A new educational support scheme for mechanical engineering students – Engineering Insight – has been launched.
Engineering Insight has been designed to engage with mechanical engineering students at iMechE-accredited institutions, by setting real-world design challenges based on actual products and applications.
More than 200 students at Aston and Brunel universities will take part in the inaugural scheme in 2012, with projects, guidelines and support provided by UK engineering firm Midland-ACS.
Students will be formed into teams of four, and asked to come up with new product design concepts for specific flow control applications. The projects for each university are based on detailed design criteria set out by the engineering department of Midland-ACS.
“Our aim is to help give students the best possible start to their working careers, as well as have a little fun during the process,” says scheme organiser Andy Sealey.
“At the end of the project, every participant will be in a position to show prospective employers some real-world design experience in addition to their academic achievements.”
Engineering Insight projects will replace the theoretical design examples normally used in programmes. Each university will work on separate challenges, to avoid inter-university competition.
Engineering Insight hopes to extend the scheme to more institutions across the UK during 2012.