The third edition of the China Hardware Innovation Camp got onto a great start thanks to the workshop on teams brilliantly organised and animated by Prof. Jacques Lanarès from the University of Lausanne.
Prof. Jacques Lanarès (UNIL) in action © D. Buchs
The workshop brought together 45 students from EPFL, UNIGE, ecal and UNIL*. It introduced them to group work, leadership and animation of meetings. In the philosophy of CHIC, lectures were kept to a minimum to give room for activities, including the building of towers with a minimum of material (see below).
The towers were evaluated on the basis of height, solidity and aesthetics. And the winner is… the 3rd from the left © D. Buchs
CHIC students will soon meet again for the ideation week-end (October 29-30). Stay tuned to find out what the 4 teams will be working on!
P.S: *The new edition of CHIC also marks the transformation of the program into a Minor for EPFL students. It was therefore the occasion to bring together the students following the China and Russia stream of the Minor in Science, Technology and Area Studies.