The Technology Department of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional held the Goldberg Machine Contest, an event looking for creativity and innovation promotion among first-semester students of the Electronics and Technological Design degrees.
This initiative, which promoted an active participation of the students, awarded the first two places, evaluated by 4 professors from the department, who were the juries and the responsibles of evaluating the 5 students groups’ machines, registered for the contest.
The jury’s evaluation had a specific rubric based on:
Personal presentation:
- Knowledge of the creation, based on the content in the Fundamentals of Technology subject.
- Manufacture with recyclable elements.
- Up to three minutes of the circuit operation
In conclusion, the Goldberg Machine Contest was a successful event where the talent and skills in designing and building amazing machines of the winners were demonstrated.