Texas A&M at Qatar STEM programme teaches students how to innovate in three dimensions
10 Mar 2021 - 12:37
The Peninsula
Doha: Over the course of five weeks, 31 high school students in grades 9-12 explored the fundamentals of the engineering design process while learning from home during Qatar Invents: Innovating in Three Dimensions STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programme developed and offered by Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university.
STEM experts Tala Katbeh and Benjamin Cieslinski developed and taught Qatar Invents, which tasked the students with coming up with novel solutions to problems while learning the necessary 3D computer-aided design (CAD) modeling tools to design and create their prototypes. At the end of the workshop, students completed their projects and brought their ideas to life by creating their own engineering solutions to the challenge presented: improving their study-from-home workstations to ensure students remain healthy and are efficient with their work.