Whereas Protagoras (Biomedical Engineering) shaped their business case with semi-educational games (create a model of the vascular system using PVC pipes; act out a chemical reaction), Japie (Chemical Engineering) opted for an ExxonMobil workshop on energy consumption just like last year. Both Van der Waals (Applied Physics) and Thor (Electrical Engineering) decided a business case is synonymous with building small cars. For the aspiring Electro-engineers the focus was on the electronic controls and puzzling with chips. The future physicists were given much more freedom in their approach: a quiz determined the number of materials they were allowed to use to construct a vehicle that could drive itself.

Like Japie and GEWIS (Mathematics & Computer Science), Simon Stevin (Mechanical Engineering) has also planned a professional workshop: Damen Shipyards assisted the students designing a small boat that should be able to transport a crate of beer (an important item during the Intro) on Thursday. Built Environment, finally, wouldn’t be Built Environment if CHEOPS didn’t have the freshmen build something. Using cardboard and trash bags, the new students had to create a construction that could withstand the impact of a bouncy ball. Because the Intro will never be too serious.