STEM Challenges

Investigate the engineering principles behind solar photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, tidal, and geothermal power systems, and understand the critica...

Understand how internal combustion engines, steam turbines, jet engines, and combined-cycle plants convert thermal energy into useful mechanical work,...

Master the four laws of thermodynamics — from the Zeroth law that defines temperature equilibrium to the Second law's entropy constraint — and underst...

Explore the difference between heat and temperature, understand how heat travels through solids, fluids, and space, and discover how engineers design ...

Unpack the four forces of flight and discover how curved aerofoil shapes, angle of attack, swept wings, and careful streamlining let engineers design ...

Investigate how fluids move through pipes and around objects — from smooth laminar sheets to chaotic turbulent mixing — and discover how Bernoulli's p...