The UK’s only remote operated vehicle (ROV) challenge for school children is looking for judges as it counts down days to regional finals.
The Robert Gordon University, coordinators of the Scottish final of the annual Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Centre competition, has called on judges, mentors and sponsors to support the pupils’ entries.
The 2014 MATE challenge will see teams complete set missions using an ROV they had previously constructed to stand a chance of competing in the international final in Alpena, Michigan in the US.
Judges will have to assess technical capabilities of the school teams’ ROVs, as well as written and verbal presentation skills, while mentors are expected to assist pupils with project management and technical aspects of the challenge.
“We have had fantastic support from a number of companies over the year, including our headline sponsor BP and others such as Subsea 7,” said Graeme Dunbar, engineering lecturer at RGU.
“However, there are a number of roles that we are keen for people to get involved in as we go forward, such as the judging panel and mentoring teams.
“We are always happy to hear from potential sponsors, whose support enables us to expand the work we do in presenting engineering as an exciting prospect for school pupils and engaging with them at an early stage, but I would love more companies to open their doors to these young people to give them a glimpse of the industry at work.”
The Scottish finals take place on April 3, at RGU’s Garthdee Campus with more than a dozen schools from across the country taking part.
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