Commemorative Program

Commemorative Program REA Re-Engineering Australia Forum (rea) aims to raise the level of importance and awareness of technology and innovation along with developing the skills of young Australians to assure their opportunities for the future. They promote collaboration between our cities and country regions in support of innovation and have encouraged partnership between educational institutions and industry. Check out... www.rea.org.au Re-Engineering Australia Forum Ltd was formed in 1999 as a not-forprofit organisation dedicated to stirring the imagination of young minds, introducing them to the amazing world of engineering, and guiding them along the path of encouragement to their chosen future. REA Forum’s current programs touch the lives of several hundred thousand students from kindergarten/year one to university. “Armed with their “no-one told us we couldn’t” spirit, the young Australians in our programs are embracing and mastering professional–level technologies to such levels that companies are wanting them straight out of school.” The programs are successful because they have been framed around the practical learning methods that young people prefer. And they incorporate the key drivers of our Innovators Of The Future; passion, a sense of adventure, empowerment, competition, world best technologies, and learning specialist skills which make them more employable. REA speaks to students in a language they understand, and they are taking up the challenge. Australian Defence Force In the current environment of increasing skills shortages, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is actively seeking opportunities to ensure that current and future skilled workers consider the Navy, Army or Air Force as a career option. One such event is the Formula 1 Technology Challenge for high school students from years 7-12. In November the ADF signed on as the naming rights sponsor for the F1 in Schools National Final, to be held in Noosa (QLD) in December 2007. Over 32 000 high school students from more than 300 schools competed in this year’s competition, with the field narrowed to 100 students from 16 schools for the national final. This elimination final will be webcast live each day by Webex The F1 in Schools competition, coordinated by Re-Engineering Australia Forum, sees students using the same software as major companies to engineer and manufacture miniature Formula One cars. The end product on which the students are judged more than just racing a car. Experienced engineers will assess the teams’ marketing and body of work displays, technical presentations and understanding of engineering. Director General Defence Force Recruiting, Brigadier Simon Gould said: “Many industries are competing to attract the same skilled workers and Defence is keeping ahead of the pack by ensuring that Australia’s future engineers are aware of the fantastic opportunities Defence has to offer.” ADF involvement in National Final… CHECK IT OUT!! Flight Simulator Trainer Recruitment Vehicle DFR Holden Maloo Ute F1 inSchools the challenge…. The F1 inSchools Technology Challenge is a competition open to all high school students to design and manufacture C02 powered model racing cars. The challenge is run in over 20 countries and each year a world competition is held. Here the student teams compete against each other to determine the best engineered and fastest car in the world! The 2006-07 challenge reached and exceeded all expectations, with 13 countries competing for the crown in Melbourne, Australia. The 2007 World Champions are Team FUGA from Coleraine, Northern Ireland. This year, we have been expanding further and hope to have even more countries taking part. The 2008 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia should be a spectacular competition! Check out... www.f1inschools.com “We entered the competition because we were after a challenge that involved using a variety of skills that may benefit our future lives.” Why? The F1 inSchools Technology Challenge exists to raise the profile of engineering across schools throughout the world. CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing), CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) and VR (Virtual Reality) systems are now common place in the manufacturing industry, which is why it is so important for the engineers and designers of the future to get to grips with them early on. Students using CAD/CAM, CNC and VR software are able to design, test, analyse and manufacture their own creations using the very latest technology. F1 inSchools a total educational experience…. By taking part in the F1 inSchools Technology Challenge students are able to experience many areas of education and learning—way beyond the technology used just to manufacture the cars. F1 in Schools is a project in itself that can be put towards achieving qualifications in many areas across the curriculum. Check out... www.f1inschools.com “F1 inSchools is the most exciting opportunity I have ever experienced in schools. Through F1 in Schools Australia, our students have been given the opportunity to work with state of the art software. The F1 inSchools program passionately engages students in high industry standard engineering.” KEY SKILLS Application of numbers Communication Use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Managing own learning/personal planning Problem Solving Team leadership/management WORK RELATED LEARNING Action Learning Learning about work Learning through work Learning for work Mechanical design and build ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS DIGITAL MANUFACTURING team profile team: The Bullets location: Noosa District State High School, QLD fast facts We entered for fun! We saw some cars race during a year 7 orientation day and thought it would be exciting to make our own. Some of the challenges we faced included meeting very short deadlines. For example, last year we built an entirely new car for the national comp. in just 6 weeks. Also learning the complexities of generating NC codes for 5 different machining programs from scratch. Coming up with new and different ideas for each level of competition. It's tough being an innovator! “Engineering is not just about building big things like the low-down: Members: Scott Bellingham Dean Tsilfidis Lucas Rykenberg Supervising Teacher bridges and buildings.” Roles: Team Manager Design Engineer and Graphics Designer Manufacturing Engineer and Resource Manager Mark Presling Best race time: 1.085 team background The Bullets were formed in 2006 as a team of three year 8's and one year 9, Conor Fraser. Conor left the team in 2007 to form a Senior Team. The Bullets competed in State and National Finals in 2006 and narrowly missed out on a win in last years national comp. This year we competed in a regional competition and the state comp. held at Noosa Distrcit State High School. We have proud of our achievealways tried to create ments. She likes to brag! new and interesting ways of designing cars and presenting our work. We are well known in our community and our Principal is very team profile team: Impulse F1 location: Barker College, NSW fast facts We have learnt how many people in industry are willing to help and interested in what we are doing. We have also learnt how closely related industry and our competition can be. It became clear when competing in the competition that it had many links to industry. Many of the processes we undertake are also used in industry. We discovered just how closely related what we do is to industry and how it can be applied. “The whole team gets a real buzz out of competing.” the low-down: Members: Matt Cruickshank Tom Crookes Alex Womersley Mike Heard Matt Turner Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Graphic Designer and Front Wing Engineer Graphic Designer and Team Marketing Manufacturing Engineer Resources Manager Ross Howard Best race time: 1.091 team background Impulse F1 is this year’s entry from NSW for the National Finals of F1 in Schools. The team has been together for 4 years. Over the years the team has had a proud record in the F1 in Schools Program, including 2nd outright, Fastest Car, Best Marketing and the Judges Award- 2006 National Finals; 4th Outright, Best Marketing, Best Engineered Design 2005 National Finals; and Best Marketing2004 National. This is the team’s final shot at the overall title and hope that we can represent our country at the 2008 World Championships. We entered the competition for fun. The whole team gets a real buzz out of competing. We enjoy the links we make with industry and the career paths it has opened us for us. team profile team: The Rippers location: Mackay North State High School, QLD fast facts There's more to engineering that meets the eye. There is a side that deals with clients and working together as a team. This we have observed when visiting working engineering firms. We wanted to see a job this big through from start to finish and gain a real sense of achievement in doing so. Also, we wanted to gain experience in the designing of a product then marketing it to prospective sponsors. “A highlight has been meeting and interacting with a lot of important and talented people along the way.” the low-down: Members: Brandon Bowen Brendan Smith Phillip Wright Michael Kay Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Design Engineer Manufacturing Engineer Resource Manager Chris Gonnella Best race time: 1.080 team background This is the first year The Rippers have been involved in the F1 in Schools Program They gained 2nd place at Hub Finals and were given a Wildcard to the State Finals. Phillip Wright (manufacturing engineer) has achieved a cadetship in Mechanical Engineering through meeting with industry. “We have learnt that industry is very approachable and they will take the time to help you out.” At the State Finals they once again came 2nd overall and were awarded the "Most Innovative Design". Their success has allowed them to be given Queensland’s wildcard entry into the National finals. “There's more to engineering than meets the eye.” team profile team: Torres Strait Flames location: Tagai State College, Secondary College, QLD fast F1 facts Maximising the positive effects of the air and minimising the negative effects is the aerodynamicist’s challenge. The first attempts to harness aerodynamics in Formula One racing were relatively crude and dangerous, but the technology and knowledge has evolved into a fine art, which literally dictates who succeeds and who doesn’t. “We went to Noosa with our cars unpainted and had to paint them in the rain which led to a foggy finish. Other the low-down: Members: Alestair Parmenter Mucha Van-Rysinge Jacob Seekee Ryan McIlwain Ross Stevens Supervising Teacher teams asked us how we got such a cool finish.” Roles: Team Manager Resource Manager Manufacturing Engineer Design Engineer Graphic designer Mr Ben Sacnlon Best race time: 1.214 team background The Torres Strait Flames are based in Torres Strait and won the state finals. it would be a great experience and thought we could learn lots about things most people wouldn't even imagine kids our age could The school originally had two teams but then it Our team decided to en- learn. became one when mem- ter because we thought bers from both the teams were chosen to become one team and form the Torres Strait Flames. Some of the highlights for our team was winning the state finals for apprentice class and going to Noosa to compete. team profile team: Team Predator location: Barker College, NSW fast F1 facts “Aerodynamics is now the most important item on the car which a team can actually change, because if you look at the tyres, everyone has the same tyres and the engine is homologated. So aerodynamics is the single biggest item we can change - the biggest performance item on the car.” “The biggest highlight for us as a team was setting a the low-down: Members: Lucas Hicks Ben Whitford Peter McKenzie Nick Stuart Steve Jones Supervising Teacher new Australian record...” Roles: Team manager Marketing/Resources Manager Manufacturing Engineer Design Engineer Graphics Designer Darren Woodrow Best race time: 1.040 team background Our Team was formed through a unit of work at school using CATIA. We started off with only three team members, where we had an internal competition against the rest of our class, which we won. As a team we picked two more team members from our class that we had interviewed and evaluated to join us in the State Competition and later the Nationals.As a team we came across a few challenges, such as designing our car in a way that would be fast enough yet innovative enough to compete. We chose to put a detachable ABS plastic front wing on our car because it would definitely not get broken when it the towel at the other end of the track and it allowed us to design a much finer and more aerodynamic front wing with the guarantee that it wouldn't break. Our biggest team highlight was when we set a new Australian record time, which was made even better from the fact that the record we beat had only been made ten minutes earlier. team profile team: Sonic location: Brighton Secondary School, SA fast F1 facts Just like in the F1 in Schools competition, the F1 cars are initially examined before the race and a car cannot take part in the event until it has passed scrutineering. A car must be re-examined by scrutineers if any significant changes are made to it by the team or if it is involved in an accident. In addition to scrutineering, cars are also weighed throughout the Grand Prix weekend to ensure that they comply with minimum weight requirements. “We wanted to create our own identity by casting aside stale ideas and making the Sonic racing team an the low-down: Members: Louise Vermey Vic Guthrie Tim Dowling Mitch Bailey Mathew Brown Supervising Teacher individual.” Roles: Team Manager Resources Manager Design Engineer Manufacturing Engineer Graphics Designer Stephen Read Best race time: 1.180 team background We originally started in a year 9 CAD class, We were given the oppertunity to enter this competition. So we as the Sonic racing team wanted to create our own identity by casting aside stale ideas and of skills that may benefit making the Sonic racing our future lives. (e.g. enteam an individual. gineering, sponsorships and 3D graphics) We entered the competition because we were A highlight of the compeafter a challenge that tition was finding out involved using a variety that we were going to Noosa to compete with cars that have come from all around Australia. Sponsor profile Webex use in F1 in Schools…. A key initiative of REA is the Schools Innovation Design Challenge which runs as a competition offered to all high school students aged 12-17 years of age throughout Australia. A collaborative online tool was needed to allow students to meet and work together in teams, no matter where they lived in Australia. Check out... www.webex.com.au In identifying a suitable collaborative solution, it became apparent that accessibility would be a critical factor in our final decision. Participating schools required a solution that was readily accessible and would not require significant investment in IT infrastructure. For that reason a web based solutionwas identified as the most applicable. Crucially, Webex did not require any additional infrastructure or IT resource investment from schools wishing to participate. Webex’s web conferencing solution can be accessed from any internet enabled desktop. All that is required from schools to access this technology is internet access and an REA issued username and password. “Once we understood the structure and procedures, using WebEx became very intuitive and it was easy to find all the tools we needed to complete the project,” Usability was also a key criteria. Students wishing to compete in the challenge had varying degrees of competence with technology. One of the aims of the program was to improve their familiarity with technology overall. Therefore, it was crucial that the platform on which they worked together was as user friendly and as intuitive as possible. “The functionality that Webex delivered went beyond our original expectations of a collaborative platform. Capable of handling multiple participants concurrently, it enabled our partner experts to share documents and presentations, and deliver lectures and demonstrations in a virtual classroom environment, without leaving their offices. Students could watch the presenter in real-time, and have the ability to interact, asking questions as they would in the classroom. Online Learning and Teaching for Schools in Australia team profile team: Speed Demons location: Brighton Secondary School, SA fast F1 facts The term ‘Formula 1’ was not introduced until after the Second World War. It was intended to identify top-class motor racing. The first Formula 1 World Championship took place in 1950 under the direction of the FIA. The first race in the World Championship was the British Grand Prix on May 13th, 1950. “The main challenge we have faced so far is the distance between our schools, as Charles Campbell is over an the low-down: Members: Vicky Seaman Amelia Thomas Sami Milton Amadeus Kosmidis Elijah Forsyth Supervising Teacher hours drive away from Brighton Secondary School.” Roles: Team Manager Graphics Designer Resources Manager Design Engineer Manufacturing Engineer Stephen Read Best race time: 1.140 team background Our team was formed early in the year and originally had three members. Since then the team has developed, gaining two members from Charles Campbell Secondary School. The main challenge we have faced so far is the distance between our schools, as Charles Campbell is over hour’s drive away from Brighton Secondary School. Other challenges have mainly revolved around deadlines, from getting our specially made wheels finished, to getting all the images for our design portfolio. The highlight of everything so far is the chance to work with such a diverse range of people, including our team members, university correspondants and sponsorship company representatives. world finals 08 where will you be in 08?? Check out... www.f1inschools.com F1 in Schools Ltd has announced that the 2008 World Championships will take place in the 5* Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 18th to 20th of March 2008. There are presently a total of 25 teams representing their countries due to attend the fourth year of this International event as they compete to ultimately determine who is the best in the world and win the Bernie Ecclestone World Championship Trophy and an Automotive Engineering scholarship at The City University, London. In 2007 the World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia and the winners were Team Fuga, from Northern Ireland. They set a new world speed record of 1.020 seconds down the 20-metre race track, at a scale speed of over 350km per hour and have confirmed they will return next year to defend their title. The runners-up were the all-girl trio from Scotland, Team Lightning, followed by another all-girl team in third place, Mercurial Ace from Malaysia. The world record set in 2006 by Malaysia was broken no less than nine times over the four days! “Next year at our annual event in Malaysia we hope for an even greater level of competition between the teams. F1 in Schools continues to be a great way of encouraging young people to enjoy engineering and The fun stuff design." F1 in Schools operates in 26 countries across the globe, with over 7 million school children participating in the competition. The 2008 World Championship will have the support of a host of companies, together with recognition from all the Formula One teams and its Patrons. Following on from the event all participants will have the chance to enjoy three days of fun at the Formula One Grand Prix, brushing shoulders with drivers, senior engineers and VIP guests along with a packed itinerary of fun activities at the hotel water park. are you the next world champions?? team profile team: Tassie Troopers Check out... www.tassietroopers.7250.net location: Brooks High School fast F1 facts The wind tunnel is an important component in a testing chain. Parts are designed using CAD (Computer Aided Design) technology and then tested using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software. The latter uses sophisticated computer processing to analyse the likely impact of a new part before it is manufactured. Parts that show a benefit on the computer will be built and tested in the wind tunnel. THIS IS JUST LIKE WHAT YOU DO!! “We entered because it is a great opportunity and we also get to go a lot of places and meet new people.” the low-down: Members: Luke Purdon Bevin Groves Nick Marriner Mitchell Cordell Daniel Gray Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Design Engineer Graphic Designer Manufacturing Engineer Resource Manager Murat Djakic Best race time: 1.186 team background The Tassie Troopers are a group of highly energetic guys, most of the team had been through a computer graphics class, Nick was always a step ahead of the rest, the other members of the team followed closely behind building on Nick’s ex- When we pursued the program more, we found pertise. the advantages this would When offered the idea of have to ourselves and to those we could share our creating our own miniaskills with. ture sized F1 car we thought, “Why would people want to race little F1 After many ups and cars? What is the point?” downs we pulled through to get all areas covered to the best of our abilities so far, in the little time that we had we finished all that we had and were happy with what we had done and happy to be representing under down under. opportunity where could rea take you?? ? team profile team: The Hummers location: Port Dalrymple School fast F1 facts “As human beings none of us like change, we're resistant to it. The Toyota process is almost constant change, which people initially completely resist. But if you want to find more gain you almost have to change every .” - John Howett “We are not a team of individual champions. We are a the low-down: Members: Jayde Goss Jaymeila Webb Alex Weir Justin Bannon Zak Barber Supervising Teacher champion team.” Roles: Team Manager Resource Manager Design Engineer Graphic Engineer Manufacturing Engineer Mr Neil Harris Best race time: 1.400 team background The team started when our mentor Mr Neil Harris selected 8 students to represent the school in the TAS titles. We worked hard as a team and are now representing Tasmania in the national finals. The team has gone through a tough time down here not having a designated working time and CATIA didn’t always work on our computers so we had to go to Brooks high school to work. This wasn’t the best as it meant we couldn’t work together as a team. We are a mixed team of year 9 students, but with all the challenges we have faced it has proved to be a good thing for our team. sponsor profile Dassault Systemes have seen the world’s most advanced 3D engineering design and manufacturing solution made available to all high school students across the nation, through being a founding National Partner of REA Forum since its inception in 1999 “Our programs start in year seven which means by the time a student has gone through high school, then studied at a tertiary institution, he or she will enter the work force already fluent and confident in using CATIA, or any CAD system.” CATIA -based high school teams have represented Australia at the F1 in Schools World Finals over the past three years and in every case they have returned with Best Engineered International Awards...the highlight being in 2006 when a team of year seven boys from Melbourne were crowned the World F1 in Schools Champions! A true testimony to the advantage of having CATIA as their Design and Technology learning tools. “Through our relationship with Dassault Systemes, REA is able to provide each high school with millions of dollars worth of engineering technology. And, to date, we have distributed in the vicinity of $400,000,000 worth of CATIA to schools from Tasmania to Thursday Island and from Perth to Rockhampton. But, more than this, with a product which incorporates such features as 3D design, engineering analysis, visualisation, simulation, knowledgeware, photo-realistic rendering and human ergonomic studies…we are opening up students’ minds to new and amazing possibilities. And that is the confidence they need if they are going to take on the world.” CATIA is far more then just CAD. The school license includes more than 120 workbenches. As well as standard 3D modeling, it has 29 engineering solutions including Circuit Board Design, 3D Electrical Layout, and Pipe And Tube Design. There are 22 product synthesis solutions such as Digital Mock Up, Human Builder (ergonomics) and Knowledgeware. Composite Part Design, Sheet Metal Design and Production are two of the 20 mechanical design solutions. There are 16 shaping and styling tools including revolutionary Imagine And Shape and Photorealistic Rendering, 11 manufacturing solutions (eg. Multi-Axis Machining, Machining Simulation, and Rapid Prototyping), along with Finite Element Analysis for parts and assembly dynamics. team profile team: Aeolus Check out... http://aeolus.wikispaces.com location: Trinity Grammar School, Kew fast F1 facts Here you can see how F1 teams minimize the drag caused by the wheels. This is a problem in all car racing including the F1 in Schools challenge. “We believe as a new team that we can deeply learn and profit from this experience.” the low-down: Members: Malte Ahrens Sam Karopoulos Nicholas Roberts Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Design Engineer & Graphic Designer Resources Manager & Manufacturing Engineer Peter Clinton Best race time: 1.139 team background Team Aeolus is a Junior Professional Team from Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne. We are a team of three Year 7 boys. In 2007 we joined together to form Aeolus in pursuit to learn, design, collaborate, test and race the model F1 car. Our Team name, 'Aeolus' comes from Greek meaning 'God of the Wind; in Greek Mythology'. Aeolus is pronounced as , ee - o - lus. We have chosen this name because (it literally means 'God of the Wind') it brings sense to aerodynamics and the flow of wind (Generally, fast things slip through the wind). Our Team logo represents the world with a giant storm raging across it, just as we hope it will be like when we compete. sponsor profile QLD Gov. The Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry is responsible for creating and supporting industries to stimulate the growth and economic stability of Queensland. We are creating even more jobs, and we don’t have enough people coming through the workforce to fill them. This issue needs to be addressed given the importance of manufacturing to the State’s economy, currently contributing almost as much as the Mining and Agricultural industries combined. Queensland Government is responsible for providing the information and resources needed to create a partnership between people seeking careers and industries that need them. The ultimate goal is for us all to play a part in achieving a healthy Queensland job market and economy, and a bright future for our Smart State. 3 fast facts • Manufacturing is the largest employer of full time staff in Queensland providing around 200,000 jobs - or over 10% of Queensland's workforce. Manufacturing has evolved to become a high-skill, value-adding, knowledge-intensive industry, offering diverse career opportunities and flexible entry and career development pathways. With many qualifications being transferable and indemand overseas, a career in manufacturing can also open the door to international travel and work experience. • • REA would like to thank and acknowledge the financial support the Queensland Government has provided over the past two years through the Workplace Excellence Program. The involvement of the Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry, in collaboration with the Department of Education, Training and the Arts has enabled REA to establish 20 Queensland Design and Technology hubs. From the Gold Coast in the South, to Thursday Island in the North and as far west as Charleville, there are over 100 Queensland schools participating in the program. A fundamental principle of the success of the Queensland Design and Technology Hubs has been the evidence of Industry support, both financial and tangible. Through the strong partnerships between the Queensland Government, Industry and REA more young Queenslanders are experiencing the opportunity to Create It Make It Live It! team profile team: Eclipse Racing location: CRC North Keilor fast facts We have all seen a vast array of aerodynamics and can now relate what we have seen to what we see in the real world. We entered mainly because of the challenge and our love of cars. The biggest highlight was getting the car to go as fast as we could so we could qualify for the finals. “We have a greater appreciation of Engineering and its place in our world.” the low-down: Members: Julian Wallace David Sammut Daniel Messina Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Graphic Designer Designer and Manufacturing Engineer Frank Bieshaar Best race time: 1.070 team background Eclipse Racing consists of a collaboration of two teams that competed in 2006. Daniel was the designer of Speed Kings in 2006 and in 2007 he joined Julian and David who are competing for the third time in the SIDC. we have all been bitten by the competition bug and have always tried to get our car to go faster which we did this year by qualifying for the national finals. We have found that bly going from the degood teamwork and sign to getting the car dedication have been an cut out. important ingredient to our success. The biggest challenge for the team was proba- team profile team: Marlin Racing location: Christ Church Grammar School fast F1 facts In the tough struggle for crucial seconds in Formula 1, aerodynamics play a fundamental role. The teams invest up to 20% of their total budget in the science of the winds, making their cars even faster with innovative aerodynamic designs. Meticulous precision work is undertaken down to the last millimeter, according to the motto: races are won in the wind tunnel and lost on the track. “They worked through recesses, lunchtimes, after school, weekends and holidays.” the low-down: Members: Nicholas Terpkos Michael Cassie James Moorman Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Graphic & Design Engineer Resource & Manufacturing Engineer Jeff Chandler Best race time: 1.233 team background Marlin Racing are first time entrants to the competition in 2008. What a team they made taking out the prize for Best Team Marketing and Junior Champions. It was the second year that Christ Church Grammar has been involved in the competition and the second year as State Champions for the division entered. The boys involved worked extremely hard to enter the racing by putting in all their own time. They worked through recesses, lunchtimes, after school, weekends and holidays. The boys were dedicated and willing to learn from the ground up. While they all drew on and pooled togther their individual strengths, which made them a talented team. team profile team: Race-A-Roos Check out... www.racearoos.com location: Wesley College fast facts Since joining the competition in 06, we have learnt a lot from engineers and other contacts. Through learning about the importance of having a well engineered design we have all branched further into engineering than we actually premeditated. We have all become interested in aerodynamics and fluid mechanical engineering so much we all have a huge say on what we include on the car. “Through the competition our interest has also lead us to think about our future career paths.” the low-down: Members: Seamus Grainger Michael Edwards Sam Butcher Ashley Jacobs Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Resources Manager Graphics Designer Design/Manufacturing Engineer Stephen Hyde Best race time: 1.054 team background We started out as the 'Western Wyverns' in our first year last year, before progressing to the International Finals. For this event we had an 'identity overhaul' and became the 'Race-ARoos' as this was more appropriate when rpresenting Australia. lent competitors from all over the world and atThe international Finals tending the Australian Grand Prix. Now new, was a big highlight for improved and more exAll of the team boards the team; travelling to at Wesley and comes Melbourne for the Inter- perienced we return for from a number of towns national finals and meet- our second season. spread throughout the ing so many other excelstate. teacher profile name: Mr Marcus Presling fast facts Mr Marcus Presling is a teacher at Noosa District State High School. He has been involved with the Australian F1 inSchools technology challenge since the beginning in 2004. He has helped many teams to achieve excellent results and encouraged them to make contact with industry. location: Noosa District State High School, QLD industry link McDermott's are one of the largest privately owned helicopter companies in Australia. They employ many local people in their business including students from our school. We are very lucky to have a world class aviation industry right on the doorstep to our school. McDermott's Aviation have been a major partner in allowing Noosa District State High School to become a hub school. Owner, John McDermott, has supported the school and it's students by providing opportunities to attend the Helipacific expo and hosting tours of his premises. McDermott's were also heavily involved in the running of our State competition this year and Noosa District State High School and McDermotts are currently planning an Aviation Gateway partnership to allow students to undertake aviation career training while still attending school. experiences We had the opportunity to visit the Helipacific Expo on the Gold Coast in 2006. Students from our school were able to experience first hand the scope of career opportunities available in the search and rescue, oil and gas exploration, military, maintenance and development of rotary winged aircraft. It was on one of the visits to McDermott's Aviation that I saw what appeared to be a relatively minor modification to a heavy lift 214B single engine helicopter which conversely had a huge impact on the performance and fuel economy of the aircraft. It was then that I realised the powerful aerodynamic forces created by airflow over moving bodies. At that point I began to make more sense of some of the complex theory that I had been trying to learn about aerodynamics. I was able to apply some of this theory to the Rocket Science Racing team entry. team profile team: Team Vapour location: Hawker College fast facts Team Vapour entered upon encouragement by our Technology Design teacher. We had an interest in motor sport and had been designing cars and studying aerodynamics prior to our Hub coming online so it was a natural progression to take known theories and acquired skills and apply them to the F1 in Schools project. We are competitive by nature - we wanted (and took) the national record. In 2008 we want the world record! Some team members contemplating a military career in the areas of aeronautical and mechanical engineering. “In a short space in time, Team Vapour has learnt that reward comes from effort and responsibility. “ the low-down: Members: Lyndall Norton Will Headland Billy Hietanen Tess Norton Blake Winterbottom Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Materials Engineer Design Engineer Graphic Designer Resources Manager Mark Will Best race time: 1.036 team background Team Vapour comprises five motivated Year 11's from Hawker College in Canberra. The team was established in early October 2007 and 6 weeks later competed in the inaugural ACT Hub final at the Australian Defence Force Academy securing victory in the Pro Senior category. In addition, the team's hard work and success was capped off with confirmation of a new national record of 1.036 seconds! Team Vapour is looking forward to representing public education at the National Finals and will compete agressively after despite only having been in existence for 8 weeks! Team Vapour uses the 'Needs, Wants, Desires' technique to manage their priorities and have had to learn to let go of some Wants and Desires during the project teacher profile name: Mr Murat Djakic fast facts Mr Murat Djakic is a teacher at Brooks High School in Tasmania. This is the first year he has been involved in the Australian F1 inSchools Technology Challenge. The work that he has done so far is very impressive and his dedication to his teams and school is obvious with the results of his current team and will continue with his future teams. location: Brooks High School, TAS industry link The involvement of ACL has been evident on two fronts. The first is supplying the team with uniforms for the national event in the colors of their race series bearings. Actual input into the student team directly centers on the mentor provided who is Andrew Bishop. With input from the students he has helped develop and produce a range of races wheels, bearings and axles to be tested. Having completed testing, Andrew has then overseen the manufacture of wheels and axles at the ACL plant at Rocherlea involving at least 4 other personal in there machining shop. Andrew has also assisted the boys in developing their organizational skills and facilitated meetings between ACL staff including the General Manager Chris Brooks. experiences As a result of the involvement of ACL the students have had experience of board meetings, Tour of the design and manufacturing facilities and interacting with other members of the ACL production team. The association will also assist not only the team but other students at Brooks High School as ACL is keen to offer apprenticeship to students at the school directly. The association with ACL has created a buzz around the whole factory, not only with those directly involved. On the factory tour students were being wished good luck by other workers on the factory floor as they passed by them. This made the students feel as if they were a little special. The unexpected outcomes have included the Teams design engineer interacting and assisting an experienced CAD operator in the ways of CATIA. This has made the student re- think their future career pathway AND made the mentor some what envious at what the student has at their disposal. The schools careers pathways officer has also visited the ACL plant with the students and has liaised with the human Resource officer to determine how future apprentice opportunities can be offered to students at the school. team profile team: Goshawk location: Trinity Christian School, ACT fast facts Going to Qantas Defense Services and observing the C130J's wing put the idea of a flying car, as opposed to a high traction driven car, into our mind. We were challenged to complete our project in just under 6 weeks. Team Goshawk entered this competition to give our members confidence in CATIA, basic design and ultimately for a great opportunity for heaps of fun and experience. Our first highlight was a great surprise: we broke the world record with our first prototype. “We are proud of our achievements so far.” the low-down: Members: Luke Abberton Alistair Smith Daniel Boucher Edward Larkin Supervising Teacher Roles: Team Manager Design and Manufacturing Engineer Resources Manager Graphic Designer Graeme Hutton Best race time: 1.060 team background We are a team of 4 year 8 students from Trinity Christian School, ACT. ren Smith, Head of School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME) at UNSW@ADFA. Abberton in a 4 day course on CATIA at Marist Catholic College. our design. We were fortunate enough to take out the ACT title and are going to Noosa to contest the National finals. Due to problems installWe first found out about ing the CATIA software, this competition in late We enrolled Mr Hutton, we organized several August from Dr. WarAlistair Smith and Luke visits to ADFA to create Professional Class Champions 2nd Professional Class 3rd Professional Class Apprentice Class Champions 2nd Apprentice Class 3rd Apprentice Class Best Engineered Design - Australia Outstanding Industry Collaboration Fastest Car - Australia Most Innovative Design - Australia Best Team Marketing - Australia