Engineering: A great career for girls
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This exciting hands-on event is designed to promote engineering and science careers to female secondary school students.
The workshops will introduce students to:
- e-textile design techniques used to create ‘wearable technology’
- structural engineering techniques used to create designs that would withstand seismic waves (Tsunami).
The event is co-sponsored by Women in Engineering (WIE), Engineers Australia and IEEE Women in Engineering (IEEE WiE), Victoria.
Activity 1
Working in teams of two, students will create their own fashion designs using a LilyPad Arduino microcontroller and other electronic components. Finished designs will be sewn to fabric with conductive thread and programmed using Arduino software to incorporate light and audio effects.
Activity 2
Working in teams of two with the materials provided, students will design and build a structure to withstand the passing of a seismic wave. The structure will be made to support a load and placed on a floating pontoon in the computer-controlled wave simulation tank.
The aim is for the structure to be as light and tall as possible while capable of supporting the load and withstanding the largest possible seismic wave. Students will apply principles related to design, stability, structural engineering (strength) as well as wave motion.
Event details
When: 1-5 August 2016
Time: 9.30am – 2.30pm
Location: Footscray Park Campus, Building D, Room D717/D214
Cost: Free
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Dates: 1-5 August 2016
Time: 9:30am – 2.30pm
