DCU and Siemens Inspire Future Engineers with Greenpower Car Challenge

The Faculty of Engineering and Computing  with the support of Siemens, will work closely with transition year students at Donabate Community School over the next few months to design, build and race two electric cars.

The project forms part of the Greenpower Car Challenge organised by the Greenpower Education Trust, which aims to promote sustainable engineering and technology to second-level students and ultimately inspire them to consider a career in engineering.   

Academics and members of the DCU Engineering Society will mentor the student group on a weekly basis to help them build the cars from scratch in DCU’s engineering laboratories – a build phase which will culminate in with the Greenpower competition in Belfast in June 2016

Siemens, is sponsoring the project by providing Solid Edge, its Project Lifecycle Management Software to the University, allowing staff and engineers to provide assistance to the students to the best of their ability. Majenta PLM, which is the UK’s leading Siemens PLM software solution provider, will be on hand to provide expert support in Solid Edge implementation. As a result of working with Majenta and Solid Edge on this project the University hopes to enter the Greenpower Car Challenge at a senior level.

For Siemens, the Greenpower Challenge to design and build an electric racing car spans its focus areas of Automation, Electrification and Digitalization. It complements Siemens extensive global programme of engagement with young people around the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) Agenda.

Pictured with students from Donabate Community School from left to right are; Dr Paul Young,DCU Gary O’Callaghan, CEO Siemens and Professor Brian Corcoran, DCU.