Sligo Engineering Fair 2019 - Sunday 3rd March 12.00 - 5.00pm IT Sligo
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Engineers Week 2 - 8 March 2019 Sligo Engineering Fair 2019 Sunday 3rd March 12.00 – 5.00pm IT Sligo
Sligo Engineering Fair at IT Sligo SUNDAY 3RD MARCH 12.00 - 5.00 PM A family event explaining engineering in a fun way! The first Engineers Fair at IT Sligo will include a wide range of performances, interactive displays workshops and demonstrations for all the family to enjoy. Design, Build, Discovery and lots of fun guaranteed for both children and adults.
The Engineering Fair is FREE admission and all events on the day are FREE entry.
Sligo Engineering Fair at IT Sligo
SUNDAY 3RD MARCH 12.00 - 5.00 PM
Performances VICTORIA WALKER DANCES 'ROBOTIC
RHYTHM'
BLACK BOX THEATRE – 1.00, 2.30
& 4.00PM
Victoria Walker Dances "Robotic Rhythm"
present a new choreographed dance piece
looking at engineering movement – come along
and watch engineering come to life!
NIAMH SHAW WANTS TO GO TO SPACE:
WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE,
POSSIBLE
DR MEGAPHONE
AURIVO B1094 – 12.10 & 2.00PM
Join Open University lecturer Dr Ian Johnston
(aka Dr Megaphone), singer/songwriter Alan
McClure and long-suffering demonstrator Sandy
the Science Boy for a romp through three
hundred years of scientific and engineering
history throughout Ireland. Discover the links
between Dublin docks, pioneers, aviators and A0005 –
a cat which may or may not be alive. 12.20, 2.20 &
Suitable for ages 8+. Includes loud noises, 3.50PM
bad jokes and mild peril. Niamh Shaw
is on a mission
ENGINEERING FOR LIFE - FROM CRADLE to get to Space,
TO GRAVE in her own unique
A0004 – 12.15, 2.30 & 4.00PM way. Using her artist and
From ultrasound machines to nappies, cars and engineer/scientist background, she wants to
replacement hip-joints, engineering affects all share the story of space from the perspective
parts of our lives – from before we are born until of an average, everyday person, who is on a
after we die. quest to fulfil her lifelong ambition. But there
This demonstration- is always a cost, and Niamh wants to explore
filled live show what happens to us when we allow ourselves to
will reveal how pursue our childhood dreams. Award-winning
engineering science communicator, Niamh will tell her story,
improves the sharing highs and lows of the journey so far, with
quality of our videos of her recent adventures on the simulated
lives. Mars mission in the desert, her work with the
European Space Agency, a zero gravity flight,
and her trips to Baikonur cosmodrome.
Demonstrations &
Interactive Workshops
BRICKS 4 KIDZ HYDROGEN CAR CHALLENGE
B1201 – ALL DAY WITH ARCOLA ENERGY
Come along and join Bricks 4 Kidz and their B1080 – ALL DAY
fun and challenging workshop and explore Can hydrogen provide a viable method of energy
engineering through using LEGO®, Technic & storage for vehicles of the future? This hands-on
Robotics. The Engineering Fair & Engineers workshop allows participants to design and build
Week provide a unique opportunity for primary a hydrogen powered model vehicle. Working
students to learn about engineering and together in small groups, participants will design and
with Bricks 4 Kidz, you can help us build the construct their own model vehicle. Each group
engineers of tomorrow. will be provided with a hydrogen fuel cell
to power their vehicle. Groups will
LEGO® based education programmes have then compete against each other
proven to be a very effective method of to discover which design is the
introducing engineering concepts to school most efficient. Participants
age children and a Bricks 4 Kidz engineering are encouraged to take
workshop provides children of all ages with an iterative approach,
a fun and educational way to develop their designing and building
understanding of engineering principles though vehicles quickly so they can
building dragsters, roller coasters, buildings and see what works and what
much much more using our specially designed doesn’t, working out ways to
Lego® Technic kits. improve their distance each
time they test.
ABBOTT
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps
people live more fully at all stages of life. Our
portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the
spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses
and products in diagnostics, medical devices,
nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our
103,000 colleagues serve people in more than
160 countries.
Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse
range of health care products including
diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals
products. In Ireland, Abbott employs almost
4,000 people across nine sites. We have six
manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel,
Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo
and a third-party manufacturing
management operation in Sligo.
Abbott has commercial, support
operations and shared services in
Dublin and Galway. We have been
operating in Ireland since 1946.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on LinkedIn
at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on
Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal
Demonstrations &
Interactive Workshops
2D GAME PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP
WITH NEIL GANNON
D2039 – 1PM
Develop a 2D game from start to finish in this
game programming session that covers all the
core fundamentals of games development.
Tickets need to be pre-booked at main reception
area. Max. 24 participants
Minimum age 12 + years
IRISH WATER
AUTOMATA – MECHANICAL ART WORKSHOP E1008 – 12.10, 1.10, 3.00 & 4PM
WITH FIRE THE INVENTOR Do you want to know where your drinking water
B1082—ALL DAY comes from and how your drinking water is
Exercise your artistic skills while learning some treated? Do you want to know what happens to
basics about mechanical movement in this items you flush down your toilet? Call into Irish
creative technology workshop. Using a mix of Water’s stand, or attend one of our interactive
pre-made parts, chopsticks, a cardboard box, workshops and speak to some of our staff
and a load of art and craft materials, you can members who will show you the science and
engineer a moving toy or automata that bursts engineering around one of our most precious
into life at the turn of a handle. Suitable for all resources - Water.
ages (younger children will need adult help).
THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY WITH GREG, ANNE,
TONY, ISABELLA & KEVIN
E1007 – ALL DAY
Interactive workshop where participants build
various scientific flying toys paper helicopters,
parachutes and blimps. The children will then
launch them from a kite high in the sky!
Demonstrations &
Interactive Workshops
SYNDIC8 FREEZING FREEZERS
DRONES & CARS DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST YOUR OWN
LOWER CONCOURSE - ALL DAY FREEZER!
Join Syndic8 for some fun filled mini drone and B1202—ALL DAY
car racing. Refrigeration powered by electricity has changed
our lives. We use fridges and freezers to preserve
Fly a mini drone, race a 1/24 scale remote- food and this means that we can eat foods that
controlled racing car, test your skills in are out of season and we can also transport food
manouverabilty and discover how designs aid to places that it couldn't have previously reached
movement both in the air and on the ground. without going off.
Nip around the track and avoid collision as you If I mentioned Ice Cream you would think of your
race against your opponents. electrically powered freezer and for most people
it is hard to imagine one without the other.
Syndic8 encourage students to develop and learn And yet, the ancient Romans, who lived long
practical skills in sectors such as aerospace, before the discovery of electricity knew how to
automotive, robotics and programming. make ice cream.
In this workshop the participants will investigate
other methods of cooling and will use this
knowledge to design and build their own freezer.
To test the effectiveness of their newly made
freezers they will see if they can use it to make
ice cream. Of course eating the ice cream will be
the ultimate test........
Displays
DELOREAN CAR WITH WARD AUTOMATION DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD
OUTSIDE MAIN RECEPTION AREA - ALL DAY A0006 – FILM SHOWING TIMES:
See an original DeLorean car up close. 12.05, 1.50 & 3.50PM
The DMC DeLorean (commonly referred to Narrated by Academy Award® winner Jeff
simply as a "DeLorean", as it was the only model Bridges, Dream Big: Engineering Our World
ever produced by the company) is a sports car is film that will transform how we think about
originally manufactured by John DeLorean's engineering. From the Great Wall of China and
DeLorean Motor Company, or DMC, for the the world’s tallest buildings to underwater
American market from model years 1981 robots, solar cars and smart, sustainable cities,
through 1983. Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity
behind engineering marvels big and small,
and shows how engineers push the limits of
innovation in unexpected and amazing ways.
With its inspiring stories of human grit and
aspiration, Dream Big reveals the compassion
and creativity that drive engineers to create
better lives for people and a more sustainable
future for us all.
I-FORM
THE SFI RESEARCH CENTRE FOR
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
UPPER CONCOURSE – ALL DAY
Shaping the future of manufacturing - What
do the following have in common? Shoes,
sunglasses, knee implants, hearing aids,
aeroplane parts. The answer is they can all be
made using 3D printing technology! Advanced
manufacturing is changing how things are made,
ROBOT TED through digital technologies such as 3D printing,
MAIN RECEPTION AREA - ALL DAY data analytics and artificial intelligence. Visit the
I-Form demo area to see a sneak preview of the
next industrial revolution in action, and to meet
the engineers who are using 3D printing to make
it happen!
www.i-form.ie @I_Form_Centre
I-Form is an SFI Research
Centre funded under
the Science Foundation
Ireland Research
Centres Programme
and co-funded under
the European Regional
Development Fund.
Displays
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS SLIGO BAY LIFE BOAT SERVICES
MAIN CONCOURSE – ALL DAY MAIN CANTEEN – ALL DAY
EWB-Ireland is a group of Irish engineers Take the opportunity to meet the volunteers
and scientists dedicated to bridging the gap and members of Sligo and Leitrim emergency
between academia, industry and NGOs to give services, hear their stories and see the
opportunities to learn about and contribute to equipment they use.
sustainable development globally.
Our mission is to partner with disadvantaged
communities to improve their quality of life SCHOOLS ENGINEERING PROJECTS
through education and sustainable engineering MAIN CONCOURSE – 12.00-2.30PM
projects. We promote global experience for Exciting engineering projects demonstrated by
engineers, engineering students, and similarly primary and secondary school pupils from Sligo
motivated non-engineers. town and county, including BT Young Scientist
and Technology Exhibition 2019 projects from
For more information on the branch in Ursuline College.
IT Sligo contact Gerard McGranaghan at
mcgranaghan.gerard@itsligo.ie, or look up
www.ewb-ireland.org. THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
MAIN CANTEEN – ALL DAY
The Mountain Rescue Team displays its
equipment and abseiling techniques
SLIGO GARDA SIOCHANA
MAIN CANTEEN – ALL DAY
Members of the local Garda Siochana talk about
crime prevention
CIVIL DEFENCE
B1086 – ALL DAY
ENGINEERING TOOL ROOM TOURS
ENGINEERING TOOL ROOMS – E BLOCK
– 12.20, 1.20, 2.20, 3.20, 4.20PM
Have a tour of IT Sligo's modern Engineering tool
rooms featuring computer-integrated 2-D and
3-D multi axis machines, EDM machine, as well
as a full range of machine tools. See some of the
machines in operation.
Further Events
MORE EVENTS DURING ENGINEERS WEEK
WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO? This event has been successfully running for a
A fast-moving show exploring just what exactly number of years by the engineering students
scientists and engineers do? of IT Sligo. This year’s event will take place
How do planes fly? between 12 and 4pm at IT Sligo and in Sligo
town centre. Please give generously for this
How can we see through great cause.
the dust in space?
How do engineers make For more information go to
playgrounds safer www.engineersweek.ie.
to play in?
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING COFFEE
How are they saving the MORNING
planet? IT SLIGO, FRIDAY 8TH MARCH, 10AM-11AM
This 60 minute show is VENUE: INSTITUTE BOARD ROOM
ideal for primary school children and all schools Engineering careers are exciting, challenging,
in the North West region are welcome. Three varied and well paid, yet only 16% of engineering
shows will be held in IT Sligo on Wednesday 6th graduates in Ireland are women. As a nation, we
March 2019. This event is free but please note need more female engineers to overcome this
that booking is on-line at www.engineersweek.ie. gender disparity. Missing out on this talent pool
is a major problem to be addressed.
Please join us on International Women's Day
for some exciting talks and a panel discussion.
We will be looking at "what the barriers are for
women in entering the engineering profession
and how we can address them". All genders
welcome!
For queries, contact Saritha Unnikrishnan.
Email: Unnikrishnan.Saritha@itsligo.ie
ENGINEERS WEEK 2019 - CHARITY
COLLECTION DAY
On Tuesday 5th March, IT Sligo engineering
students will seize their opportunity to make
their contribution to Engineers Week and the
local community by collecting money in support
of a vital social cause.Thank You! TO OUR SPONSORS Sligo Engineering Fair Organisers sincerely thank Partners, Local Businesses and Community Groups for their support, including but not limited to: FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT OLI MELIA: MELIA.OLI@ITSLIGO.IE
Institute of Technology, Sligo Ash Lane, Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland T: +353 (0)71 93 05222 F: +353 (0)71 91 60475 E: info@itsligo.ie W: itsligo.ie IT Sligo Open Day Saturday 13th April 2019 - 11am – 2pm T: Schools Liaison 071 91 37325 E: schoolsliaison@itsligo.ie
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