On Wednesday, 4th December 2024, at the University of Bielsko-Biala, there was organised a second round of the contest “Digital competence and challenges of the contemporary labour market” by the International Relations Office, in co-operation with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science and the Faculty of Management and Transport for the high schools of our region.
At 9 o’clock, at the UBB campus gate, appeared the teams representing the participating schools: Mikołaj Kopernik I General High School in Bielsko-Biała, Adam Asnyk II General High School in Bielsko-Biała, Commission of National Education IV General High School in Bielsko-Biała, VI General High School in Armia Krajowa General School Group in Bielsko-Biała and Jędrzej Śniadecki Group of Electronic, Electric and Mechanic Schools in Bielsko-Biała.
In contrary to the theoretical character of the first round, in which the participants had to demonstrate their knowledge on the functioning of the European Union and the Erasmus+ programme, the second round had more practical dimension. The participants were invited to the A23 computer modelling laboratory, where they were greeted by dr hab. inż. Tomasz Knefel, prof. UBB. Then, dr hab. inż. Andrzej Urbaś, prof. UBB introduced them into the basic concepts of the computer modelling using the MSC.Adams environment for advanced analysis of kinematics and mechanical systems dynamics. After some time reserved for a free training and getting acquainted with the tools that they have been introduced to, and a lunch break, time has come for the contest task. The task was to prepare a prototype of a mechanical device and to present it before the jury. Four categories were evaluated: functionality of the project, its creativity, its complexity and the presentation of the model. The jury consisted of: dr hab. inż. Tomasz Knefel, prof. UBB, dr hab. inż. Andrzej Urbaś, prof. UBB and dr Piotr Dziwiński. They were supported by mgr. inż. Bartosz Dębowski from the International Relations Office.
The jury has been greatly impressed by the level and complexity of the projects presented, as well as by the proficiency in the software environment acquired by the participants in a relatively short time. As most of the contestants represented the profiles of education rather not connected closely to engineering, a stereotype of a humanist unable to deal with such problems has been proven false. The proof of the positive impression by the jury are high scores achieved by the contesting teams, as the winners got 120 points – the maximal number available and most of the rest of the contestants was very close of achieving that score as well.
The results of the second round of the contest “Digital competence and challenges of the contemporary labour market” are as follows:
After scaling the above points and adding them to those earned in the previous round, the general classification of the contest after two rounds presents as follows:
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