Beihang University Summer School at Imperial

During July 2015, the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial hosted visitors from Beihang University

The Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial hosted visitors from Beihang University, China for a summer school on design thinking in engineering. The participants worked in teams tackling the challenge of whether a parcel delivery system using quadcopters could be made safe for people and also bird-friendly. Diverse solutions were prototyped and tested by the teams with a range of potential solutions to this multi-stakeholder challenge, impressing the panel at the final assessment.

Peter Childs – Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering