{"id":1338,"date":"2019-06-18T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T12:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:02:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T07:02:52","slug":"uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"UWE student team semi-finalists in EWB-UK Design Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb-uk.org\/\"><em>Engineers Without Borders<\/em><\/a><em> award-winning <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb-uk.org\/engineering-for-people\/\"><em>Engineering for People Design Challenge<\/em><\/a><em> prepares students, the engineers of the future, to become globally responsible engineers. This year, a team from UWE Bristol made the finals, as <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/MaryamLamere\"><em>Maryam Lamere<\/em><\/a><em> tells us in this guest post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge-1024x311.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge-1024x311.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge-768x233.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge-1200x364.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/Engineering-for-People-Design-Challenge.png 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am really proud of <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/coursesbysubject\/engineeringcourses.aspx\">our L1 students<\/a> who took part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb-uk.org\/engineering-for-people\/\">Engineering for People Design Challenge<\/a> last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, 6500 students from Universities across the UK took part in the challenge organised by EWB-UK. Fewer than 200 got through to the Grand Finals. The UWE team (Amelie, Marwan, Liberty, Conrad, Caner and Nicholas) were amongst the talented few.&nbsp; They presented their <a href=\"https:\/\/info.uwe.ac.uk\/news\/uwenews\/news.aspx?id=3882\">PEEPOWER<\/a> inspired solution with much enthusiasm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb3-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1363\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge\/ewb3\/\" class=\"wp-image-1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb3-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb3-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb3-1200x902.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1364\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge\/ewb2\/\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb2.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1365\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge\/ewb1-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/ewb1-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judging panel particularly gave good feedback on UWE integrating high impact research (innovative PEEPOWER technology) into undergraduate teaching. Students were introduced to the technology by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/Ioannis2Ieropoulos\">Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/TosinObata\">Dr Tosin Obata<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolroboticslab.com\/bristol-bioenergy-centre\">Bristol BioEnergy Centre<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolroboticslab.com\/\">Bristol Robotics Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students very much enjoyed their experience in London at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theiet.org\/\">Institute of Engineering and Technology<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well done to them&nbsp; for doing\ntheir best! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Engineers Without Borders award-winning Engineering for People Design Challenge prepares students, the engineers of the future, to become globally responsible engineers. This year, a team from UWE Bristol made the finals, as Maryam Lamere tells us in this guest post. I am really proud of our L1 students who took part in the Engineering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-student-team-finalists-in-ewb-uk-design-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UWE student team semi-finalists in EWB-UK Design Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}