At the heart of ACE-Lab is the belief that
true understanding develops through experience.
Active learning places students directly within the engineering
process, allowing them to build, test, observe, question and refine
rather than simply receive information.
ACE-Lab therefore places
hands-on practical experience at the centre of learning,
supporting the idea that engineering is understood most deeply when
it is experienced rather than passively taught.
Learning through experience
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
01Access
Accessible by Design
ACE-Lab makes practical engineering education
affordable, portable and scalable,
enabling more students to access meaningful hands-on learning
wherever they study.
ACE-Lab believes practical learning should be
progressive. Students begin with simple, accessible
systems they can understand, build and operate before progressing to
more complex engineering platforms. Theory is then used to explain,
model and improve what they observe.
03Method
Model, Test, Refine
ACE-Lab uses Model-Based Design to connect modelling,
simulation, implementation and validation, helping students move
systematically from concept to real system and continually improve
their engineering solutions.
04Curiosity
Explore with Purpose
ACE-Lab encourages
curiosity, experimentation and independent thinking.
Students should ask questions, test ideas, gather evidence and learn
through exploration rather than simply follow instructions.
05Industry
Industry Skills by Design
ACE-Lab learning deliberately develops the
tools, workflows, systems thinking and engineering judgement
used in modern engineering practice, rather than simply satisfying
academic outcomes.
06Community
Better through Collaboration
ACE-Lab believes engineering education improves when
students, educators and industry work together.
By sharing experience, ideas and feedback, ACE-Lab develops learning
that is more relevant, effective and connected to engineering practice.
