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In Mr Daab's Intro to Engineering class, freshmen learn the basics of engineering, understand how things are built and designed, and practice teamwork with peers by creating hands-on projects.
⚙️Semester 2! ⚙️
Chem Car
The purpose of this project was to create a car propelled by a mystery reaction. On the test day we will be given a random distance to modify our car to.
Our first step was to plan out our steps to make sure we didn't run into any planning trouble. We looked into sources and videos to find ideas, along with considering things like how size, mass, and speed could affect our car.
A Finished CAD Design from Students!
Engineering Disaster
Engineering Disaster
For our first project of the second semester, we focused on learning about engineering disasters. While this project wasn’t as big as some of our previous ones, it was still a valuable experience. The freshmen were tasked with creating a 2-slide presentation on a notable engineering disaster. It was a great opportunity to explore different types of disasters and learn how they impacted the world around us.
REQUIREMENTS!
REQUIREMENTS!
Some finished slides from students!
Fanny Desai, Sarah Patel, Jian Kang
Rube Goldberg Project
The Rube Goldberg Project was the first project of the second semester. It is a chain reaction-type of project and was made to perform a simple task in a complicated way. We got into groups of 1-3 and designed our projects. The only limitations were the amount of steps we had to have which were 6 for 1 person, 10 for 2 people, and 13 for 3 people. At the end of the project, we will test them.
Semester 1
Element Block
This was the freshmen's first engineering project, and their objective was to create a 3D element block.
Mr. Daab had taught them the basics of OnShape—such as sketching and extruding—and off they went, each student creating a unique element block.
Once they completed their designs in OnShape, the freshmen were ready to start 3D printing! After some trial and error, the element blocks turned out marvelous.
Process of the element block!
Process of the element block!
Mouse Trap Cars
What is it?
A mouse trap car is a car powered entirely by the movement of a mousetrap, dowel arm, and string.
The freshmen have been working on their cars in groups (of 3 to 4) for about 3 weeks, while learning about the Engineering Design Process.
The past three weeks included designing, building, testing, and redesigning their cars.
Concrete Project
This is one of our latest projects, where we used cement, gravel, water, sand, and more to make concrete. We did a research, brainstorming, and design process.
We were grouped into teams of 3 and had to research and brainstorm our mix ratios as well as the portions of our ingredients.
Then we actually made the concrete and let it sit for 48 hours!
The last thing we did was step on them to make sure they could sustain our weight!
Chess Pieces
This project was to make a set of chess pieces based on a theme of our choice. We could go traditional or make our own creative chess piece.
Jay Zhou 2. Riley Barnes 3.Parker Daniels 4. Moses Song 5. Amy Nelson
Dream House
Dream House
Over the next couple of weeks we will be designing our dream home using CAD software also known as Onshape. However, in order to do this effectively, we needed to plan properly and sketch out a floor plan on paper. The minumum requirements are : a Foyer, Living Room, Kitchen, downstairs bathroom, three bedrooms, and two full upstairs bathrooms.
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