High School Engineering
One of my fun outreach programs is an engineering club at a local high school, Sheldon. We have built robots, rockets, and radios. Now students are building remote control airplanes. These are relatively cheap...
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Computer Assisted Design & Making a 9 mm Endwrench
One of the fun projects that I use to get people to try their hand at computer assisted designing (CAD) is to have them make something utilitarian, like a tool. One of the best...
RoboSub International Competition – San Diego
Arizona State University Polytechnic It was fun to check out the RoboSub competition at NIWC Pacific TRANSDEC, in San Diego this week. The event challenges students to build a submersible vehicle that can autonomously...
SCGIS & Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station
OK, so the only part of this entry that is related to me is that I worked to schedule this behind-the-scenes tour with colleagues that work at the Marine Station. It’s not much...
Making Things Fly – 3D Printed Supports for Paper Airfoils
I wanted to mention one cool project that I have been working on over the last week in conjunction with the Riverfront/Looking Glass High School here in the Eugene area. It is an engineering...
Passive Solar Hot Box Competition
We didn’t provide any design advice in this event, but we did supply materials. Check out the Passive Solar Hot Box Competition going on at the south side plaza of the EMU this week. ...