The South East Engineering Festival

K'Nex Engineering Week Quiz

• Event open to: 5th and 6th class primary school students. 
  *Limited to 4-5 schools, one class per school*
• Venue - Barrow Centre, Kilkenny Road Campus.
• Time - 9:30am to 12:00pm

• Info: The K’NEX Challenge is an exciting introduction to the world of engineering. The K’NEX Challenge model kits will allow students to design and build an engineering model of a real-life invention – all of which have a use in our everyday lives. Can you design and build the biggest, the strongest, the fastest…. to get to the top of the leaderboard?

  This competition aspires to bring back the awe of discovery and the fun of creativity in Engineering by encouraging children to think of new concepts and interesting inventions.

You can book this event by completing the form here.

TY Engineering Week Quiz

• Event open to: Transition year and 5th year secondary school students. Requirement: *Team of 4*
• Venue - Cork Road Campus.
• Time - 10:30am to 12:00pm
• Info: Pit your wits against Transition Year peers and compete for great prizes in this ever-popular annual challenge for secondary school TY Students from schools across the South East region. Questions are STEM related and generally of Junior Cert level with some fun round thrown in.
• The project is supported by generous funding from SETU, Calmast and Engineers Ireland. Students will need to download an APP on their smartphone to participate.

You can book this event by completing the form here.

Advanced Manufacturing Facilities Tour (04 March – 07 March)

• Event open to: Secondary school students.
• Venue – Applied Technology Building, Cork Road Campus.
• Time – Confirmed upon booking.
• Info: Engineering students at SETU prepare for industry using state of the art equipment. In this tour of the facilities your students will see and learn about the equipment and how it is used in advanced manufacturing in industry.

You can book this event by completing the form here.

Wind Power Workshop

• Event open to: Secondary school students.
• Venue - Cork Road Campus.
• Time - 2 sessions: 9.30am and 11.30am
• Info: Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the planet and all living things on it (including us). This workshop is designed to learn how to harness wind power. Each group will manipulate small éoliens and wind blowers to see which parameters affect their electricity conversion. The students will calculate the power of their wind turbine.
• Event open to: 5th and 6th class primary school students. 
  *Limited to one class of 30 students max*
• Venue – C201, Kilkenny Road Campus.
• Time - 2 sessions: 9.30am and 11.30am
• Info: Learn about the world of Robots with SETU Senior Lecturer, Dr Dorel Picovici. 

Pencils and calculators needed.

Duration: 1.5hrs

You can book this event by completing the form here.

Robotic Challenge 

• Event open to: 5th and 6th class primary school students. 
  *Limited to one class of 30 students max*
• Venue – C201, Kilkenny Road Campus.
• Time - 2 sessions: 9.30am and 11.30am
• Info: Learn about the world of Robots with SETU Senior Lecturer, Dr Dorel Picovici. 

You can book this event by completing the form here.

Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing and the way of the future. 

• Event open to: Secondary school students.
• Venue – SEAM Centre, Cork Road Campus.
• Time -
  • Session #1: 9.30am to 10.30am
  • Session #2: 11.00am to 12.00pm
  • Session #3: 12.30pm to 13.30pm
• Info: Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is changing the way in which things are made, and what it is possible to make. We are at an early stage in this revolution and this event will show your pupils what is now state of the art and what will be the opportunities over next 10 years. 
  *This event is a visit and not a workshop*

You can book this event by completing the form here.

‘Engineering as a Career’ Event

• Event open to: Secondary school students.
• Venue – Kilkenny Road Campus.
• Time – 11:00am to 12:30pm
• Info: A panel of Engineers from various disciplines and from across the southeast region will speak about their experiences in Engineering and their journey on their current career path.

You can book this event by completing the form here.

‘Engineering as a Career’ Event and Tour(s)

• Event open to: Transition year, 5th and 6th year secondary school students.
• Venue – Auditorium and Atrium, Cork Road Campus.
• Time – T
  • Talks: 10:00am
  • Exhibition: 11:00am
• Info: A panel of Engineers from various disciplines and from across the southeast region will speak about their experiences in engineering and their journey on their current career path.

The event is organised in two parts: a presentation, where different SETU students will talk about their fields and work placement, and an exhibition, where students can ask questions and have a look at the different companies.

Careers event starts at 10:00am.

Tours of Advanced Manufacturing Facilities will be organised before or after the event until 2.30 PM

You can book this event by completing the form here.