Northeastern College’s Heart for STEM Training hosted this 12 months Engineering Exploration week from Tuesday, February twenty first to Friday, February twenty fourth.

On Tuesday, February twenty first, we kicked off this system with and introduction to the engineering design course of and chemical engineering. College students first started the day with introductions and a few staff constructing workout routines. We then adopted with an introduction to the engineering design course of and an introduction to the UN Sustainability Targets. College students then confronted off in a Sumo Hexbug problem, the place every scholar needed to create an add-on for his or her hexbug that will assist them beat their opponent and keep within the ring. We then had an opportunity to go to Northeastern College’s First Yr Engineering Studying & Innovation Heart (FYELIC) with Professor Love and a Chemical Engineering Lab with Tracy Carter. After the quick tour, the scholars explored unusual innovations in our What’s This Factor? exercise. We ended our busy day with one ultimate exercise, Catapults! College students teamed up and labored on making a catapult to launch M&M’s at a goal. College students had been then capable of re-iterate on their design to enhance their catapults’ accuracy and precision.

Volunteers and college students work collectively to arrange their catapult for achievement!

College students launch their M&Ms on the goal

College students pose in entrance of their catapult design.

On Wednesday, February twenty second, we targeted on studying all about Mechanical Engineering and Bio-Engineering. We began the time off with the invention timeline exercise the place the scholars needed to guess when, by whom and why the innovations had been made. They then had an opportunity to design their very own personalised keychains with Professor Love that had been laser lower at our personal makerspace. We then headed over to Professor Lin’s lab the place we had been capable of discover ways to drive in her Driving Simulator. After having fun with lunch, we then visited ISEC the place we realized all about bones with Professor Shefelbine. College students had been capable of check the energy of bones by figuring out how a lot weight totally different gadgets (like pasta, and metallic rods) can stand up to earlier than snapping. We then completed the day with one final exercise earlier than the campus tour, Egg Drop! College students had been set into groups the place they needed to create a contraption to make sure the protection of their egg when dropping it off of Columbus Storage. We watched as every staff dropped their design, ready for both a splat or a secure touchdown! We completed the time off with a enjoyable tour round campus hitting the entire hotspots, together with Professor Monaghan’s Axolotl lab!

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College students work collectively to measure the bend of their “bone”.

Rising the load, college students test to see how a lot the “bones” can stand up to earlier than they break!

College students hear intently as they study all about bones!

Thursday, February twenty third, was all about electrical, laptop, civil and environmental engineering. We began the day with the Who Polluted exercise the place the scholars realized about System Considering. This was then related to subsequent exercise all about water high quality and water high quality sensors lead by Amy Mueller and Annalisa Onnis-Hayden. After a lunch break, the scholars turned civil engineers establishing paper towers. College students competed with each other to see who can assemble the tallest tower and who can assemble a tower that may maintain essentially the most weight. We then moved on to Transportation Timeline, the place college students labored collectively to kind totally different transportation strategies based mostly on once they had been created. We ended the day with a concentrate on laptop engineering the place the scholars realized about programming and had an opportunity to “program” a volunteer to make a sandwich. The scholars then joined Professor Kaeli to study huge information and the way it influences our searches in a different way.

On the final day, Friday, February twenty fourth, our aim was to hit all of engineering to recap the thrilling week. We started with Human Machine Charades the place the scholars break up into two groups and needed to act out machines and innovations for the opposite staff to guess. We then headed over to the Engineering for Everybody Expo the place tables had been arrange with totally different actions. At this expo, which was open to the general public, contributors had been capable of cease by every desk to study extra in regards to the particular subjects. Actions included: wind generators, penny boats, snap circuits, and so on. We even had a raffle on the Engineering for Everybody Expo, the place the scholars had been capable of win cool prizes like school merch and funky STEM toys. We then returned again to take pleasure in some pizza after the thrilling expo. The scholars then practiced their communication and presentation abilities throughout our 1-minute TED talks. We then completed our tremendous enjoyable week with a film earlier than closing out the Engineering Explorations week.

College students watch as their Egg Drop contraption fall.

College students check out the regeneration lab, stuffed with axolotls!

College students pose in entrance of Northeastern’s mascot – the husky!

Thanks to everybody who was capable of take part within the Engineering Exploration Week and the Engineering for Everybody Expo. We’re are wanting ahead to see you all once more subsequent 12 months!

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