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Welcome to STEM III! This website is designed for YOU! Over the next four quarters you'll have the opportunity to work on amazing projects. Each project is unique but they're all real problems for your sponsors and will require the best from your team. My job is to help you succeed, learn from your failures, and along the way, grow your collaboration, critical thinking, and innovation skills. Who's ready to get started?
If you're reading this before the first day of school--that's AWESOME! Here's a sneak peak of what's in store for the first quarter.
It may be summer, but the EPB team is already planning for the holidays and they can't wait to work with you. If visiting the holiday windows is one of your family traditions, you already know how big a deal it is for Chattanooga. For this project, your team will create design concepts for each of the windows. The best part of all: each team will work with EPB over the 2nd quarter to bring your ideas to life for the entire city to see. If you love developing creative ideas, making things, and being part of a Chattanooga tradition, then this might be the project for you!
(Note: Limited to Students on Winning Design Concept Team)
In support of Signal Centers’ mission to engage adults with disabilities in activities designed to promote purposeful living, STEM students will transition their Mobile Art Hub concept from the drawing board to reality. The Mobile Art Hub, designed by STEM students during their sophomore year, was chosen by the adults at Signal Centers for implementation and they can’t wait to receive them. Design customization, materials, and fabrication methods are but a few of the choices STEM students will need to consider as they fine tune the design for production.
Julie Darling Donuts are known for their delicious donuts and they want to make it even easier for customers to satisfy their sweet tooth. Today, customers can choose donuts from the display case made fresh each morning. However, some customers call in their order for pick up and Julie Darling Donuts wants to improve the ordering experience for these customers. Owner Kent Davis envisions a web-based solution so customers can see which donuts are available—maybe the customer had a flavor in mind but with a livestream video they see a specialty donut they want instead? Now they can choose it! That’s where STEM student teams come in. STEM student teams will design a livestreaming prototype solution to elevate the call-in ordering experience.
Computer-Aided Design for CNC Machining
Computer-Aided Design for CNC Machining
American Mechanized Technology (AMT) specializes in engineering design services and CNC precision manufacturing to meet the needs of varied customers. AMT engineers design custom solutions using computer-aided design software and use 3D printing to prototype solutions before final production with CNC milling machines. For this project, STEM student teams will work on a current design project for one of AMT’s clients. An automobile manufacturer requires a specialized tool for their workers to quickly verify finished parts meet design tolerances, such as part dimensions and angles. This project will require prototyping to discover a workable solution, including the use of computer-aided design (CAD) tools to create and 3D print prototypes.
(Note: Limited to Brave Bot special project team)
The STEM student team will finalize their prototype design and fabricate a functional and artistic “kinetic sculpture” to dispense Brave Bots to young patients at Erlanger Hospital. What’s a Brave Bot? Bots were created by Gary Hirsch who started making these little domino robots seven years ago. The bots bring kids joy and help them feel a bit braver. Erlanger Hospital is excited to share Brave Bots with kids receiving treatment at the hospital, however, they need a way to dispense Brave Bots that’s both artistic and practical.
Located in the heart of the Chattanooga’s Innovation District, the Tomorrow Building was completely gutted and remodeled to become the first co-living residence in the southeast. Manager Stephanie Hays would like to provide prospective residents with a virtual 360-degree tour of available units and the collaborative spaces. Aimed at leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, creatives, and community activists, the Tomorrow Building is designed as a home for trailblazers. STEM student teams will research ways to create and display virtual tours, collect images onsite, and deliver a final product that meets the needs of the Tomorrow Building.
As a leading insurance provider, Unum must continually hire and train talented personnel in order to deliver products and services to 33 million people at 181,000 companies. Unum wants to demonstrate they can revolutionize how they deliver training to a multigenerational workforce with various learning styles and preferences. The current training approach, technology and content are outdated and consist mainly of instructor led classes and CBT modules. So, when Unum thought about how to create better training tools, they immediately thought of STEM students. Unum would like a multidisciplinary group of students to deliver a prototype learning tool that is fun, engaging, and effective. Maybe it’s an interactive word search, puzzle, or scavenger hunt? The choice is yours!
The UTC Motion Analysis Lab researches ways to prevent running injuries and improve running performance. Currently, researchers use motion capture tools to collect data from participants performing activities such as running and jumping. The motion capture tools collect a lot of data! The data includes everything from position, velocity, acceleration, and impact forces—all collected at over 200 times per second. When researchers analyze this data, they are able to detect issues and see trends which help them identify physical therapy recommendations to reduce injuries. However, UTC researchers need help and that’s where STEM students come in. The data processing scripts need updating to work with different data sets. To accomplish this, STEM teams will use special processing software to update and test the new data processing scripts.
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