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Considering a career in Engineering? 

QUT in partnership with The Engineering Link Group, Engineers Australia, and Queensland Government through the Department of Transport and Main Roads to showcase engineering as it really is – exciting, challenging and world-changing. 

Students in years 9 to 12 are invited to join us for this engineering experience day, where students will participate in hands-on workshops from a range of different engineering disciplines all while connecting with professional engineers and QUT undergraduate engineering students. 

When: Saturday 22 March
Time: 8am to 4pm
Where: QUT Garden Point campus
Cost: $60 per student (includes lunch)

Program:

Year 9 and 10 registration. SOLD OUT

Year 11 and 12 registration.

On the day students will participate in two hands-on engineering workshops. The workshops will bring together the fundamental concepts within each discipline, as well as expose participants to common engineering concepts. 

Year 9 and 10 workshops will include:

• Aerospace Engineering - design a ejection seat parachute for a modern military aircraft to ensure pilots land safely. 
• Medical Engineering - integrate engineering principles with human physiology to design and prototype a innovative medical device to improve the lives of many. 
• Civil Engineering - design, construct and load test a bridge for Brisbane’s next green bridge project. 
• Mechatronic Engineering: over the course of the full day, design, construct and code (Python) a robotic arm to carry out a rescue mission and rescue a worker from danger. This workshop is a full day workshop, students will complete the workshop over the two workshop sessions.
• Electrical Engineering - explore how electrical equipment and software are connected, build and program (Arduino) a circuit to complete the challenge. 

Year 11 and 12 workshops will include:

• Civil Engineering - in a team design and construct a retaining wall that will be load tested, how much can the wall endure before it crumbles.
• Mechatronic Engineering - program a line following robot to navigate the track and complete the challenges. A a basic understanding of the Python programming language is required for this workshop.
• Chemical Process Engineering - focus on the complex issue of gas transportation for the coal seam gas industry by designing the best solution for the project. 
• Software and Electrical Engineering - discover the world of Go Cards by programming your own.
• Mechanical Engineering - design and build a ‘Rover’ capable of operating in harsh environments like Mars. 
• Engineering Mathematics - solve a crime through digital forenciscs using fundamental engineering skills and MATLAB. This workshop is suitable for students who are comfortable with script coding, and studying Maths Methods and/or Specialist Maths as this workshop will utilise the prerequisite knowledge of matrices and arrays, PEMDAS/BODMAS, and functions and variables in coding.