In September 2011, the 2010/11 year group rounded off their MSc studies by presenting their dissertation works at the annual presentation day with the first poster lunch event.

The event was attended by students, staff from across the University and a range of guests from across the Oil and Gas industry. The range of topics exhibited included Economic Evaluation of Safety in Decomissioning and Investment Climate in UKCS after the Budget 2011 amongst others.

As in previous years, MSc IBEP students from the graduating class of 2011 were chosen to present their theses at a poster event being organised by The Energy Institute and The Society of Petroleum Engineers with representatives across the energy industry and academia.

The event is a sponsored competition across the energy programmes from The University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University. The selection criterion and short listing was based on students with the best combination of examination and project (thesis) performance.

Falck Nutec, the worlds largest provider of safety training for the offshore industry has provided an award of £600 for the best MSc dissertation on the IBEP or IBF programmes. The 2011 winner of this award was Ms Maria Efua Ogbugo whose dissertation centered on the economic evaluation of infrastructure investment in Ghana.

In 2011, the £2,000 Falck dissertation scholarship for an issue relating to safety and risk in the energy industries was awarded to Mr Taiwo Olaoya who undertook his dissertation on the Economic Analysis of Impact of Training on Decommissioning Costs in the North Sea.