8 o'clock wake up got even worse. First thing today was a company presentation of Cisco. Unfortunately, they didn't show up. Good thing was that we had some time to catch up on some sleep. An hour later, the company Fost Plus arrived for another team design. They started with a general company presentation, they organize the recycling industry in Belgium. The assignment was interesting, we were given a box with packaging material with the goal to build a heating device. Water had to go from one reservoir to another which was at a lower level and in between we would have to design a heating device that would heat the water by using a lamp. The device would be placed under the lamp for one hour. In retrospect, we didn't really did a fantastic job on this one. We took a juice box for the high reservoir, used some straws to make a channel. Under the lamp, we put a metal dish to reflect the heat as much as possible and made the straws go in loops to let the water stay under the lamp as long as possible. Once the water had passed under the lamp, it was stored in some Styrofoam cups. Just before lunch, the device was set up and the water was poured into the first reservoir. We got some time to eat and to prepare a presentation. We lost track of time while eating and talking and suddenly realised that we only had five minutes left to make the presentation. We quickly made a schematic drawing, came up with some key words for our solution. The focus this time was on efficiency and waste elimination.
After an hour, the temperatures were measured and our results were somewhat disappointing. Almost all water had gone to the reservoir, but much too quickly. It had only gotten three degrees warmer. Some other teams managed to do a lot better. Even with our fantastic presentation skills, we wouldn't be able to win this one. It was UCL who had the honours this time.
After the team design we had the whole afternoon free, for most of us this meant sleeping or getting into the sauna. It was also a great moment for Xavier, as we finally got a hold on some fish food!
Tonight was the traditional international evening. All teams brought some typical drinks and food from their region. This meant an awful lot of Belgian beers and liquors, Waffles from Brussels, pancakes with Stella Artois from Leuven, and a lot more. We, as Belgians, were representing Holland, so we went for the traditional “broodje kroket” and decided not to bring any Dutch beers – as they wouldn’t be able to compete with all the Belgian beers. But everybody loved the “kroketten”, the Dutch culinary image has gained some popularity today!
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