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The Undergnd (previously The Unofficial Chatter) is the brainchild of my mate, FallenStar and me, Lynx because we just have too much time doing nothing it seems like there are insufficient info's about things that matters.
At the not-so-recent Curtin CUTEC's 1st general meeting of the semester, we were introduced to the office-bearers and informed of the future club activities. Also, the current chairperson of YES (Young Engineers Section) of IEM gave a talk to intro us to YES and its missions. The highlight of the meeting for me would be that CUTEC supports independent out-of-class engineering projects and the game part which I will talk about soon. I mean how cool is that?! Toying with engineering designs and ideas is easier if we are have enough funds and access to labs, no?
To know more about CUTEC's club activities, look for Curtin Cutec in facebook!
Later, we were grouped into a team of 5 and was challenged to build a no-bigger-than-A4-sized-paper, 20cm-high platform that could carry alot of weight in 30 minutes by using satay sticks, duct tape and strings provided. Some 40 minutes if chaos ensued.
The stuff that makes engineers tick (esp civil engineers!):
Some of the platforms built. Most civil engineers join the Curtin Civil Society anyway, so the bulk of student engineers in CUTEC are majoring in Chemical and Mechanical. ha-ha Hence, the lousy designs.
Testing
The winner team's platform managed to stand a loading or 9.5 kilos before failure and won Rm50. hah!
Finally, the only civil major in the board of committee decided to show off his creation. (19 kg before failure wtf) -__-
Show off!!!
The meeting ended with a combined buffet lunch with some other engineering clubs.
