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ICE Breaker 2023 Caring Engineering
ICE Caring Engineering (ICarE)
STEM workshop for Special Education
Need (SEN) students
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By Winson Lui
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The STEM workshop for Special Education Need (SEN) students, jointly hosted by ICE Caring
Engineering (ICarE) and The Salvation Army, took place on 21 August 2022 at the Salvation Army Chai
Wan Integrated Service for Young People. There were 16 young engineers participating as volunteers
and 19 SEN students exploring STEM knowledge and getting a taste of building simulated seismic-
resistant structures.
Civil engineers’ job duties and characteristics, and the background of the Institution of Civil Engineers
(ICE) and ICarE, were introduced. The phenomenon of earthquakes and ways of how engineers
mitigate earthquake risk were then shared with the students. Finally, the young engineers outlined
some critical steps of building simulated seismic - resistant structures for students’ easy reference. Next,
students worked on the structure’s construction with volunteers.
The workshop was followed by a seismic simulation of the built structures, where there was an
enthusiastic response from the students. Then, regarding the simulation experiment, facilitators
introduced more specific seismic concepts. Lastly, there was an award-granted session, appreciating
the students’ efforts.
On behalf of ICarE, we would like to thank The Salvation Army for their assistance and collaboration.
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