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Volume 47
April 2012
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When engineering students graduate, they should possess hands-on knowledge they can immediately apply to solve real-world engineering challenges. That's a key reason Quanser actively supports undergraduate showcases and competitions - they drive students to turn their theoretical knowledge into real-world solutions. This month's issue of eNEWS offers a few recent examples:

Read how University of Waterloo professor David Wang helped his students use Quanser's QUARC software to rapid prototype their project, save time and contribute to their winning a competition

See how a student Mechatronics Symposium exposed  students to the kind of industry challenges they'll face in the working world.

Learn how participation in a Quanser Challenge is helping students gain valuable real-world experience while they're still in school.

Find out what a rookie high school student team accomplished after it entered the 2012 FIRST Robotics competition.

Competitions help students experience real-world working conditions and expectations. Have your students benefited from competitions? Tell us how. Videos are welcome.

Sincerely, 

 

Zuzana Fabusova, eNEWS Editor

res How Valuable are Student Competitions?

    

Extremely valuable. Competitions compel students to build prototypes that really work. Little wonder that Quanser supports student competitions at every educational level. Recently Quanser was represented on the judging panel and sponsored the prize for Innovative Design at the University of Waterloo's 2012 Mechatronics Symposium. Over 30 capstone projects were up and running, demonstrating how visionary, practical and industry-ready Waterloo's current crop of senior students are.

 

See what students presented at the 2012 Mechatronics Symposium. 

TeachHow To Win the Quanser Challenge

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What guidelines should participating students follow in order to win the Quanser Challenge? Quanser Chief Education Officer Tom Lee offers his insights to help students achieve their best possible results. The Challenge asks students to develop an experiment for the National Instruments ELVIS platform that would enhance the undergraduate learning experience by teaching of some aspect of sustainable engineering. The possibilities are endless and include such fields as green energy, water supply, food production, housing and shelter and more.

Hear some tips students are following to develop an experiment for the Quanser Challenge.
IndStudents Succeed with their FIRST Robot
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What could be more challenging than building a speedy robot that can shoot basketballs through a hoop, balance on bridges and avoid barriers? Perhaps being first-time participants in the  renowned FIRST Robotics Competition. A rookie team 4001 from St. Robert High School in Thornhill, Ontario, accepted that challenge and achieved some astounding results.

 
 
 

 

In Your Own Words

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"I have used Quanser's Ball & Beam course material to create a nice term project. Towards the end of the semester, the students can work on the experiment to see the real-world application."

Dr. Rifat Sipahi, Northeastern University, USA 
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FeatureUniversity of Waterloo: 

Quanser Tools Help Achieve Winning Results   

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In their lab, Dr. Wang's mechatronics students use tools that allow them to work on real-world projects within the timeframe of a single semester. The same tools helped them to rapidly prototype their winning competition entry.

 

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