BUILD A BOAT! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing boats and ships that carry everything from the food we eat to the cars we drive and of course, people! Boats take a lot of design work to make sure that all of the components won’t break down in […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #11
LET’S PLAY TENNIS Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing safe toys and sports equipment for us to play with. Items like tennis rackets are engineered to be light but durable to help athletes play better. The strings are chosen and strung so that they have maximum impact when […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #10
ICE CUBE COOLER! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing life-saving medical equipment. While we might use coolers to keep our water cold at a soccer game, they have lots of applications, including keeping medicine safe as it’s delivered to remote villages. Doctors without Borders use specially designed coolers […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #9
FERRIS WHEEL FUN! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including building safe amusement park rides! Now that sounds like fun. They have to think about which construction materials to use and the forces that will be acting on the seats, the spokes and the ground. Engineers also have to figure […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #8
A LEG TO STAND ON! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing medical equipment! One type of medical equipment that is designed by mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineers are prosthetic limbs for people who are missing arms or legs. Engineers must work with medical doctors to ensure that prosthetics […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #7
WATERPROOF THE ROOF! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing roofing materials to keep us safe and dry in our homes. The shape of our roofs also play a role in how they protect our living spaces from snow, rain and wind. Materials engineers need to think about properties […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #6
SAFELY LAND THE PACKAGE! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, including designing items to be used in natural disasters. There can be times when first responders cannot reach people by land to deliver food, water, or medicine, and instead they need to drop it from the air. Engineers design the […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #5
SAMPLE OF A SANDWICH! Engineers and geoscientists play an important part in protecting the public, and our environment here on earth! This challenge is based on core sampling – a key piece of earth science and geological engineering. Core sampling is when special tools are used to take a small subsection of the earth from […]
APEGNB Design Challenge #4
CREATE A SPACE TOOL! Engineers and geoscientists get to design and create items that are used all over the world – and even outside of our atmosphere! In space, astronauts may use tools that allow them to pick things up more easily from a distance and when their space suits limit their ability to grab […]