University of Strathclyde Glasgow teams make it to Grand Finals of Sustainable Engineering Contest

Scores of university students participated in the contest - Engineering for People Design Challenge. In 2024, the challenge community is set in the rural village Pu Ngaol in the forested hills of the Mondulkiri province in eastern Cambodia.

Study in UK: Two teams of the University of Strathclyde Glasgow have made it to the Grand Finals of the Engineering for People Design Challenge, run by Engineers Without Borders UK. This year, the challenge community is set in the rural village Pu Ngaol in the forested hills of the Mondulkiri province in eastern Cambodia.

Around 11,000 university students took part in the Engineering for People Design Challenge, which aims to broaden awareness of the environmental, social and economic impacts of engineering. Through their studies, the teams have been exploring opportunities for developments in and around Pu Ngaol that will improve environmental systems and people’s livelihoods.

Sustainable Engineering Contest Details

The team from Civil and Environmental Engineering comprised third-year students Ruairidh Revill Hayward, Michael Reid-Thomas, Hannah Tyndale, Christopher Skinner, and Cara Winterburn. Their design was an innovative solution which transformed plastic bottles into ropes. The design aimed at reducing pollution and waste.

The Design Manufacturing & Engineering Management team comprised the second-year students - Jack Evans, Jude Young, Isobel Tame, Evan Goldie, and Louisa Duncan. Their project focussed on flood prevention during extreme weather whilst enabling the irrigation of fields throughout the year.

Final presentation on 21 June

The students will pitch their concept to a judging panel of non-governmental organisations, academics, Engineers Without Borders UK and industry experts at the Grand Finals in Manchester.

Engineering for People Design Challenge was launched in 2011, and more than 60,000 students have participated from institutions in Cameroon, South Africa, UK, Ireland, and the US. The challenge takes a project learning approach to support students in understanding their impact as engineers on both people and the planet.

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