Encouraging creativity in design through student competitions

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dc.contributor.authorWareham, D.G.
dc.contributor.authorLe Masurier, J.
dc.contributor.authorMackechnie, J.
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-27T21:08:40Z
dc.date.available2007-11-27T21:08:40Z
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on a student competition in which teams of 4 students were asked to design an egg launching and catching device capable of launching an egg an initial distance of 2 metres without breakage. The design exercise was part of a creativity module in a Systems Engineering course and the objective of the exercise was to illustrate to students how the design process involves trade-offs between sometimes potentially conflicting criteria. Thus, the designs were judged not only on the winning distance but also factored into the total score were points for weight, cost, good appearance and accuracy/repeatability. Anecdotal comments from students indicated an immense enjoyment of the design experience and a full cognisance of the objectives of the competition.en
dc.identifier.citationWareham, D.G., Le Masurier, J., Mackechnie, J. (2006) Encouraging creativity in design through student competitions. Muscat, Oman: Ninth Annual Conference of UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE), 11-15 Feb 2006. 9th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education Conference Proceedings, 193-196.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/606
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Civil Engineering.en
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290800 Civil Engineering::290804 Construction engineeringen
dc.titleEncouraging creativity in design through student competitionsen
dc.typeConference Contributions - Published
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