The King’s School West Rand were announced overall winners at the UJ-Unitronics Weather Station Design Challenge on19 September.
Hoërskool Florida and Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg also participated in the competition.
Head of School in Electrical Engineering, Professor Johan Meyer said, “The challenge, in partnership with Unitronics, is geared to expand the pupil’s knowledge of engineering and technology, in addition it creates a platform that encourages social cohesion, promotes interpersonal skills and team building.”
UJ Unitronics project co-ordinator, Johan Venter added, “Pupils were tasked to solve real world problems using industrial equipment and components. The weather station concept supports school STEM curriculum and focuses on safety, design, construction and operation. Each project was required to incorporate the use of Unitronics Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). Excessive spending on the project was not permitted.”
King’s School West Rand won the challenge and walked away with the Best Construction Award.
Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg impressed judges with their low cost model which utilised recycled material.
For their out-of-the-box approach, the team won the Most Innovative Award.
The competition between the teams were very close, however, Hoërskool Florida won the awards for Most Data Captured and Best Functionality.
