Aspiring engineers from Laurus Ryecroft had an exciting visit to the University of Liverpool for a ‘Girls into Electronics’ day.
On Thursday 4th July, Miss Merry and Mrs Jones took current and prospective female engineers to take part in an electronics course, in the Electrical Engineering department of the University of Liverpool.
Girls into Electronics is a UKESF programme supported by Apple which gives students the unique opportunity to develop their interest in Electronics.
To introduce the event, a graduate from Liverpool University welcomed students and explained her journey into Electrical Engineering after completing the undergraduate course.
As the day continued, students had the opportunity to learn from various experts, including guest speakers from Apple, who shared insights about microcontrollers and how this technology has evolved following Moore’s Law.
After that, the group had a tour of the Electrical Engineering department, where they saw how undergraduates had incorporated microcontrollers into their projects.
They were impressed by the potential that these devices offered and what could be achieved with the technology.
Millie tried on a glove that was designed to interpret British Sign Language. The glove registers your movements when signing and translates them into spoken English.
Following this, students had the chance to try out the university’s cutting-edge electrical equipment for themselves.
Their favourite part was soldering and assembling their very own Game Boy from PCB board up!
They were exceptionally pleased to see how their independent work could achieve such great results – and of course a couple of games of Snake, Tetris and Space Invaders!
On top of this, they were able to learn some C++ Coding with an Arduino Microcontroller set.
They learned about inputs, processes and outputs, and discovered how these functions can be coded by programming the microcontrollers within the device.
Miss Merry, Teacher of Engineering at Laurus Ryecroft, said:
“We are so proud of everything they achieved this day, as I am sure they are of themselves!”
The students did Laurus Ryecroft proud in their proactive and pragmatic approach to new learning on the day. It was a great opportunity for them to see what life is like at a Russell Group University and get hands on with some modern electronics!
Read about more of our recent trips in our End of Term Highlights.