Posted on May 8th, 2020 by Mary Lord
From better mountain-bike suspension systems to frames designed for women, there’s a lot of engineering that goes into today’s high-performance bicycles. Meet some of the engineers whose research is improving your ride!
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Tags: bicycle design, Eric L. Wang, forces and motion, helmet, Liv cycling Sophia Shih, Mechanical engineering, Sports Engineering, University of Nevada Reno
Posted on December 17th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 6 to 8 follow the engineering design process while combining mechanical engineering and bioengineering to create a new wristwatch face for a visually impaired student at their school. Teams present their designs to the class and construct prototypes of a watch face that doesn’t rely on sight to tell time.
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Tags: accessibility, assistive devices, bioengineering, Class Activities, Engineering Design Process, Grades 6-8, Human-centered design, Lesson Plans, Mechanical engineering, NGSS aligned activity, teachengineering, visually impaired students, wristwatch
Posted on August 2nd, 2019 by Mary Lord
How do you build the world’s fastest human-powered submarine? A team of CalPoly engineering students sought inspiration in nature – with the goal of besting the competition at the 2019 international submarine race.
Last fall, a team of California Polytechnic Institute engineering students took up the challenge and sought inspiration from nature.
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Tags: Aerospace Engineering, bioinspired design, Biomimicry, Cal Poly, Carderock Naval Warfare Center International Submarine Races, engineering education, human-powered submarine, Mechanical engineering, STEM education
Posted on February 8th, 2019 by Mary Lord
In this activity, teams of students in grades 6 to 8 will learn about the engineering design process and how a one-way valve works by creating heart valves from tape, plastic tubing, and other materials.
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Tags: biomdedical engineering, Class Activities, device, Engineering Design Process, Grades 6-8, heart, Lesson Plan, Mechanical engineering, valve
Posted on August 9th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Middle school students design a robotic “bee” that would have the potential to pollinate crops in place of a native bee and then evaluate their model against real pollinators.
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Tags: Agricultural Engineering, bee, Class Activities, design challenge, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plan, Mechanical engineering, plant, pollinator, robo-bees, Robotics
Posted on August 9th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 3 to 5 learn about the engineering design process by making a 2-dimensional model (graphic illustration) of an apparatus that will pollinate a field.
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Tags: Agricultural Engineering, Class Activities, crops, design challenge, Grades K-5, honey bee, Lesson Plan, Mechanical engineering, pollinator
Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Mary Lord
They grasp fingers, curl up in your palm, and break wind when their heads are squeezed. Meet Fingerlings, the cute little robotic monkeys that rocketed to the top of the toy charts this holiday season – thanks to engineers.
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Tags: Engineering Design Process, Fingerlings, holiday gift, Mechanical engineering, toy engineering, Wowee Toys
Posted on July 8th, 2016 by Mary Lord
To celebrate the launch of BEAM, the first expandable habitat to the International Space Station, as well as the first commercial 3-D printer in space, NASA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers are challenging K-12 students to think outside the box with 3-D printing – literally!
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Tags: 3-D printing, ASME, Competitions for Students, Contest, Mechanical engineering, NASA, Space
Posted on January 5th, 2015 by Mary Lord
The Young Mind Awards are a global competition for middle and high school students to inspire interest in becoming innovators and engineers. Teams or individuals design and build a product to solve a problem or improve a process, then demonstrate how it works in a three-minute video presentation. Entries are due May 31, 2015.
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Tags: Contest, Design, Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical engineering, research and development, Technology, wireless, Young Minds Design Awards
