Recently, over 150 talented students from 16 countries from all over the world attended the Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge World Final at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi to participate in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education competition. This is quite an ambitious and innovative Corporate Social Responsibility initiative undertaken by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as it actually unearths future talent for JLR.
To date, more than 3 million young people have taken part in education programmes organised by JLR and what this does is more than just unearth new talent. It gives these individuals a lot of eye opening insight and also something that could create a whole lot of ambitious people globally.
This year's event had bright young future engineers, technicians & inventors, aged 11-19, used computer coding to programme miniature remote-controlled four-wheel-drive vehicles they have designed and built for a two-day competition at the Yas Marina Circuit. One of the challenges saw the vehicles negotiate a tricky course that wound its way over and through Land Rover Discovery SUVs.
This time around, two teams from Malaysia has done us proud. The Panthera and TEAM HURRICANE from Malaysia have won awards at the Land Rover 4x4 in Schools World Finals. The Panthera team came second place overall as well as winning the Best Verbal Presentation award, TEAM HURRICANE collected the Best Sponsorship and Marketing award. Not too bad eh?
Other teams from England, Scotland, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, South Africa, Singapore, UAE, USA, Mexico, Brazil and Australia participated and teams from many of these countries won awards.
RESULTS
Award Winner
World Champions K - EVO - Portugal
2nd Place Panthera - Malaysia
3rd Place Fair Dinkum 4x4 - Australia
Innovative Thinking Award Tessera Extreme Racing - Greece
Coding Challenge Award The Doc's - Scotland
Best Newcomer Award Project Ram - United Arab Emirates
Best Engineered Vehicle K - EVO - Portugal
Sustainability Award Project Ram - United Arab Emirates
Research & Development Award All4One - Germany
Best Trailer Performance Epsilon Engineers - England
Best Track Performance Team Rhino - South Africa
Pull Challenge Award TECH BRAIN - Brazil
Judges Special Award Rogue 6 - Cyprus
Sponsorship and Marketing Award TEAM HURRICANE - Malaysia
Team Identity Award K - EVO - Portugal
Verbal Presentation Award Panthera - Malaysia
Portfolio and Pit Display Award Fair Dinkum 4x4 - Australia
Best Use of Social Media AUTO291 - Brazil
MEDIA RELEASE
YOUNG ENGINEERS CRACK THE LAND ROVER CODE IN ABU
DHABI
More than 150 of the best young engineering minds from 16 countries compete at
Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge world finals in Abu Dhabi
Students use software coding to design and build miniature remote-controlled 4x4s
Competition unearths future talent for Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading investor
in research and development
More than three million young people have taken part in Jaguar Land Rover's global
education programme since 2000
School team from Portugal wins 2017 prize, beating Malaysia and Australia
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QQHQ3DJwl10; https://youtu.be/u34asFev_Fc
Whitley, UK, Thursday 14 December 2017 – More than 150 talented future software
engineers from schools in 16 countries gathered in Abu Dhabi for the Land Rover 4x4 in
Schools Technology Challenge world finals.
The bright young engineers, aged 11-19, used computer coding to programme miniature
remote-controlled four-wheel- drive vehicles they have designed and built for a two-day
competition at the Yas Marina Circuit. One of the challenges saw the vehicles negotiate a
demanding course that wound its way over and through Land Rover Discovery SUVs.
The contest, which supports curriculum learning, included an autonomous car coding
challenge, reflecting Jaguar Land Rover’s commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering
and Maths (STEM) subjects and a desire to recruit the next generation of engineers to
design and develop future electric, connected and autonomous vehicles. The surprise coding
task required them to optimise an existing set of code to help a model SUV complete a pre-
set course in the fastest possible time.
K-EVO from Portugal were crowned 2017 champions; with Panthera, Malaysia and Fair
Dinkum 4x4, Australia in second and third places respectively.
Alex Heslop, Director of Electrical Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover, said: “I am hugely
passionate about engineering and inspiring more young people to consider STEM careers.
The Land Rover 4x4 in Schools competition will help us fill exciting future roles in software
systems, cyber systems, app development and graphics performance. The new coding
challenge is a great way to introduce young people to the importance of software innovation
in our cutting-edge business.”
Team leader Luís Ligeiro, aged 17, said: “The challenge has provided us with fantastic
hands-on experience of running a mini-business and writing our own code. We were all
interested in STEM before but now, after learning all about the Land Rover Discovery
production processes and electronics, we’d love to be engineers innovating and creating
vehicles in the future.”
The global competition has helped the company reach more than three million young people
since 2000. Teams qualify for the world finals through a series of regional and national
events, with the winning team, K-EVO having come first in the Portuguese National Final.
The winning vehicle features multi-link suspension, replicating the Land Rover Discovery,
and was made using natural, modern and recycled materials such as biopolymers, plastics
and aluminium which were a key consideration in the judges’ scoring.
The UK’s leading investor in research and development, Jaguar Land Rover has launched a
global initiative which aims to recruit more than 1,000 electronic and software engineers to its
expanding business. In June this year, the company launched an innovative, mixed-reality
recruitment app in collaboration with virtual band Gorillaz to find global future engineering
talent.
For more information, or to find out more about working for Jaguar Land Rover, visit
www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com.
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