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Ka-boom! The VFX behind blowing things up

Explore SideFX Houdini, the software used to create visually spectacular visual effects sequences. Use it to explode an object, fracturing, adding forces, simulating and then adding a large fireball.

Create your own game controller

Create a simple game controller using and Arduino microcontroller and attached sensors. Python and PyGame take the data from the controller to move the character in a simple game environment.

Programming robots: will you win the Sphero Bolt game?

Sphero Bolts are coding robots. Using programming instructions, learn how to interact with them, and code them through hands-on play and STEAM activities.

Concept Art: magical products for magical people

Ideate, invent, iterate and polish a unique product design for a mage's workbench. Choose your item and combine it with a visual prompt to communicate its form, function and appeal for a particular audience. Combine traditional ideas and industry workflows to communicate original ideas for development in games, animation or film.

A day in the life of a digital forensic investigator

Digital forensics is the future of crime with a digital device involved in nearly every criminal investigation. From helping to convict murderers to catching drug dealers, the data held on our digital devices can be incredibly useful. Learn what a typical day looks like for a digital forensic investigator and attempt to solve a simulated case.

How to be a game designer

Get thinking about what goes into a game, and what to expect when starting out as a game designer. Working in a small production team, create a design document for a game of your choosing. The game will have limitations that will change to simulate industry practice, and the documents you create will be presented at the end of the session.

Performance capture - character and movement

Learn what performance capture for games and film is all about, from directing actors, striking a pose, walking the walk or taking a gunshot. We'll take you through the process of capturing motion and translating it into the digital world.

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineers apply their expertise in science and maths to develop technology for air and space travel, transportation, communication, and environmental monitoring. In this workshop, you delve into the core principles of aerospace engineering. You look at aircraft design and testing with our flight simulator and engage with current students to learn more about careers in the field.

Chemical Engineering

In this workshop, you look at the design and orientation of different chemical unit operations, from three different simple heat exchangers, to examining the flow characteristics through pipes of different sizes.

Mind the Gap: Building Bridges & Bridging Minds

Explore the design and construction of a simple bridge using interactive computer software. You look at designing a bridge with the lowest possible cost and look at how these complex projects are managed.

Industrial Revolutions

Journey from Industry 1.0 to 4.0 with a demo on a flexible integrated assembly system in our IDTC centre.

Solar Energy

Look at solar panel integration for renewable energy solutions and explore challenges such as urbanisation, economic growth, climate change and extreme weather and their impact on infrastructure.

Stomp Rockets

Get ready for an exciting hands-on workshop where students become rocket engineers. They work in teams to build their own stomp rocket, learning aerodynamic concepts such as drag and thrust, to help make their rocket fly the furthest whist being stable. This is a great interactive workshop where students apply the knowledge they learn and learn the importance of teamwork in engineering.

Sarah Grant: Finding Your Voice

Learn how to use your own stories as a starting point to write films.

Teresa Taylor: Unbeatables

Explore different shot types used in films to add drama and tell a story. Groups are set challenges and look at shooting their own short film based on a theme and applying the skills they have learned.