Judges for the 2007 LiveEdge competition announced

Premier Farnell has announced its panel of judges for the international design competition, Live Edge — Electronic Design for the Global Environment.

Since its launch in May 2007, over 3200 design engineers and students from 102 countries have registered to submit their designs to create a product that uses electronic components and has a positive impact on the environment.

The 2007 competition panel of judges comprises:

• Sir Peter Gershon — chairman of Premier Farnell, plc - Honorary Fellow of IEEE and part of the Council of Imperial College;

• Prof Sir David King — UK government chief scientific adviser and head of the Government Office of Science;

• Mr Mark Kenber — director of The Climate Change Group;

• Dr Alla Cordery — head of Electronic Engineering at Oxford;

• Mr Rod Rodin — CEO of RDN Group Inc;

• Mr Max Huber — CEO for Sharp Europe;

• Mr Yu Donghai — Dean of Electronics Engineering, Southeast University, China;

• Mr Mingtao Jiang — section chief, information technology development, China Ministry of Information Industry (MII)

The judging criteria include usefulness of the application, originality and innovation, technical merit, its effect on the global environment, feasibility of the design, efficient use of energy, end of life consideration, innovative use of components, cost optimisation, completeness of design dossier and clarity of supporting documentation.

The awards will be presented at a virtual awards ceremony via the internet 31 January 2008. This year’s winner will also have the honour to be a member of the 2008 panel of judges for next year’s competition and will be supported by Premier Farnell to take their design through to prototype.