Technology Challenge 2011
The Greater Manchester STEM Centre challenges post-16 students to create a technological revolution!
Technology Challenge 4 - 8 July 2011: teams entered into the challenge spirit for Science, Technology, and Engineering.
Mentoring and sponsoring companies: Analysis Mason, Atkins, Parsons Brinckerhoff, University of Salford & The GM STEM Centre, and in addition to their most generous sponsorship - Electricity North West.
Congratulations to all who participated - in particular prizes were awarded to both Runshaw and Loreto Colleges.
Technology Challenge is a science and engineering extravaganza held at The University of Manchester 1824, who kindly provide us space and facilities for the week.
Participating schools this year were:
- Loreto College,
- Runshaw College,
- Sale Grammar School,
- Tytherington High School,
Projects are set and mentored by scientists and engineers from academia and industry. Students respond creatively to the problems they face. Every team achieved a working solution to their problem, presented their results in a large display, and explained their project to an experienced and qualified team of judges.
The projects were judged in two arenas and prizes awarded to the top two projects from each arena:
| Results | Tech Challenge
| 2011 |
First Prizes:
| Runshaw College (1) | Runshaw College (2) |
| Second Prizes: | Loreto College (2)
| Loreto College (4)
|
All entrants received
a silver BA Crest award.
Awards and prizes were presented by one of the judges, Alan Jones representing Electricity North West & the IET.
Download reports: 2011 2010 For more information about Technology Challenge, or
To get involved with Technology Challenge 2012 please contact:
Rik Whittaker
Tel: 0161 295 2602 Fax: 0161 278 2524
Email me on:
rik321 (A(@)T) gmail . com or please feel free to complete the contact form below.