Andrew Grace from County Clare has been announced as the winner of the Engineers Ireland Chartered Engineer of the Year award, 2007.

The competition winner was chosen from the 300 engineers who applied for the Chartered Engineer title in the past year.

Andrew submitted details of his involvement as R&D and Project Development Manager in developing a high-pressure valve system for deepwater gas exploration. He works as R&D Project Manager with Cameron System Ireland Ltd in Longford.

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Commenting on this year’s competition, the Director General of Engineers Ireland, John Power, Chartered Engineer, said the quality of the entries was outstanding.

"The short listed submissions underlined the crucial role that engineers are playing in the further development of the Irish economy.

"One has only to reflect on the critical importance of projects like oil and gas exploration, the M50 upgrade, building the LUAS, and developing off-shore windfarms to realise the responsibilities that engineers have in delivering the solutions to many of Ireland’s current challenges."

He also said that high profile projects which featured in this year’s final would hopefully inspire more second level students and their parents to consider the merits of a career in engineering.

(JM)