PAST CHALLENGES
CREATING TOMORROW'S ENGINEERS TODAY
YearChallengeWinners
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
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