to a roll cage in stunt bikes in crashes. Her aim is to design and innovate a fairing design that is light weight at a reasonable cost and for the design to be used in the motorcycle racing industry for amateur racers as an alternative to replacing expensive plastic molded fairings.
Samantha is approaching the final stages of her degree and her final year project which will require her to upgrade her hardware to efficiently analyse motorcycle impact zones. At some stage over the next few months, Samantha will be coming in to O'Connors to meet the team and learn a bit more about what we do.
The O'Connors Engineering Grant is awarded to a student enrolled full-time in the third year of one of the following programs:
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) - LHMR
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical and Mechatronic) - LHMR
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical and Advanced Manufacturing) - LHMR
Applicants must be Australian citizens or Permanent Residents and provide a personal written statement (500 words) detailing:
- academic achievements
- future career goals
- their intended topic for their final year project. Preference may be given to students that demonstrate a focus on innovation for their final year project
- their financial disadvantage