Main Building 202Organisers for Rankine 2020 - Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, have recently launched the Conference’s Student Prize awarding the best paper written by a student author. Chosen from each of the three conference streams, each lead student author will receive a prize of £500. From the three winning papers, an overall winner will be chosen. The overall winner will receive an additional prize of £300.00. Visit www.rankine2020.com to find out more.

Even if you’re not a student, there is still time to put your abstract in and be of a part of this one-off unique conference celebrating the legacy of William Rankine. We are seeking papers on the topics of power generation, heating and cooling, and working fluids. To find out more about the type of papers sought for the conference and to submit your abstract, visit www.rankine2020.com 

 

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