EBIT WEEK

Posted on April 06, 2016

The Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) hosted Grade 10–12 learners at this year’s first EBIT Week, which took place from 29 March–1 April 2016. This event serves as an excellent marketing tool for the Faculty as it attracts top learners in Mathematics and Physical Science from across South Africa and neighbouring countries. The learners were housed at Tuks residences where they got a feel for student life.

Through lectures and lab visits in the nine engineering disciplines, these young minds were equipped with the information necessary to assist them in making informed career choices. The learners ended the programme with visits to various engineering-related industrial sites where they gained first-hand experience of being an engineer. Learners interested in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering participated in a hands-on workshop in the Departments’ labs where they engaged in two projects: the CDIO Lego Project (where they designed and built a small Lego car) and the Aerofoil Project (where they were tasked with numerically simulating and experimentally testing a National Association for Clean Air (NACA) aerofoil profile).

Every day ended with activities that allowed the learners to interact with each other; games were played that presented them with intellectual challenges, and on Braai and Dance Night they had the opportunity to interact socially.

Dean of EBIT, Prof Sunil Maharaj was really pleased and said that Engineering week had been running for over 10 years, and was one of their success stories. “Historically we found that the majority of our students who enrolled for engineering at Tuks have attended an Engineering Week, which helped them decide to enrol with us. Particularly this year has had been well attended despite the week falling during the holidays. We had in excess of 200 attendees. One of our targets is to attract more women in engineering.”

As part of the Faculty 60 Year of Engineering, companies such as SENTECH, POWERTECH and ATNS sponsered female learners from disadvantaged backgrounds with an average of 70 % in Maths and Science to attend the 2016 Engineering Week.

 

- Author Emly Mathe

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