IMechE SofE (Speak Out for Engineering), MEA (Middle East and Africa) REGIONAL HEAT

Runner – Up, University of Bolton – Academic Centre RAK

The IMechE Young Member committee of United Arab Emirates organized the most prestigious public speaking competition, SOfE (Speak out for Engineering) first time on Regional level on 16th December 2016 at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus.

Speak Out for Engineering (SOfE), a competition organized for engineers, by engineers, is conducted annually by the IMechE Volunteer Network.

It was established to challenge young engineers to prove that they could ‘communicate effectively’, an important area for today’s developing engineers.

Basically, in the competition, the speaker should give an individual oral presentation on a subject relating to mechanical engineering for not more than 20 minutes, followed by a 10 minutes Q&A session from the audience.