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Sydney, Vijaya, Haanya, Cameron
Aside from the Kinetic Sculpture Project, we had two main projects: the Water Balloon Challenge and the Clock Project.
The Kinetic Sculpture Project challenged us to use various brainstorming and building methods.
This provides a brief description of our team and our different backgrounds.
Here is a collection of pictures of our design and build process.
Here are some links to the resources and websites we had access to throughout COSMOS 2019.
About COSMOS
About COSMOS
The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science [COSMOS] is a four-week residential summer program open to current 8th-12th motivated high school students with demonstrated interest and achievement in math and science. Located on four University of California campuses (Davis, Irvine, San Diego and Santa Cruz), each campus offers different cluster topics and residential experiences. High achieving students from California, as well as out-of-state and international students are invited to apply to this unique summer opportunity.
Cluster 2 Overview
Cluster 2 Overview
Mechanical Engineering and Computer Control are brought together in many modern products that have moving parts, ranging from a heave automobile to a light weight robotic vacuum cleaner. In this cluster, students will analyze, design and build Kinetic (Moving) Sculptures operated under Automatic Control. Mechanical Engineering methods will be used to design kinetic sculptures using state of the art facilities at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department. The facilities include the MAE Design Studio, LASERcamm and 3D Printers for rapid prototyping along with advanced computer laboratories for creating computer drawings, running dynamic simulations and programming a microcontroller to control Kinetic Sculptures. Examples of kinetic sculptures built by the students include a clock mechanism designed with Inventor and AutoCAD and manufactured by the LASERcamm and a 3D printer. Other Kinetic Sculptures designed by students are based on a reconfigurable lightweight mechanical structure in which balls move along ramps, bounce on trampolines and fall in baskets. The students will learn how to use a modern micro-processor controller to measure and analyze timing and mechanical behavior of their sculptures, integrating engineering design and control principles throughout the curriculum of this cluster. Examples of prior year projects can be seen at:https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/kinetic-sculpt/
Special Thanks To:
Special Thanks To:
Prof. Raymond de Callafon (MAE Instructor 2005-2019)
Prof. Veronica Eliasson (SME Instructor 2018-19)
Mrs. Noura Alqatarneh (Teacher Fellow 2019)
Rodrigo Chavez (TA)
Jackie Zheng (TA)
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