Far North Queensland Engineering Link Project 2024

Greg Millican

Event Phone: 07 3102 7394

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  • FNQELP
     31/08/2024
     8:30 am - 4:00 pm

We are excited to present the Far North Queensland Engineering Link Project again in 2024.  This unique event provides an exceptional engineering experience while ensuring that all relevant and required COVID-19 conditions are met.

The Engineering Link Project will be an event for Year 10, 11 and 12 students interested in experiencing what engineering REALLY is!

This year’s event will be held on Saturday 31st August.

Everyone will participate in two workshops in different engineering disciplines. Each workshop is designed to challenge your creativity, and knowledge of maths and science you are learning at school, and introduce you to the engineering paradigm.

A professional engineer will outline their career and what a day in the life of an engineer is, then present you with a problem or scenario that you will have to solve in teams. You will test materials, complete design calculations, and submit a proposal. If approved, you will construct your solution. The engineer will evaluate each solution against the criteria and declare the winning team.

Students will participate in 2 different workshops, providing unique and valuable insights into this exciting career.  Over lunch, students will sit and talk to engineers, learning about their lives and have time to ask questions.

Students will also experience university by working in labs and getting a feel for university life.  This is worth the price of admission on its own.

Quotes from 2023 Participants:

The thing I found most valuable was learning how to think like an engineer and the types of skills used in it

Really fun and I want to come back next year

I loved working with industry professionals and gaining insight into their experiences and stories of how they got into the field they are in.

Registration for the Engineering Link Project is from 8 am on Saturday 31st August at the Ideate Space (Building D004), JCU Cairns, with the event commencing at 8.30 am. We conclude at 4 pm.

Please read this carefully before commencing registration:

  • Registration is only confirmed once payment has been received. If you intend to pay by direct deposit, please email the receipt of payment as soon as payment is made.
  • The first email address you enter into the registration process will be the main form of communication with registered participants. Please ensure that address is checked regularly (checking on spam/junk email regularly).

Venue:  

Venue Phone: 0400258938

Venue Website:

Address:
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, 4878, Australia

Description:

As part of the Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, the College of Science, Technology and Engineering is the home of JCU’s expertise in the physical sciences, chemistry, earth sciences, and engineering to form a strong grouping uniquely placed to tackle the grand challenges facing the tropical world.

The College of Science, Technology and Engineering is establishing a new programme in Electronic Systems & Internet of Things (IoT), as part of the Bachelor of Engineering, to be offered at JCU’s Cairns campus from 2016.  The undergraduate IoT program will be the first in Australia and will combine the study of electronic engineering with internet technologies, wireless communications, sensor devices, industrial design and cloud computing.The College is led by the Dean, Professor Paul Dirks.