Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders' 成人大片 chapter runs humanitarian engineering workshops to engage students in real-world problem solving and promote careers in STEM.

These workshops cover a variety of topics such as water engineering, sustainable housing and renewable energy, all based on Engineers Without Borders programs in Australia and abroad. Workshops are conducted by current University Of Adelaide STEM students and can be tailored for most year levels.

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  • Floating houses

    Capacity: 30
    Duration: 60 minutes
    Location: North Terrace Campus
    Year levels: All

    The workshop explores the importance of聽developing appropriate housing solutions.聽Strong emphasis is placed on the聽development of ideas and the goal of聽engineering an effective, low-cost solution.

    Students work together in teams to build a聽鈥渇loating鈥 house capable of holding large

    amounts of weight above a surface of聽water. Each team is assigned a budget聽which they can utilise to purchase different聽materials to strengthen their design. The聽winning team will be able to hold the聽greatest weight before submerging.

  • Water pipelines

    Capacity: 30
    Duration: 60 minutes
    Location: North Terrace Campus
    Year levels: All

    This workshop has students work together to plan and build a water supply system, based on a real-world project conducted by Engineers Without Borders in Indonesia.聽

    Students will need to communicate and work as a team to ensure their water pipeline is fit for purpose, and think about the challenges and opportunities presented to engineers working on such projects in the field.

  • Renewable energy

    Capacity: 30
    Duration: 60 minutes
    Location: North Terrace Campus
    Year levels: All

    The workshop explores the concepts of renewability and sustainability in the context of power generation.

    Students get the chance to build prototype wind turbines from classroom materials and these are tested by seeing which blade design could spin the fastest to create the most electrical energy.