The IET Brunei Young Professional Section (YPS) and Oil & Gas Discovery Centre Brunei conducted an IET Faraday Do-It-Yourself “Mission To Mars” Challenge for Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan aged 15 years old and below (Year 7-9).

The aim of the activity is to give students the opportunity to research, design and make prototype solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. This is in-line with the IET Brunei vision and mission in promoting the general advancement of science, engineering and technology and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on these subjects amongst the general public especially students.

The details of the event were as follows:

Event: IET Faraday Do-It-Yourself (DIY) “Mission to Mars” Challenge

Targeted Date: 9th April 2016 (Saturday)

Time: 7.30 am to 3.30 pm

Venue: Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan, BSB

Participants: 36 students (6 Teams)

The “Mission to Mars” challenge was designed for six teams of six students (36 students in total) in Year 7-8 and it was based on the IET Faraday Challenge events at held secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Students were given tasks as engineer specialists recruited by a mock company called, 'Make it 2 Mars', to establish a human settlement on the planet Mars by 2023. Students were asked to design and construct a rocket which will transport supplies via Earth orbit to the astronauts on Mars, as well as building a system to transport their rocket to the launch site for testing.

The whole exercise gave the students insight into the roles and responsibilities of an engineering team as they not only attempted to create their prototypes but then had to justify their ideas, costs and implementation plans to the judges.   This challenge also encourages the development of students’ problem solving, team working and communication skills.

The winner of the competition received a BND$120.00 cash prize as well as certificates. The prize was presented by Lt Col (U) Schufin Hj Brahim, the IET Brunei Darussalam Vice Chairperson for 2014-2016 Session.

IET & OGDC would like to take this opportunity to thank all volunteers especially the students from Universiti Teknologi Brunei.

For more information of about the IET DIY Faraday challenge, please visit http://faraday.theiet.org/stem-activity-days/diy-challenge/index.cfm or visit us at the https://communities.theiet.org/communities/home/143.

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