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Southampton Broad Based Engineering
The Design Triathlon
Fly a plane, race a Greenpower Electric Car and design a power-boat during the University of Southampton’s award-winning ‘Design Triathlon’ Headstart week.
Experience what Aeronautics & Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering and Ship Science are all about with hands-on projects under the guidance of expert staff and students in the School of Engineering Sciences:
- Design a plane, manufacture it, test it in a wind-tunnel and compete in the grand fly-off
- Build, setup and race Greenpower Electric Cars against other teams to see who is in pole position
- Get wet with power boat design, test in the towing tank and then compete in a nail-biting race in the University swimming pool.
Participants will do all of the projects to experience what each discipline has to offer at Southampton. Will you be able to triumph in all three races to win the triathlon?
Talks from recent graduates currently working in industry give you an idea of what you can achieve with an engineering degree.
Living in student halls provides a taste of student life and you will have the opportunity to ask current students what it is really like at university. There will be a different activity every evening and a night out on the last evening. See www.soton.ac.uk/ses/outreach/ for more details, photos and movies.
Design, build, test, float, fly & race - can you rise to the challenge?
This Headstart course includes a ‘Dragonfly’ module, where younger students from local schools are mentored by some of the girls attending the main course earlier in the week.
Dragonfly at Southampton is supported by The Royal Air Force and we are pleased to welcome their participation as Lead Sponsor for the Dragonfly programme. |
