Engineering Projects and Minecraft in UEx
Tournament Summary
Engineering Projects and Minecraft in UEx
On the score of teaching innovation and gamification processes being implemented in education, the Graphic Expression Department from the Industrial Engineering School in Badajoz has organized the I University Tournament on Engineering Projects with Minecraft Education Edition (PROCRAFT).
This tournament has been aimed at engineering bachelor students in UEx no matter their specialty, as well as Master’s Degree and PhD Students who are currently studying in UEx. During the development of the tournament, collaborative teamwork and communication skills have been tested on the participants in order to build up an engineering project within a digital environment by using the educative version of Minecraft. The tournament has been held with 8 participating teams, each one formed by groups of 3 or 4 students.
The tournament has taken place in two phases:
Play off phase: It took place April 26th split in two turns of 1 hour each:
- 1st turn. Participants teams were MINECRAFTERS, COVRA, LOS POLLOS SIN CABEZA, and INTENTO DE MC. They were asked to replicate a version of the Nuevo Vivero Stadium located in Badajoz, in Minecraft. The qualifying teams were POLLOS SIN CABEZA and COVRA.
- 2nd turn. The teams that competed in this phase were TANKEROS, TACTICRAFT, FRADA, and 9CON9. They were asked to build up a model of Francisco de la Hera Stadium located in Almendralejo, in Minecraft. The qualifying teams were TACTICRAFT and FRADA.
4-team final phase: It took place April 27th in a 3h duration stage.
The finals were quite disputed among COVRA, TACTICRAFT, FRADA and LOS POLLOS SIN CABEZA, where they had to develop a model of the new facilities of Amazon in the Logistics Platform in Badajoz, from the scratch in Minecraft. The final results were utterly outstanding and hard-fought, so the jury had to struggle to determine a final decision on the final standings.
The models developed by the teams can be seen and consulted in the official Instagram Profile of the Tournament @proyingminecraft. The final decision of the jury has been the following regarding the champion and the runner up:
1ST LOS POLLOS SIN CABEZA
2ND FRADA S.L.
The third and fourth place were assigned by popular vote, where these two designs could be voted in the Instagram Profile. The final results were as follows:
3RD TACTICRAFT
4TH COVRA
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The event has been held up thanks to the co-founding of the Colegio de Peritos e Ingenieros Técnicos de Badajoz (COPITIBA), the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales de Extremadura (COOIEX) and the Graphic Expression Department of the Industrial Engineering School in Badajoz. Other collaborator agents are the Industrial Engineering School, the Project Area within the University of Extremadura, and the Students Council of the Industrial Engineering School.
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