Features
2022
August
Potential Sponsors Invited to attend the Student Design Showcase!
The Memorial University Student Design Hub is encouraging students to expand their knowledge of design and it's applications! Join Clark Oake on Wednesday, September 21st from 1 - 2 p.m. to receive an introduction to "User Interface Design". RSVP for this virtual event by clicking the link down below!
May
Potential Sponsors Invited to attend the Student Design Showcase!
Every year Memorial’s students develop and build innovate prototypes and travel to represent Memorial and Newfoundland and Labrador at national and international competitions. Many of these students go on to start businesses and become future innovators in our province.
This year, our student teams have come forward with the intention to collectively raise $130,000 to help them with their respective competitions. The Showcase event is intended to be a fun and engaging way for members of the local industry to connect with the students, while streamlining opportunities to contribute to their personal and professional development.
During the event, each team will be given five minutes to pitch the benefits of their project to the potential sponsors in the audience, allowing them to decide exactly how much they would like to contribute and to which initiatives. Following the showcase, sponsors will be given an opportunity to network with the student teams in the Student Design Hub collaboration lab, located in the S.J. Carew (Engineering) Building, rm EN-1040.
Intersted potential sponsors who would like to learn more about the event can connect with the Engineer in Residence for more details at kdoody@mun.ca, or can RSVP by emailing RSVP@mun.ca.
Or Register on EventBrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/334622794787
Potential Sponsors Invited to attend the Student Design Showcase!
Every year Memorial’s students develop and build innovate prototypes and travel to represent Memorial and Newfoundland and Labrador at national and international competitions. Many of these students go on to start businesses and become future innovators in our province.
This year, our student teams have come forward with the intention to collectively raise $130,000 to help them with their respective competitions. The Showcase event is intended to be a fun and engaging way for members of the local industry to connect with the students, while streamlining opportunities to contribute to their personal and professional development.
During the event, each team will be given five minutes to pitch the benefits of their project to the potential sponsors in the audience, allowing them to decide exactly how much they would like to contribute and to which initiatives. Following the showcase, sponsors will be given an opportunity to network with the student teams in the Student Design Hub collaboration lab, located in the S.J. Carew (Engineering) Building, rm EN-1040.
Intersted potential sponsors who would like to learn more about the event can connect with the Engineer in Residence for more details at kdoody@mun.ca, or can RSVP by emailing RSVP@mun.ca.
April
Competition Season is Approaching Fast!
With competition season fast approaching our student design teams are working diligently to finish their projects. Pictured you can see two members of the Baja team welding the frame for their vehicle for endurance racing this June. Keep up the great work!
Are you interested in getting involved? Reach out to the SDH to see if there's a project that's right for you!
February
MUN RoboSub Hard at Work!
With the SDH open for student use, teams like MUN RoboSub are hard at work! RoboSub started working on their project last May with hopes of travelling to the RoboNation competition hosted this year in California.
RoboSub is designing a small scale Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (or AUV) capable of completing complex missions autonomously.
Would you like to learn more? Get involved by visiting: https://www.mun.ca/sdh/teams/robosub.php
SDH is LIVE!
The Memorial Student Design Hub is LIVE! We completed all of our renovations this week, and the space is now available for student use.
All students who want to access the SDH can do so during regular business hours 9am - 4pm. Students who are members of the MCE, a Student Competition Team, or a Student Group can access the space after hours and on weekends. All students are required to complete a safety training module on D2L before accessing the space.
The space is available on a first come - first serve basis. Bookings can be made online using an online scheduler. For more information on lab access and user policy, please visit:
https://www.mun.ca/sdh/resources/access.php
January
Apply Now to Change the World!
Attention!! Do you want to change the world?
Memorial University is partnering with How to Change the World, a global social enterprise, to provide an exceptional – and highly international – fully-virtual experiential educational program. Applications are now open!!
Join this fully-virtual program to learn about design thinking and sustainable innovation while using the UN's Sustainable Development Goals as a framework. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of students and early career professionals, to develop unique solutions for sustainability issues. You will be supported by a world-class global teaching team with guidance from a diverse range of sustainability and innovation experts and local stakeholders from around the world.
The How to Change the World February 2022 program is an experiential educational program running from 21-25 February. Visit this link to learn more about the programs and apply: https://www.feb22.htctw.org/memorial
If you have any questions, reach out to the How to Change the World team at feb22@htctw.org
Recruitment Blitz
Hello Everyone!
We hope you had a great and refreshing break! We’re back for the winter semester and just because we’re remote doesn’t mean you can’t get involved. Student Design Hub will be hosting a virtual student team recruitment blitz in January! Every day from 5-6pm come chat with a different team about their projects, and how you can get involved.
Student teams are a great way to learn hands on skills, apply your knowledge, and build your resume. A wide variety of skillsets are needed on every team so come get involved, everyone from any faculty is welcome!
Check out our calendar for more information!
As the semester goes on, more events will be added, stay tuned on ways to get involved! To learn more about Memorial’s Student groups and teams, please check out the Student Design Hub “Get Involved” page: https://www.mun.ca/sdh/teams/
2021
December
Congratulations to our Build a Bracket Competition Winner!
Congratulations to Bracketology as the winner of Student Design Hub's first competition! This semester students were tasked with designing a bracket to withstand a load of 125lbs, and fail before the load reached 200lbs. Bracketology took full advantage of the design constraints to create the only entry that successfully pass the design criteria.
Enjoy your new Ender 3 3D Printer!
The Student Design Hub would like to thank all students who took the time to participate in the competition. Please stay tuned for more opportunities and competitions!
November
Bracket Design Competition Underway!
The first Student Design Hub competition is underway! Students met with the Engineer in Residence on October 26th to learn about Finite Element Analysis and the set-up of their models.
Submissions are due on November 15th, with bracket strength testing occuring the week of November 23rd!
October
Design Leaders in Tech. featuring Randy Billard, Co-Founder and CEO of Virtual Marine
In this guest lecture series, leaders for Newfoundland’s local tech industry give a talk about their business and how design fits into their products. For the final presentation of 2021, SDH is excited to host Randy Billard, CEO and Co-Founder of Virtual Marine!
August
Tetra Society Creates Modified Bicycle
Tetra Society is an organization that builds innovative solutions for people with physical disabilities, providing greater independence, quality of life, and inclusion.
Joshua and Omer, work term students at Tetra Society NL Chapter, modified a 20"-children-bicycle for a young girl with Cerebral Palsy who has difficulties balancing herself on an ordinary bicycle.