Engineering Design Challenge (EDC)2020:

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DESCRIPTION

EDC 2020: Eagle-ROAR (Remotely Operated Aerial Reconnaissance) is a novel engineering design competition that engages high school students using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), in the application of fundamental mathematics, physics, and design engineering. The project is inspired by the broad popularity of terrestrial drones, and NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Mission, which will include an autonomous helicopter (drone).

The indoor VIRTUAL competition will challenge southeastern Georgia area high school student teams to develop a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of a grappling system attachment for a drone. The grappling system will be 3-D printed and attached to the drone to collect reconnaissance payloads during the competition. Teams will create a video presentation documenting their grappling system design process and explaining the basics of drone flight (lift generation, flight stability, and performance). For the VIRTUAL EDC 2020 competition, teams will create a video presentation of their grappling system and hanger payload designs, and discuss the mechanics of drone flight all based on the EDC 2020- Eagle-ROAR video presentation rubric.

This design competition fulfills the Next Generation High School Engineering Design Standards set forth by the Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE):

Use Computer Aided Design (CAD) software to design a 3-D printable grappling system that attaches to a drone for the acquisition and deployment of a reconnaissance payload (GA DOE High School Engineering Design Standards HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-4). Each team will evaluate their grappling designs based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, reliability, and aesthetics (GA DOE High School Engineering Design Standard HS-ETS1-3).

IMPORTANT DATES

Virtual Competition Date - Saturday, November 7 , 2020, 1pm, RSVP for the Zoom Link.

EDC Team Video Presentation Due (upload to Google Drive) Wed, November 4, 2020 5:00pm – 5:30pm

Please see the EDC calendar page for more dates and details!

Competition - Saturday, April 25, 2020, 1pm, Armstrong Center, Armstrong Campus-Georgia Southern University

EDC Team Video Presentations Due: 5pm April 22, 2020. See here for rubric and upload details.

3D prints of final grappling design returned to teams for flight testing: Apr 8, 2020

Submission of final grappling design CAD SolidWorks files for 3D printing: 5pm, Apr 3, 2020

EDC Diagnostics Due & Team Equipment Delivered to schools: Feb 3, 2020

RSVP for EDC 2020: Eagle-ROAR - Friday, November 22, 2019, by 5pm

Applications emailed to RSVP schools - Friday, December 6, 2019 by 5pm

Application Deadline - Friday, January 10, 2020, by 5pm

RULES, GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

Review the Video Presentation Rubric: http://tiny.cc/edcvideorubric OR the direct link here

The links below still apply to the design constraints for the grappling and hanger payloads:

Review the Competition Rules: http://tiny.cc/edcrules OR the direct link here

Review the Drone Airfield Map: http://tiny.cc/edcdroneairfield OR the direct link here

APPLICATIONS AND FORMS

EDC 2020 Application: http://tiny.cc/edcapplication

Download the Release Waiver for High School Students: http://tiny.cc/edcstudentform

Download the school's Principal form: http://tiny.cc/edcprincipalform

EDC 2020 Student Team Recruiting Flyer: http://tiny.cc/edcstudentflyer

EDC 2020 Volunteers Form (Project Mentors & Judges): http://tiny.cc/edcvolunteers

EDC 2020 Student Coach Volunteer Application: http://tiny.cc/edccoachapplication

Download the Release Waiver for Project Mentors : http://tiny.cc/edcpmreleaseform

CAD software request instructions: http://tiny.cc/edcswks