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Dubai: Heriot-Watt University Dubai is inviting all high school students from Grade 11 and above to sign up for its online ‘Engineer for a Day’ workshops to give them a glimpse into their future as an engineer.
The interactive workshop series has been designed with the aim of providing participants an opportunity to explore various engineering disciplines that include Mechanical, Energy, Automotive, Civil, Architectural, Chemical, Electrical and Electronic, Robotics, Autonomous and Interactive Systems.
‘Design Engineer for a Day’ – the first workshop in the series scheduled on November 20th focuses on how design is a core competency common to all engineers. The workshop will be experiential with a range of online design activities on the agenda. Faculty involved in the workshop will also highlight some of the challenges, opportunities and rewards of a career in engineering and will provide an insight into potential career paths.
Professor Tadhg O’Donovan, the Head Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University Dubai will commence the workshop with a short introduction to engineering design principles and a demonstration of few advanced manufacturing techniques. This will be followed by a live step-by-step guidance for participants to create their own designs. Finally, participants will not only be able to create and upload their own engineering designs but will also be able to see the manufacture of submitted designs via live streaming, upon completion of the workshop.
The faculty will cover the following aspects.
- Demonstration of advanced manufacture techniques
- Design guidance
- One-to-one design support
- Design review and information session
- Automated manufacture of submitted designs (streamed live via YouTube)
The workshops are free to attend and will take place on Microsoft Teams on the November 20th between 2:30 and 4:30 PM.
Registration for the “Design Engineer for a Day” workshop is open until November 17th on EventBrite here.
Founded in 1821, Heriot-Watt has a rich heritage and an established reputation as a leading research-led university with strong links to the professional and industrial world of science, engineering and technology. As a globally connected university with campuses in Scotland, Dubai and Malaysia, the learning outcomes and teaching standards remain the same wherever a Heriot-Watt student is located.
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