The final year projects of the University’s engineering students may be viewed at the Engineering Projects Exhibition on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Faculty of Engineering.
This year, there will be 93 final year project exhibits spanning a wide spectrum of electrical and mechanical subject areas covered by the faculty’s six departments: electronic systems engineering; industrial and manufacturing engineering; industrial electrical power conversion; mechanical engineering; metallurgy and materials engineering; and systems and control engineering.
During the exhibition final year students will give an overview of their respective projects on display in the faculty’s various laboratories.
The exhibition will give prospective students a taste of the faculty’s environment so they can make a more informed career choice.
An information seminar about the engineering undergraduate courses on offer will also be held on Friday at 4 p.m. just before the exhibition, in the Engineering Lecture Theatre, Engineering Building.
Engineering has contributed significantly to technological progress, leading to better quality of life. It continues to be one of the principal means to find solutions for the challenges the world faces every day.
Engineering also defines solutions for an enhanced tomorrow by continuously extending technological boundaries. The availability of sufficient engineering skills is instrumental to maintain and improve Malta’s standard of living in the coming years. It allows Malta to be more competitive and to attract more high value added investment to our island.
Currently, there are 447 engineering students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the faculty.
These students have acquired engineering knowledge and skills through the tuition and supervision provided during their degree course.
Their achievement in the completion of the Bachelor of Engineering degree is showcased annually in this exhibition.
During the course of this project work, spread over the final year of the engineering degree, students apply skills and knowledge gained during their years of study to look into various challenges using theoretical, experimental and/or simulation techniques.
Students attain functional engineering solutions to these challenges, which in many cases are of an interdisciplinary nature.
A number of projects are carried out in direct collaboration with industry.
Following the hard work by the faculty on a number of projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund, several million euros have been invested in the laboratories to equip them with state-of-the-art instrumentation, machinery and engineering software.
This year, numerous undergraduate students benefited from this newly commissioned equipment during the realisation of their final year projects. This investment enhances the quality of the faculty’s education and research opportunities, leading to engineers who can produce more innovative ideas in their future careers, and who are well prepared for employment at the front-end of technology in order to tackle the engineering challenges of today and tomorrow.
For more information visit www.um.edu.mt/eng/exhibition.
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