The Design Challenge gives first and second year undergraduates a taste of the ‘real world’ of engineering, challenging them to design, create, present and run a device to a strict technical specification.
The Challenge enables participants to gain real-industry experience, practical employability skills and enhanced business and people skills, all within a set time frame. It is intended to complement the academic curriculum and is used by participants towards their projects.
Currently, we have competitions taking place in UK, China, Pakistan and UAE. We are interested in expanding to more regions or countries of the World. If you are interested please get in touch at designchallenge@imeche.org.
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Open to teams of up to five first year or second year engineering students enrolled at a UK university or any IMechE international region
Local regional competitions take place in March/April; winners qualify for a national final
Students are challenged to undertake a specific project to design build and test:
2019 - an external pipe-climber
2020 - a small-scale device to fire a squash ball attached to a line indoors over various distances.
Learn about the Challenge