This year, the Women in Engineering (WE) team are bringing our annual Explore Day to you.
While 2020 looks a little different right now, our purpose remains the same – we're looking to connect with high school students who are keen to learn more about the vibrant and diverse field of engineering.
This two-hour show is available on-campus at UQ, or at your school, and will be individually tailored specifically for your high school as we show you what studying engineering at UQ looks like and explore the new changes to UQ's engineering program.
The day is designed for Year 10–11 students and will include hands-on activities, live sessions and a chance to win lots of cool prizes!
Run by our Women in Engineering Leaders, who are current students studying a range of different engineering specialisations, you’ll learn first hand what it’s really like to study engineering and discover the diverse range of exciting careers available.
What does the day involve?
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You will get to be a Health Engineer by developing a UV detection device to alert the user of high exposure to UV by learning basic coding to program an Arduino, and learn about the electrical components behind the scenes to trigger LED sensors based on UV exposure.
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Food Engineering: Keeping the crunch in low-fat potato chips |
We talk about the research conducted at UQ, by two Chemical Engineers - Dr Heather Smyth and Professor Jason Stokes on what keeps the crunch in low fat potato chip
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Unpack a variety of issues related to construction and civil engineering with consideration to humanitarian design for communities in need.
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Learn about design thinking principles and why communicating your thinking through design and prototyping is essential in engineering team work and problem solving.
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Meet an Engineer on-site
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We’re going to connect LIVE with a recent graduate from their workplace so you can see first-hand what life is like as an engineer!
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Panel Event
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Meet our wonderful WE Leaders and Engineers from industry - our Program Partners Energy QLD.
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The Explore Engineering Show will be on the road from 27 October–6 November 2020
The Explore Engineering Show is available to come to your school or can be held on campus at UQ in Term 4 2020, or in 2021.
About Explore Engineering Day
The UQ Women in Engineering (WE) team are delighted to host our flagship annual event of the year, WE Explore Engineering Day.
WE Explore Engineering Day showcases the diverse engineering opportunities at UQ through hands-on workshops, interactive presentations, and tours of the engineering precinct including the state-of-the-art makerspace facility, UQ Innovate and the new Andrew N. Liveris Building, home of Chemical Engineering.
The UQ WE program is proudly supported by our industry program partners, Anglo American, The Australian Power Institute, EM Solutions, Ergon Energy + Energex, Hatch, Origin Energy, Queensland Rail, Rio Tinto, and Sandvik.
