Wow, what a successful event the F1 Technology Challenge Exhibition and Car Race turned out to be on Thursday, 11 August 2011. Who would have guessed the Bridge Street Atrium would become the next big location for Formula 1 and that the department would become the Le Mans of the racing set. That's how it was when Reengineering Australia set up a race track for the teams of 'Speedalicious' from Gymea Technology High School and 'The Pocket Rockets' from Lucas Heights Community School to demonstrate their racing prowess and talk about their projects.
The F1 Challenge is a worldwide engineering and design action-learning project for students. Teams of students from years 5-12 use industry level, 3-dimensional CAD/CAM and simulation technologies to design, analyse, test, manufacture and race miniature CO2 powered, balsa wood Formula 1 cars. Congratulations to all involved.
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'Speedalicious', from Gymea Technology High School with their Principal, Mr John Bedwell.
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'The Pocket Rockets', from Lucas Heights Community School.
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The teams raced some of the department's executive officers.
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Speedalicious explaining car racing with Pam Christie, A/Director-General Department of Education and Communities and Managing Director TAFE NSW, and Hugo Harmstorf, A/Deputy Director-General Finance and Infrastructure.
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Speedalicious with Helen Walton, President, P&C.
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Speedalicious with Pam Christie.
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Setting up race cars.
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Both teams setting up cars.
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Dr Phil Lambert, Regional Director Sydney, gave a vote of thanks to the teams.
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Mr Michael Myers, Reengineering Australia.
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The Pocket Rockets' pit display.
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Speedalicious uniform.
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The Pocket Rockets uniform.
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