Engineering Applications

In Engineering Applications, juniors have been tasked with creating their own companies, meaning they must make creative names, logos, and products while working on a variety of unique business opportunities throughout the year! Many of these projects combine engineering and physics concepts, making them an amazing way for students to apply their learning in a practical setting.

SPRING CAPSTONE

In the new semester, we have been told that we would have to recreate our companies but focus on a specific field: Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Civil, Production/Retail, Bio-Mechanics / Sports Performance, and Software. In each field we would have specific tasks that relate to our industry. For example, Software companies would have to make a video game, while mechanical would make an RC car.

Many companies decided to just stay the same, many new companies were formed too. This really gives us a chance to start over and improve upon our companies last semester.

Business Opportunity #4: Edison Watson's Theme Park

For the last business opportunity of the semester, Edison Watson requested that the juniors create circular battery-powered carnival rides! With various options such as ferris wheels, gravitrons, merry-go-rounds, swing rides, and more, students are able to show their creative ideas, knowledge of circuits, and experience with circular motion learned in physics.

Student Examples

Christmas-themed ferris wheel, in progress

Wiring a simple circuit w/ a resistor

Business Opportunity #3: Dr. Curie's Toddler Shoe Sole

In their third opportunity, Dr. Curie asked the businesses to create a high-friction performance toddler shoe sole made out of silicone. First, 3D printed shoe molds were made with their individual designs. Then, Chemicals A and B were mixed along with vibrant mica powder pigments and optional aggregate, then poured into the molds, creating diverse shoe soles!

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Dr. Curie audio recording

Business Opportunity #2: Isaac Faraday

For the second business opportunity, a human rights activist, Isaac Faraday, asked for a care-package delivery system capable of launching a “bundle” into several windows of an abandoned steel mill. Students modeled their creations after three main systems: ballistas, catapults, and compressed air cannons. Finally, to test their creations, students used their systems to shoot marbles through little windows in an attempt to earn the most points! The more points they had, the better their grade.

Student Examples

Business Opportunity #1:

Nikola Gauss

For their very first opportunity, Nikola Gauss, a fictional golf course owner, asked for vector addition software that would allow him to deduce the final displacement or velocity in order for him to be approved to be on the PGA Tour.

Student Examples

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