Engineering the future
Vernon Clarke
Head of Learning - Science
A bright group of BSC students sacrificed a precious weekend in late November and braved their way to the University of Melbourne to take part in SuperHack.
This event is a yearly engineering challenge designed for high-school participants who identify as female, non-binary, or gender diverse. The event is organised by the Melbourne University Electrical Engineering Club (MUEEC) and aims to create an inclusive space for emerging young engineers.
Students from across Victorian schools form collaborative teams and work to develop solutions to engineering problems inspired by current industry needs. The competition encourages creativity, technical thinking, and teamwork as participants tackle real-world design scenarios.
This was an excellent opportunity for our aspiring engineers to get some hands-on experience as well as be guided by like-minded university students and industry representatives. The students did very well to creatively construct some devices and utilise their programming skills.
Well done Lucinda Blackmore, Aoife Martin, Ruby Mae Ruse and Lucia Sardina Martin!
Lucinda Blackmore
Aoife Martin
Ruby Mae Ruse
Lucia Sardina Martin
Lucinda Blackmore
Aoife Martin
Ruby Mae Ruse
Lucia Sardina Martin
Interested students should speak to their science teacher to inquire about reservations for 2026 SuperHack.
Lucinda Blackmore
Year 11
Our task involved developing, designing, and creating a working prototype that incorporated 'home automation' as the theme.
We were assigned two amazing and really knowledgeable mentors, who were apart of the university club for electrical engineering. They assisted us and answered our questions.
On the first day of SuperHack, we were assigned two amazing and really knowledgeable mentors, who were apart of the university club for electrical engineers. They assisted us and answered our questions. We were given brief tutorials showing us how to use the electronic components and then started creating. We had to wire up the circuits, complete the programming, test (a lot!) and make a presentation slideshow and script about our invention. On the second day we gave a presentation (judged by a panel) to everyone at the event, explaining our processes and outcomes.
Out of the 17 groups competing we placed second!
It was such an enjoyable experience and we have all learned so much! You can watch videos of our work here.