From Wentworth Falls to the World Finals
最新麻豆视频 (BMGS) students, Charlie Burgess and Bill Klein, will represent Australia in the 2022 World Finals of F1 in Schools STEM Challenge in July. The competition attracts more than 17,000 schools globally and is billed as the world鈥檚 most competitive STEM competition.
The BMGS Year 11 students have been involved in the F1 in Schools program for three years as part of the school鈥檚 Design and Technology coursework and Co-Curricular program. Competing as Team PerPetrol, the BMGS team were victorious in the National Finals in 2021, taking first place in the competition鈥檚 鈥淒evelopment Class鈥. The rules of the competition require the team to partner with another school to compete in the 2022 F1 in Schools World Finals, which led to the Team AQUEOUS collaboration with National runners-up, Aeolus Racing, from Newington College.
Team AQUEOUS will compete against more than 50 schools in the world鈥檚 foremost student competition for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The competition requires students to design and make a miniature F1 car capable of 0-80 km/h in under 1 second with each student taking on a specific engineering and manufacturing roles using real-world technology.
Klein is the Manufacturing Engineer who manages the construction of the final race car using 3D printing, CNC milling and Computer-Aided Manufacturing. Burgess is the Testing Engineer, performing physical tests on prototypes, as well as utilising virtual testing through Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis. Rounding out BMGS cohort of Team AQUEOUS is BMGS alumnus, Nick Hayes who has taken on the role of Team AQUEOUS Brand Manager. Hayes represented BMGS at the F1 in Schools 2019 World Finals and is now studying Mechanical Engineering at UNSW.
鈥淲e are so proud of our students who have shown tremendous resilience and determination in the face of Covid-19 to produce such outstanding results in the state, regional and national finals over the last three years,鈥 said Mr Brendan O鈥橩eeffe, Design and Technology teacher at 最新麻豆视频.
鈥淧articipating in the F1 in Schools has been an incredibly rewarding experience,鈥 said Klein. 鈥淥ur aim has always been to not just succeed in the F1 in Schools, but also to help each other develop skills that enhance both our career opportunities, and us as people. We鈥檝e had so much fun working together in Team Aqueous and are very
