PAST CHALLENGES
CREATING TOMORROW'S ENGINEERS TODAY
| Year | Challenge | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | A Crane |
Nest Phutting High,
Southern Gauteng
|
| 1995 | A Cable Car |
Lyttelton Manor High,
Centurion
|
| 1996 |
A
lifesaving device
|
Northwood High,
Durban
|
| 1997 |
A component transportation device
|
Hoerskool Waterkloof
Pretoria
|
| 1998 |
A
Sorting Machine
|
HTS Kimberly &
Hoerskool Diamantveld
|
| 1999 | A grinding device that will meet a community need | Afr.
Hoer Seunskool
Pta
|
| 2000 |
A model which will utilise a renewable source of energy to
improve the quality of life
in your community
|
Northwood High,
Durban
|
| 2001 |
A model of a manually operated Device that can transport
people
in both directions across a swollen river at a point where
the banks are at different levels
|
Prestige College,
Hammanskraal
|
| 2002 |
A
self propelled model vehicle to run the fastest times over 10m
and up a slope of 30 degrees and carry the heaviest weight
possible
|
PW
Botha College,
George
|
| 2003 |
Design, make and test one adjustable device that is able to
project a table tennis ball to
achieve the following:
a) the longest distance
b) accuracy: the device has to be able to shoot the tennis ball
into an A4 paper box
placed longitudinal in the line of the trajectory
|
Stutterheim High
School
Eastern Cape
|
| 2004 |
Design, build and test one self
powered machine that is able
to climb a vertical pole and compete in both the following challenges:
a) As fast as possible up
the 2m pole
b) carrying the largest possible load up the pole over 1m
|
Hoerskool Waterkloof
PTA
|
| 2005 |
Design and build a self-propelled
device to collec water from
the tap situated at the bottom of the Jerry Can, which
will be 150mm above the floor level and transport
water
across a space of 1m into an open trough. the top of the
trough will be 350mm above the floor level
|
Islamia College
Cape
Town
|
| 2006 |
Design, build and test a self-powered train that must be
able to travel on a smooth, level floor (which will be
defined as a track)
|
Pretoria Boys
High School
|
| 2007 |
The Tower crane - Design build and test a tower crane which can
lift beams
and position them on a given design layout.
|
Oakdale Agricultural
School W Cape
|
| 2008 |
Design Build and test a self propelled
earthmoving machine
which has to move plaster sand between two points acrossa flat
horizontal surface 3m apart
|
Domino Sevite
School
|