Innovators
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F
rom the moment of
mankind
discovered
the control of fire, they
invented new things to uplift
their lifestyle using science
and technology. As a result
of that, humans are engaged
in a continuous competition
to develop their inventions
better than others’ and even
better than their own previous
inventions. To cultivate this
competitiveness among the
engineering undergraduates,
events like “INNOVATORS”
helps a lot.
club has a great history. The club members have participated
in many competitions locally as well as internationally.
Therefore, it is a great opportunity to have an inventors club
for engineering students to do experiments on their ideas
and also to learn and share new technology related things.
This helps to get familiarize with the industry related matters
and it is a great opportunity for the future carrier. As future
Engineers, it is very important to engage in practical things,
experimenting and experiencing the learnt theories on
engineering. Though INNOVATORS is an event organized by
the Inventors club, the whole faculty including the academic
staff give their maximum participation for the event to be a
success.
INNOVATORS 2018 was held on 24th, 25th and 26th of May
at the faculty premises. As the initial step, an introductory
session on the games was done and the participants were
INNOVATORS is an event grouped according to their preferences on games. This year
organized by the Inventors five game categories were given to the participants to select.
club of Faculty of Engineering,
1. Eco solutions - Design and invent a mechanism to lift
University of Peradeniya. As
water by 3 feet.
engineering undergraduates,
2. Efficient wood stove - Design and build a wood stove for
it is very important to develop
a sustainable future.
innovative skills at the first
3. Cargo mate - Lift a 500g mass from an elevation of ½ feet
stage rather than waiting for
to an elevation of 1 foot, which is 1m away.
the final stage. Therefore,
4. Renewable electricity - Generate electricity using
understanding this purpose
renewable energy sources and make it portable.
clearly, this competition is
5. Industrial sorting conveyor line - One conveyor line, three
mainly focused on the first-
sizes of boxes, sort them out by their sizes without using
year students of the faculty.
electronic gadgets.
This is an annual event, which
The competition was commenced on the 2nd day at the
is organized in order to
drawing office I of the faculty. The competitors actively worked
improve and share the
to achieve their final targets. Other than technological things,
knowledge
about
the
it was a great help to improve their soft skills and also to work
engineering aspects within
with a team spirit while respecting others ideas and making a
the students of all the
decision after taking all the ideas of the team. It is the same
batches. Other than this
when considering the industry as well.
competition, Inventors club
do experiments on new Additionally, other than the main competitive games, mini-
technology to go parallel games were there for all the teams to participate. The water
with the modern world. The rocket mini-game was an entertaining game for everyone.
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