The main objective of the course is to encourage students to develop their own project idea and/or extend their knowledge and skills to design engineering related product, i.e. solar car. Various fundamental knowledge, including configuration of the solar car, battery and its performance, motor and its application, fundamental of design and manufacturing in mechanical system, as well as solar panel and thin film will be covered. Students will be given an opportunity to design and build a solar car in small scale through laboratory sessions. They will work in teams, preferably with teammates across different schools to identify the needs for their proposed idea, thereby developing their problem-solving, communication, interpersonal and project management skills via this entire experiential learning approach. 

• Introduction to Solar Car
• Design: Understand How Designers Use Inspiration from Nature
  • Discussion 1: Conceptual design of the Solar Car
• Technical knowledge on solar panel and thin film
  • Discussion 2: Innovative idea of Solar Car
  • Build 1: Introduction to CAD Drawing
• Build 2: Practical design via CAD Drawing
• Solar panel experiment
• Build 3: Practical design via CAD Drawing
• Build 4: Finalize the Solar Car

• Assignment (20%)
• Course Participation (20%)
• Experiment (30%)
• Presentation (30%)

[Topics and grading schemes are subject to change as deemed appropriate. Students will receive information andguidelines in class on how they will be assessed for the course.]

Attendance is expected and required. The minimum attendance required is 70%. Attendance for the assessment activities [e.g. group presentation and final exam] is mandatory.