Year 12 Engineering Challenge

Last Tuesday saw Year 12 students studying Engineering meet with John, an engineer who runs a local company called ‘T' Square.

John very kindly came into school to share his considerably experience of designing solutions to engineering problems both near and far.

Students had the opportunity to gain an insight into the world of engineering as well as receiving details of an engineering challenge that John was launching on behalf of Business and Education South Yorkshire.

The work the students produce for this will help them achieve an engineering qualification at the end of the course

Challenge definition

Design and make a model to control the flow of dried sand out of a storage hopper and discharge it into a weigh hopper.

Challenge detail

• The weigh hopper should register the same weight each time.
• The model should have an outlet of about 50mm square.
• Care should be taken to ensure little or no spillage of material occurs during the process.
• There are no size restrictions on the model
• Students will be required to deliver a presentation at the final and show how the planning & research was carried out.

Judging criteria/mark scheme

• Control 40%
• Weighing 40%
• Spillage 10%
• Appearance/ feasibility 10%

Mr Hodgkinson