Sligo Engineering Fair 2023 Brochure

SLIGO

ENGINEERING FAIR Sunday 5th March 2023 12PM - 5PM

ATU.ie

Sligo Engineering Fair 2023 Sunday 5th March 12.00 - 5.00 pm

A Family event explaining engineering in a fun way The Engineering Fair at ATU Sligo will include a wide range of performances, interactive displays workshops and demonstrations for all the family to enjoy. Design, Build & Discover with lots of fun guaranteed for both children and adults.

This year’s Sligo Engineering Fair will all be live, in-person activities.

The Sligo Engineering Fair website offers further information on the fair activities and allows you to pre-book onto activities at the fair. www.sligoengineeringfair.ie Please note that there are some limited capacities, to guarantee your place please book via our website.

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Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

You can expect a warm welcome from our entrance guardians of Film & TV, R2D2 and the Darlek

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What’s on at the Sligo Engineering Fair?

Meet the engineers with Engineers Ireland North West show reel (20 mins)

WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO?

Room A0004 12.30, 1.30. 2.30, 3.30 & 4.30pm

Room A0005 12.15, 1.15 and 2.15pm

Ever wondered what engineers do and how they contribute our everyday lives, then watch this fascinating short film from Engineers Ireland North West. Take a peek into the everyday lives of numerous engineers from all across the North West region; find out what they do, what their jobs are and how they work to make all of our lives work.

A fast-moving show exploring just what exactly scientists and engineers do? How do planes fly?

How can we see through the dust in space? How do engineers make playgrounds safer to play in?

How are they saving the planet? This 60 minute show looks at the answers, with experiments and demonstrations in X-Ray vision, the super strength of bridges, medical engineering, aeronautical engineers, lasers and much more!

SUITABLE FOR AGES 7+ NO PRE BOOKING REQUIRED

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SUITABLE FOR AGES 7+ NO PRE BOOKING REQUIRED

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

Victoria Walker’s Chemistry Crew Black Box Theatre 1.00, 2.30 & 4.00pm Victoria Walker Dance’s Chemistry Crew present “Robotic Rhythm”, a choreographed dance piece looking at engineering movement – come along and join us bringing engineering to life!

ALL AGES NO PRE BOOKING REQUIRED

The Flights of Fancy Room E1007

Al -1X Out and about at the fair all day Come to the fair and see AL-1X (Artificial Life – 1st eXperiment). Built to be a cleaning robot but today AL-1X is at the fair day to chat with you about all things engineering and beyond!

Interactive workshop where participants build various engineering flying toys: paper helicopters, parachutes, blimps. The children will then launch them from a kite high in the sky!

SUITABLE FOR AGES 7+ BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THE DAY, AT THE WORKSHOP

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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Engineering Room DEMONSTRATIONS/ACTIVITIES Room B1201 Drop in – All Day About Abbott

Abbott & STEM

At Abbott, we’re dedicated to helping people live more fully, in everything we do. We’re creating the future of healthcare through life-changing technologies and products that make you healthier and stronger, quickly identify when you have a medical need, and treat conditions to help you get back to doing what you love.

We are passionate about supporting young people and education. The future of healthcare and the future of our country will rely upon the innovation, creativity and imagination of the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Abbott in Ireland Abbott employs 5000 people across Ireland, in ten sites based in all four provinces.

Abbott products manufactured in Ireland are now exported to more than 130 countries. The Engineers on our team, like everyone at Abbott, make a difference everyday working together to help people around the world live healthier and better, at all ages and stages of life.

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This passion has led Abbott employees to deliver more than 80,000 volunteer hours to good causes across the country over the past decade.

We created the ASPIRE with Abbott event series to celebrate the power of STEM education. Across the country we are keen supporters of many other projects, including The Sligo Engineering Fair, that help young people to understand the many exciting career pathways that start with STEM education.

Connect with us at www.abbott.ie, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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Racals Driven Robots

3D printing with I-Form

Lower Concourse Drop in - All Day

The SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Room B1202 12.00, 12.30, 1.00, 1.30, 2.30, 3.00, 3.30 4.00pm.

A mini Robot Wars team of 5 robots that are driven by the public in a set of games. Operating in a 12x8 foot enclosed arena/soccer pitch with lights and sound.

See how well you get on!

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, through digital technologies such as 3D printing, data analytics and artificial intelligence. Visit the I-Form demo area to get hands on experience and interact with the systems that are playing a part in the next industrial revolution and meet the engineers.... www.i-form.ie @I_Form_Centre SUITABLE FOR AGES 7+.

MAX 13 PERSONS PER SESSION - PRE-BOOK YOUR PLACE AT sligoengineeringfair.ie I-Form is an SFI Research Centre funded under the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres Programme and cofunded under the European Regional Development Fund.

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Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

Energy for the Future Main Concourse Drop in - All Day Energy is one of the most important topics for humanity in the coming decades and is a key area where the Engineer of tomorrow can make a difference. The engineer of tomorrow will be assessing new and efficient methods of energy creation, developing methods of energy re-use and storage, and helping minimise consumption of energy, all while seeking to minimise societal and environmental impacts.

Areas of interest are in all the engineering disciplines such as mechanical (generation, energy transfer), civil and building (heating, efficiency, insulation) , electrical (storage, efficient transfer), and new materials (storage, energy generation), even down to computer and mathematical modelling and development.

Undergraduates in ATU Sligo are taught the basics of energy generation, refrigeration and heat pumps, heat transfer, gas and air cycles and other essentials to provide a sound background for the next generation of energy engineers. Researchers in ATU Sligo are studying energy efficient heat transfer, via 3D printing of metal devices, and the development of high performance coatings and novel materials.

Engineers Without Borders A fairer distribution of energy globally is also key for the future. EWB-Ireland is a group of Irish engineers and scientists dedicated to bridging the gap between academia, industry and NGOs to give opportunities to learn about and contribute to sustainable development globally.

Our mission is to partner with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through education and sustainable engineering projects.

For more information on the branch in ATU Sligo contact Gerard McGranaghan: gerard.mcgranaghan@atu.ie, or look up www.ewb-ireland.org

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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Power of Levers with Fire the Inventor

Fan Powered Cars In Person Workshop with Wonderstruck

Main Concourse Drop in - All Day

Lower Canteen (8+ years) 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 & 3.30pm

Come and try crushing tins and squashing plastic toys, balancing bricks and penguins on a see-saw, testing your strength and even lifting the world, at Fire the Inventor’s interactive stall.

Build a prototype model fan-powered car. Test the prototype to establish a benchmark performance and then access to a wide range of different components with which to improve the performance of their cars.

Each session ends with a competition to find the ‘best’ car!

How? By using the incredible power of levers, of course. The hands-on demonstration machines and activities show how levers increase your strength and can make you laugh. And all the while leveraging some scientific thinking about how they work.

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Max 35 persons per session – Pre-book your place at sligoengineeringfair.ie

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

Bricks4kidz - Workshop

Bricks4kidz - Freeform Room

B1080 12.00, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00 & 4.00pm

B1081 Drop in - All Day

Come along and join Bricks 4 Kidz and their fun and challenging workshop and explore engineering through using LEGO®, Technic & Robotics. The Engineering Fair & Engineers Week provide a unique opportunity for primary students to learn about engineering and together with Bricks 4 Kidz, you can help us build the engineers of tomorrow. LEGO® based education programmes have proven to be a very effective method of introducing engineering concepts to school age children and a Bricks 4 Kidz engineering workshop provides children of all ages with a fun and educational way to develop their understanding of engineering principles though building dragsters, roller coasters, buildings and much much more using our specially designed Lego® Technic kits.

For those of you that just want to build your own freeform Lego machines or worlds, come along to the Bricks4kidz freeform room and get stuck in!

No pre booking required

Age 7+ Max 25 persons per session – book your place at sligoengineeringfair.ie Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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3D Game Programming Workshop with Neil Gannon

The SCORE PROJECT Main Concourse Drop in - All Day

D2039 - 1pm Develop a 3D game from start to finish in this game programming session that covers all the core fundamentals of games development.

Minimum age 12 + years Max. 24 participants – book your place at sligoengineeringfair.ie

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The overall aim of SCORE is to design, develop, monitor and validate robust adaptation measures in coastal and low-lying areas to protect them from increasing climate and sea level risks, including coastal flooding and erosion, to enhance their overall long-term resilience.

SCORE outlines a co-creation strategy, developed via a network of 10 coastal city ‘living labs’ (CCLLs), to rapidly, equitably and sustainably enhance coastal city climate resilience through EcosystemBased Approach (EBAs) and sophisticated digital technologies. Come along to our interactive stand at the fair to find out more.

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

RoboThink!

Main Concourse Drop in - All Day Visit the RoboThink stand: RoboThink is a STEM edu-tainment franchise for children. We focus on fun and engaging robotics and coding programs for kids aged 6-12 years. We offer After School Clubs, Workshops, Parties and more! Check out our website: www.robothink.ie

Solving the World’s Problems with Data & People Main Concourse Drop in - All Day

Cyclectrics

Solving the world’s biggest and most interesting problems is getting easier with the use of data and artificial intelligence. What problems would you like to solve? This interactive stand will present some of the possibilities and invite you to learn more about solving problems that affect us all.

Main Concourse Drop in - All Day Exercise bike powered Scalextric car racing.

The faster you pedal the faster your car races round.

For children and adults alike and you may learn a bit about the importance of good exercise and diet and of course, how power transfers to make things move.

Come along and have a race!

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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Engineering Discovery Zone AIM

Live In-Person Family Engineering Fun Zone (all ages)

Main Concourse Drop in - All Day

Main Concourse Drop in - All Day

The AIM Centre is at the forefront of advancing technology for manufacturing and supply chain; supporting businesses in the northwest of Ireland stay competitive, increase productivity and grow the region’s economic impact.

The Engineering Discovery Zone is an area with family friendly activities to engage with whilst waiting for your next show or workshop - play engineering games and more, including building a giant Jenga tower, a simple game that can teach us a lot about the world of structural engineering.

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How can we use technologies like AI and machine learning to improve product quality?

Buildings, after all, are vulnerable to the same forces that can topple a Jenga tower!

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Which manufacturing processes offer the biggest return on investment to modernise with technology?

Also at the fair, demonstrations and stands with:

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How can we prepare our workforce to embrace new technologies?

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How can we transform our manufacturing lines to be more circular?

Sligo Bay RNLI

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How can we use data to bring more agility into our supply chain to reduce disruption?

Sligo An Garda Síochána

In addition to our advisory services, the AIM Exchange - in partnership with Skillnet - provides access to events and training programmes that equip employees with the skills they need to innovate, negotiate, lead, and deliver.

We’re also home to the AIM Academy; a centre for 2nd level students to immerse in creativity, innovation, and technology.

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Engineers Ireland North West National Schools Engineering Projects

Ocean FM live outside broadcast And much more!

The Sligo Engineering Fair is supported by Sligo Civil Defence

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

Workshop Tours Toolmaking Workshop Tour: 12.15, 1.15, 2.15 & 3.15pm Electrical Workshop Tour: 12:45, 1.45, 2.45 & 3.45pm Meet at the Engineering Technology Stand at the Main Reception Come along to the Engineering Fair and have a guided tour of ATU Sligo’s Toolmaking and Electrical workshops with the department of Engineering Technology.

Booking is required Age 7+ Max 12 persons per session – Pre-book your place at sligoengineeringfair.ie

In the Tool Room Workshop, there will be CNC 5 axis and 3 axis CNC mills together with a CNC lathe up and running for the day!

In the Electrical Workshop you will be introduced to the exciting world of electricity and electronics including installation techniques, wiring systems, distribution boards, motor controls and much more…..

Join the tours for a great chance to see behind the scenes of engineering in action!

Some activities can be pre-booked - go to www.sligoengineeringfair.ie

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Sligo Engineering Fair Organisers sincerely thank Partners, Local Businesses and Community Groups for their support, including but not limited to: Headline Sponsors

Industry Partner

Atlantic Technological University Sligo Ash Lane, Sligo F91 YW50

t +353 (0) 71 915 5222 atu.ie

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