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Light Bulb in SolidWorks
I was wondering what to make when I had a bright idea. Why don’t I make something that helps everyone see every day? Sooo, I decided to make a light bulb. The hardest thing to make was the filament because
... ContinuedLaurentian University Students win NASA’s Lunabotics Competition with SolidWorks
Congratulations to Laurentian University students in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, have won NASA's Lunabotics competition. This eight member student team of 4th year mechanical engineering students won NASA's prestigious competition, where students design remote controlled excavators to dig, collect and deposit as much "lunar" material as
... ContinuedTen80 Student Racing Challenge, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car with SolidWorks
My partners and I at Ten80 Education, like most of you, are wrapping up the school year and preparing for summer camps and clubs. I want to share with you some of the projects students have worked on in 2011-12
... ContinuedPlastics Engineering Tutorials for Your Classroom
When I taught SolidWorks Design Summer Camp at University of Massachusetts Lowell, I took my young campers to the Plastics Engineering department for a project. I always wished I had a way to show my own students the plastics manufacturing process
... ContinuedNorth 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
... 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.
... 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.
... ContinuedNot 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
... 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
... ContinuedComplete Telecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the completed neck to the guitar. The mounting of the fret wire was by far the most difficult part, and it is still not perfect. The entire assembly is posted below, with all of its parts. I am
... ContinuedFinal Trumpet Assembly
Here is my final trumpet assembly. I got the valves to match up and move like they should be able to. However, I could not figure out how to compress the springs as they would in real life. There
... Continued