{"id":7218,"date":"2021-12-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2021-12-08T08:45:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T08:45:23","slug":"university-scrapheap-challenge-lego-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/university-scrapheap-challenge-lego-style\/","title":{"rendered":"University Scrapheap Challenge &#8211; Lego-style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, many of our student engineers here at UWE Bristol, got involved in fun, team-working challenges. And foundation students weren&#8217;t going to be left out &#8211; they took on their own Lego-based scrapheap challenge on Friday 26th November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Programme leader for the Foundation Year, James Whiting, masterminded the challenge. Borrowing an assortment of Lego from the Engineering outreach team to form the scrapheap from which the students selected components to build a balloon-powered Lego car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See photos below of the foundation students engaging with the team building activity, but also, having lots of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Let the races begin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7205\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7205\" class=\"wp-image-7205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/More-lego-building.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7208\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7208\" class=\"wp-image-7208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Students-working-on-Lego-balloon-racers_smaller.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/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\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7206\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7206\" class=\"wp-image-7206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-balloon-racers_smaller-1200x900.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\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7222\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7222\" class=\"wp-image-7222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Lego-winners_smaller-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driving\/Flying simulations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the catch up and engagement week, Automotive Engineering With Foundation Year students, took part in simulation games in the Digital Engineering Lab. See photos below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><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\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7225\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7225\" class=\"wp-image-7225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-1_smaller-1200x900.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\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7226\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=7226\" class=\"wp-image-7226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/Simulation-2_smaller-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, many of our student engineers here at UWE Bristol, got involved in fun, team-working challenges. And foundation students weren&#8217;t going to be left out &#8211; they took on their own Lego-based scrapheap challenge on Friday 26th November. Programme leader for the Foundation Year, James Whiting, masterminded the challenge. Borrowing an assortment of Lego &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/university-scrapheap-challenge-lego-style\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;University Scrapheap Challenge &#8211; Lego-style&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":7207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-teaching","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7218","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7218"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7269,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7218\/revisions\/7269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}