At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana, we organised the Summer Research Camp “Explore and Propel the Future” for the second consecutive year. This year, we hosted 30 students from twenty-two grammar school from all over Slovenia. The students had the opportunity to choose between twelve workshops covering a wide range of topics, from robotics and automation to new materials and energy solutions. Each workshop promoted practical work and creative thinking and at the same time presented the various aspects of the modern mechanical engineering to the students.
Of a total of 30 registered students, the number of girls, 12, increased significantly compared to last year, which shows that the modern mechanical engineering offers interesting opportunities for them as well. At this year’s camp, they learned about the aerodynamic properties of aircraft, human body movement, 3D modelling and virtual and physical prototyping.
In addition to the workshops, we also organised interesting lectures where the students learned about the latest trends in the fields of smart factories, autonomous mobile robots and the development of drugs using supercomputers.
