North Carolina A&T SAE Baja Team Excels
I first met members of the North Carolina A&T Baja team in Rochester at a Baja event. The students were eager to share helpful hints to my husband David, who was trying to get a Baja team going at WPI.
... ContinuedCompleted Telecaster Guitar in SolidWorks
It’s finally done! This is the completed Telecaster model. The electrical components are modeled vaguely, if at all, as they are very complex. However, every other aspect of the guitar is modeled as accurately as possible. This has been a
... ContinuedEngineering Education Tour of Ireland with t4
On the last day of my trip to Ireland, I observed the interaction between educators in Ireland’s t4 and Rwanda, I can only look to a great future as t4 has agreed to assist Rwanda in implementing their engineering and
... ContinuedTechnology Education Tour of Ireland with t4
Irish hotels are great to include breakfast. I had breakfast this morning with Remy, Director of Science and Technology in Education for Rwanda. Remy told me his story. As a young boy he moved quickly from village to village to
... ContinuedIrish Education – Creating a Highly Educated Global Workforce
I continue my technology education tour of Ireland with my host Patrick Lynch from t4 and
Seamus Shanahan, Director of Solid Solutions Ireland. Seamus as been involved with the T4 technology, design, and engineering project since 2007. As our SolidWorks Reseller living and working in Ireland, Seamus explained the t4 history. There was a great deal of planning and dedication. T4 wanted all teachers and students to be provided cutting edge hardware, software, and resources to learn through design. The top Irish educators, curriculum developers, assessment coordinators were trained by Solid Solutions Ireland. Then they worked with t4 to help them develop projects in two subject areas Design, Communication Graphics (DCG) and Technology that used SolidWorks as the foundation tool for visualization and geometry. Mathematics or "maths" was one of the core competencies to the t4 programs.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education in Ireland – First School Visit
I find myself fortunate to be in Dublin today. The purpose is to continue the SolidWorks Rwanda project helping educators achieve their goals to enhance technology education for their country.
What better country than Ireland to be the catalyst for this next generation of Rwandans. The Irish Department of Education organization t4, has opened school doors throughout Ireland to this Rwandan dedication. Having implemented SolidWorks as the technology tool throughout the country in 1800 schools with thousands of trained teachers, the t4 technology and engineering curriculum is one of the best in the world.
... ContinuedMotor W16: Prima Animatie
The English posting of this blog is located here.
In acest post despre motorul W16 voi crea un ansamblu partial si voi face componentele deja prezente sa arate si sa se miste ca un motor real. Ca de obicei, aceasta constructie va fi foarte detaliata.
Explicatiile detaliate despre constructia blocului pot fi gasite in “extended entry” la sfarsitul postarii.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari ce vor include o piesa foarte importanta si complicata: chiulasa.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedFSAE Tips for the Competition – For the Love of Engineering
So the results for FSAE Michigan are in. Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the competition and thank you to all the teams that talked to me during the event. I learned a great deal and want to share some of what I learned with the engineering students that work so hard at this competition and for those schools thinking about starting a FSAE team. After coming home, I reviewed the rules for 2011 and wanted to make a few suggestions.
The events, Design Event, Presentation Event, Cost Event are static. For teams that will participate in 2012 FSAE events, assign team members now . Let's take the Cost report. There are two parts: 1) A copy of the Cost report, due at least 7 weeks before the event. 2) A presentation of the Cost report at the event, at a scheduled time, in front of judges during the event. Some teams lost points just because of their documents being late in the mail. Some teams lost points because they could not answer the judges questions. Engineers must always be early. Engineers must be prepared.
... ContinuedThe Gathering of Eagles
I don’t know if you ever sat in a room full of people that have a direct part in shaping the future of the world, but I had that distinct pleasure this May 11th and 12th, in this year of 2011. They aren’t called scientists, researchers, inventors, investigators, politicians, or explorers. They are called educators.
... ContinuedCardboard or Fiberboard in our Schools
Cardboard Construction Destructive Testing
By Corporal Willy, February 23rd 2010
One of the volunteer jobs that I do while being retired is to write for https://www.engineering.com My articles report on the various items I find that might be interesting to technologists, engineers, scientists and physicists worldwide. These articles should also be of interest to teachers all over the world, because I do include science projects now and then that can be used for classroom projects and school science events. Today I started a special project in our schools in Las Vegas and hopefully it will be adopted everywhere in the world. The use of cardboard or fiberboard as it is sometimes called can be used to build small construction projects and then used in “destructive testing.”
Not An Ordinary Tire
A little while ago I was asked by a fellow student about the best way to make a tire in SolidWorks, so I gave her some ideas on how to do it and went on with my day. Later
... ContinuedSTEM Education with Ten80, NASCAR(R), SolidWorks and Fun
Many students design cars – all types of cars, but how many teams design the actual sustainable power source? Student from the RC Lions team at R.L. Turner High (M.E.T.S.A) in Carrollton, TX presented the wind turbine they designed
... ContinuedW16 Engine: The First Animation
In this post about the W16 Engine I will create a partial assembly and make the parts presented thus far look and move like an engine. As usual, this build will be thoroughly detailed.
Download Block-Crankshaft-Pistons
See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the complex Camcase part.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 4 – For the Love of Engineering
After a heavy thunderstorm, the temperature has dropped. Drivers had to make a gambling tire decision for a wet or a dry track. I continue to find the love of engineering today, first I met the Northwestern team waiting in
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 3 – For the Love of Engineering
Last night the team had dinner at a Jackson restaurant and were greated by thankful cheers from the University of Akron for their SolidWorks sponsorship. We truly considers ourselves fortunate to meet such passionate young engineers. Today we also met members
... Continued