Photo opportunity 3.30pm, Wednesday 11 June, West ParkConference Centre, Perth Road, Dundee.
The University of Dundee is laying down the gauntlet to local school pupils with skills in engineering, science and mathematics to see if they can use their ingenuity to create a device that transfers eggs as quickly as possible from the hen to the egg box.
The teams of senior pupils from eighteen schools in Tayside, Fife and Central will design and construct the device using the most basic of materials controlled by a strict budget. As an extra challenge they will be asked to work into their device a mechanism to grade the eggs.
As well as the engineering challenge, the teams will be asked to design a poster and write a synopsis for the media attracting publicity and potential buyers for their device. The competition will be judged on the engineering and publicity materials produced by each team.
The challenge is a one day event aimed at introducing potential engineering students to life at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Dundee by showing them that degree programmes contain a lot of hands on live engineering tasks.
The projects allow the student to gain an insight into what life as a practising engineer is all about. Previous projects have involved building a record player, a security device, a timer for the visually impaired and a method of eradicating the millennium bug.
The event is supported by Albacom Ltd, BG Transco, BRE Limited, Clydesdale Bank, Compugraphics, Dundee City Council, Glaxo, WL Gore, IM Yorkshire Fittings Ltd, Michelin, NCR, Nikon Precision Europe, Raytheon, RS Components, Scottish Enterprise Tayside, Tait Components Ltd and John Smith Bookshop
By Jenny Marra, Head of Press 01382 344910 j.m.marra@dundee.ac.uk