Surat Basin STEAM students design the future
The dust is still settling after an exciting student ‘Designathon’ in Dalby recently. STEAM students from schools across the Surat Basin region came together to form teams and challenge each other to design solutions using advanced manufacturing technologies.
We teamed up with manufacturing tech experts Arc Hardware to deliver the event. The process students followed to create their concepts mirrored what ambitious innovators do in many industry start-up environments. They pitched ideas, created teams, validated the chosen idea with business, created a prototype and then presented it to industry (i.e. the judges)!
The event program stretched over three days, and brought friends, family, representatives from local businesses, government and media together to support students.
Article: Dalby Herald, 28 February 2020
So the big questions after the event was what did they create and who won!? Hold onto your hats, because these students sure know how to think creatively and out-side-the-box.
Jump into the team projects to find these answers:
Without our industry judges, student mentor and event sponsor, this would not have been possible. A big “thank you” — from all us.
Sponsor:
Judges:
> Bradley Prosser, Simplicity Australia
> Shaun Nagy, Bushmans Group
> Jarrod Pocock, Downs Sheet Metal
> Keith Wilson, Arrow Energy
Mentors:
> Joy Taylor, Canvas Coworking
> Trudi Barlett, Regional Development Australia
> Stephanie Piper, Elkei Education
> Luke Henderson, M5 Stack
> Michael Pearson, Down Sheet Metal
> Leroy Finch, Finch Engineering
Facilitator:
Arc Hardware Incubator
