On Thursday, Year 10 students started their final Challenge Project of the year.  The students will be working with engineers from the global engineering company, Mott MacDonald to tender for a hydro-electric power station.  The project was introduced by two of the company's leading engineers, Douglas White and Sarah-Jane Court, through an introductory seminar in the UTC Cambridge lecture theatre.  On a glorious day the students then visited the dam at Grafham Water where they were able to get to grips with how a real dam has been constructed and also learn how to survey a dam for defects.  Over the project timeline, students will be looking at types of dams, flow modelling, geology and geotechnical engineering, hydrology, mechanical engineering, and how to cost a project and build a business case.  The project is designed to include a great deal of hands on practical work.