Pre-Engineering Projects
Below are the ten projects I designed and built as part of the Pre-Engineering class that I was enrolled in during the spring of 2014.
Each project is listed below with a picture of the project and a brief description of that project. Click "Read More" to learn more about each project, or click the button directly below to learn more about the class.
Each project is listed below with a picture of the project and a brief description of that project. Click "Read More" to learn more about each project, or click the button directly below to learn more about the class.
20 Rectangles
The 20 Rectangles project focused on the aesthetic side of engineering and design. For this project, an object had to be created using exactly twenty rectangles cut from mat board. The object, most importantly, had to have aesthetic appeal, which was judged by an unbiased vote.
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Tape Dispenser
The Tape Dispenser project focused on combining aesthetic and function. Only two metal wire hangers could be used to create the tape dispenser, aside from a blade and fasteners. The dispenser was tested for safety and proper function and voted on for aesthetic.
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Slow Roller
The Slow Roller project focused purely on function. A small, light-weight device could be made from almost any material, but the device had to be able to roll down a ramp as slowly as possible.
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Bridge Design
The Bridge Design project was built to be entered in the Lincoln Chapter Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Annual Bridge Building Competition. The bridge had to be made from a limited amount of bass wood strips and fit dimensional requirements, and was tested on how much weight it could withstand.
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Toothpick Tower
The Toothpick Tower project focused on function and efficiency. The tower, which could only be made from toothpicks and glue, and had to fit within specific dimensions, had to hold a bowling ball on its top for thirty seconds. The tower also had to be as light-weight as possible to be efficient.
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Cardboard Chair
The Cardboard Chair project was the central project of the course and combined all aspects of design and engineering. This project was a collaborative project, and the final product was presented in front of the class.
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Career Research Paper
The Career Research Paper was the course's largest written component. The prompt of the paper was to research a particular field of engineering, including various aspects of that field, qualifications, and education opportunities.
Electronic Circuits
The Electronic Circuits project was a series of labs in which various types of circuits were built from schematics and pictorial diagrams. This project focused more on the basics of electronics than previously taught aspects of engineering.
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Lego Cars
The Lego Cars project was a two-part project. In the first part, the car had to move as slowly as possible. In the second part, the car had to move up a steep slope as fast as possible. Both parts of this project revolved around basic mechanical principles.
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Pneumatic Arm
The Pneumatic Arm project revolved around basic pneumatic principles. In this project, the device, a mechanical arm built from Legos, had to be able to pick up a ball, rotate, and then put the ball down with levers used to control each piston.
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