Our workshops
Experience UQ for yourself, or let us bring the UQ experience to you with a hands-on group workshop led by our friendly student ambassadors.
All workshops are free of charge and are tailored for Year 8-10 students. Advanced workshops can be designed for Year 11-12 students upon request.
Architecture, Design and Planning Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| Designing your place | This creative workshop gives you a chance to imagine and design a space just for you. | Architecture | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Gummy Bear workshops | Using only gummy bears and skewers, you will work together to design and build the tallest and most structurally sound gummy bear tower. | Architecture | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Design for a better world | Discover the importance of designing for the end user. In pairs students will design a product based in each other’s needs and wants. | Design | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Neighourhood Challenge | Students will test their planning skills and design a neighbourhood or a place that meets the needs of the 21st Century. Students will explore concepts of sustainability, liveability and people-centred design. | Planning | 1 hour | 8-10 |
Computer Science and IT Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| Crack the code | Using taught cipher methods students must crack the code to extract a hidden message. | Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Binary coding | Computer languages are often referred to as Python, C#, Cobol and more, the computer’s original language is very basic and binary, 1’s and 0’s. In this workshop students will learn the basic of binary coding and how to create their own code. From there, they will design their own personalised wristband using the code. | Information Technology | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Working with Arduinos (microcontrollers) | Gain hands-on experience in wiring and programming an Arduino or microcontroller. | Computer Science / Information Technology | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
Engineering Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| Powering Tomorrow | Brand new workshop in 2024! Dive into interactive challenges on batteries and hydrogen. Explore decarbonisation, enhance teamwork, and envision a greener future with fun, hands-on experiments. | Chemical Engineering Environmental Engineering Mechanical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 -1.5 hours | 8-12 |
| The Chemical Engineering Cookie Challenge | This fun interactive workshop will introduce you to the basics of chemical engineering concepts as well as test your decision-making, teamwork, and communication skills. | Chemical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Waves of Destruction | Explore the importance of coastal protection by using a mobile wave tank to simulate interacting with coral reefs and beaches. Working in groups, you'll discover the damage waves can have on our coastline and work out the best solutions to minimise this impact. | Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering | Full Workshop details | 1 -1.5 hours | 8-10 |
So you think you know engineering?
| In this interactive presentation, students will explore engineering through the lense of movies and discover how engieering plays a role in the world around them. If you have longer then why not go on a tour? Explore the Advanced Engineering Building with the structures and hydraulics lab; step inside the new home of chemical engineering at UQ, the Andrew N. Liveris Building; visit the hypersonics lab where our mechanical and aerospace engineering students test the performance of scramjets, or tour the epic UQ Innovate Makerspace. | Engineering | Book here | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| UQ Racing visit | Looking for a great exhibition piece for STEM week? Or perhaps a guest speaker spot for the classroom? Our UQ Racing team would love to come and talk all things engineering and design with your students. They can even bring along their race car! | Mechanical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| Meet an engineer | Have one of our engineering researchers take over your classroom. Book a one-hour virtual visit from one of our engineering researchers and discover how engineering lives in everything we touch. Your students will be blown away by the wide range of career paths available as an engineer! | All disciplines | Book here | 1 hour | 8-10 |
| This workshop explores the difficulties faced by women such as access to education, maternal health, gender-based violence, and water and sanitation. Students investigate how engineering can be used to address the issue of limited maternal healthcare in the context of Timor-Leste. | Humanitarian Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| The floating house workshop exposes students to a variety of issues related to construction and civil engineering. | Civil Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| Water for Life focuses on issues related to sanitation and the provision of water. It aims to educate students about the current global water crisis and how to reduce their own water usage. | Chemical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| Prosthetic Leg exposes students to a variety of issues related to healthcare and medical engineering. It introduces students to the global issue of appropriate medical technologies such as prosthetic devices. | Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 | |
| Nanomedicine | Biomedical engineering is revolutionalising drug delivery for patients. Get hands-on and discover how nanoparticles can deliver life saving cancer treatments directly to tumors. | Chemical / Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 8-10 |
This hands-on workshop will have you building your own model wind turbine as we look toward sustainable energy solutions to power the future. See how you can have an impactful career in the renewable sector with engineering. | Renewable Energy | Full workshop details | 1 - 1.5 hours | 8-10 | |
In this workshop, you will assemble and test a 3D-printed prosthetic hand and will learn how engineers help society in many ways, including giving movement back through prosthetic limbs. | Mechanical / Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 2 hours | 8-10 | |
| Students will work together in groups to design, construct and launch a solid-fuel model rocket. | Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 8-10 | |
| StudyFresh: create an indoor air quality monitor | Students will become an engineer for the day and create an indoor air quality detection device to test the air quality of their classroom by programming Raspberry Pi’s. | Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 8-10 |
Advanced Workshops
| Title | Description | Discipline | Bookings | Duration | Year |
| UQ Women in Engineering run an interactive presentation focussing on how diverse engineering really is, allowing students to think differently about the impact they can make on this world through engineering. | Engineering | Full workshop details | 1 hour | 11-12 | |
| StudyFresh: create an indoor air quality monitor | Students will become an engineer for the day and create an indoor air quality detection device to test the air quality of their classroom by programming Raspberry Pi’s. | Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science | Full workshop details | 1.5 - 2 hours | 11-12 |
| Sun Smart Code | In this workshop, you will become a Biomedical Engineer by developing a UV detection device to alert the user of high exposure to UV. | Software Engineering Electrical and Biomedical Engineering | Full workshop details | 1.5 hours | 11-12 |
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