An engineering experience day at QUT that will open your eyes to a possible career path in Engineering.
QUT in partnership with Engineering Link Group, the Department of Transport and Main Roads and Engineers Australia are delivering a day full of hands-on activities to showcase engineering as it really is – exciting, challenging and world-changing.
Year 4 to 6 students – Dream Big (in partnership with Engineers Australia)
12pm - 4pm
Watch and be inspired as engineers showcase what is possible through film, and then participate in hands-on workshops. $5 per child (Nb. a parent/guardian must accompany their own child/ren). Located at the Cross River Rail Experience Centre.
Year 7 to 8 students – Sustainable Cities
9.30am - 4pm
From bridges, footpaths, bike paths and e-mobility networks – students will develop infrastructure solutions to elevate life in our cities. This project is a simulated early-stage multi-field consultancy, involving students as planners, designers (landscape, interior, architecture), civil engineers, and builders in the context of a hypothetical green bridge project. $40 per student.
Year 9 students – Build and Code: Rescue Arms
9.30am - 4pm
Rescue a worker from danger! Using the engineering principles of mechatronics students will design and construct their own robotic arm from a range of components and motors, then use Python to code the arm to carry out a rescue mission. $40 per student.
Year 10 to 12 students – Engineering Link Project
8am - 4pm
A full day experience, where students participate in two hands-on intensive workshops choosing from a huge range of engineering disciplines facilitated by QUT Ambassadors and real engineers. An opportunity to connect with professional engineers over lunch and during the workshops is unmissable. $60 per student.
Workshops to choose from include:
- Sugar Cube Retaining Walls - in a small team, you will design and construct a small retaining wall out of sugar cubes to be load tested. (Civil Engineering)
- Chemical Engineering Project Management - in this task you will focus on the complex issue of gas transportation for the coal seam gas industry. (Process Engineering)
- Parachutes - your task will be to design a parachute for an ejection seat from a modern military aircraft to ensure pilots land safely. (Aerospace Engineering)
- Medical Device Innovation - your task will be to intergrate engineering principles with human physiology to design and prototype a innovative medical device to improve the lives of many. (Medical Engineering)
- Arduino: cars of the future: using Ardunio and robot kits, you will create fast-acting robots that drive themselves. (Mechatronic Engineering)
- Monitoring Taffic - using advanced technologies your task will be to find a safe, efficient, and effective solution to an urban transport issue. Who will be the fastest? (Civil Engineering - Transport)
- Renewable Energy - getting to Net Zero with renewable energy, what can we do? You will look at real-world case studies, from household solar panels to large scale renewable energy farms to plan and deliver legislated renewable energy targets. (Electrical Engineering)
- Cross River Rail: tunnelling 101 - using real-world information relating to the Cross River Rail project you will get to learn about the fundamentals of tunnelling, Tunnel Borning Machines, Tunnel Paths and Tunnel Force, and solve a client's problem, all from Queensland's largest infrastructure project at Cross River Rail HQ.
When: Saturday 25 March
Where: QUT Garden Point campus
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