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Caterpillar NI Engineering Summer Programme (19-23 August 2013)

Thirty-four Year 14 pupils from local schools and colleges participated in a week-long summer programme at Queen’s University, designed to offer an insight into studying Engineering at university.  The programme, organised by Queen’s Widening Participation Unit and Caterpillar NI, included workshops and presentations on both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, a Training Day at Caterpillar NI SWE (Simulated Work Environment) and a range of talks on Studying Engineering at QUB, Making UCAS applications and Career Opportunities in Engineering.

This year’s Mechanical Engineering challenge was the competitive Paper Towers Challenge, with the group divided into teams battling to construct a tower, made from paper and adhesive tape, to support a mass of 1kg at a height of 1m above its base.  The aim of the exercise was to introduce aspiring engineers to the problems and challenges in structural design through experimentation.  A time of 1 hour was allocated to design and construct their towers.   Each team was required to demonstrate the ability to satisfy these criteria, with all towers loaded and weighed in the presence of all participants, immediately following the construction period.

Congratulations to the winning teams.  

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