‘The focus of this Open Day is to highlight the hard work and technical achievements of our final-year students,’ said Academic Leader for Mechanical Engineering at UKZN, Professor Glen Bright.ĭiscipline demonstrations and postgraduate research will also be on show. The technology demonstration prototypes that they produce within the nine month period encompass a wide variety of engineering sub-disciplines including vehicle design (electric, air, land, water), green energy technologies, renewable energy harvesting systems and industrial machines.Īssessment of the projects is structured in accordance with the Engineering outcomes required by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). The final year Mechanical Engineering design projects simulate a professional working environment in which students have to apply the Engineering knowledge gained during their studies, to achieve specified project objectives whilst keeping within predetermined budgets. Projects are allocated to project groups, consisting of three or four students, at the beginning of the year. This display of projects is part of the degree requirements of the final year Design and Research Project modules. With their hearts in their mouths, the fourth year engineering hopefuls are at hand to explain their project designs to evaluators, sponsors, parents and the general public. This highlight of UKZN Mechanical Engineering’s academic calendar showcases the best of innovative student engineering, when final year Mechanical Engineering students display their projects for public viewing. Students and staff alike are hard at work preparing for the annual Mechanical Engineering Open Day, scheduled to take place on Friday 20 October 2017 at the Unite School of Engineering building, Howard College Campus. There is feverish activity and an atmosphere of excited anticipation in the corridors of UKZN’s discipline of Mechanical Engineering.
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