SS's New Course Planned for 2011-2012
Energy and Engineering
with Programming
Proposed Course
Units (Modules)
"Preliminary Draft V.3"
Java-Based
Mars Explorer Rover
Key Resources
"In the Studying Engineering/Technology module, students learn
about engineering fields, how to prepare for engineering careers, and the importance of life-long learning to keep
ahead of rapidly changing technologies and opportunities to exploit technology."Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
www.ASCE.org
Golden Gate Bridge & Ship Entering San Francisco Bay
NMSEA has a variety of
online resources ranging from classroom content and hands-on lab activities
to residential and commercial scale photovoltaic systems presentations and
workshops.Ref: New Mexico Solar Energy Association
American Solar Challenge 2010
Example: AWEA has a variety
of online resources ranging from classroom content and hands-on lab activities
to commercial scale wind power generation systems presentations and workshops.Ref: American Wind Energy Association
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers defines
environmental engineering as ". . . the application of engineering principles to the management of the environment
of the protection of human health, for the protection of nature's beneficial ecosystems, and for environment
related enhancement of the quality of human life."
Ref: http://www.mtech.edu/ee
WERC Environmental
Design Contest
"The ability to hear, see, speak, and move is key to the human ability to manipulate the world.
But to perform such human-like tasks, robotics systems must be able to emulate these functions via software.
And when it comes to enabling robust, device-neutral, platform-neutral systems, Java technology virtually wrote the book.
Java technology offers an array of APIs tailor-made to the needs of the robotics realm.
The Java Speech API lets you build command-and-control recognizers, dictation systems, and speech synthesizers.
And the Java Media Framework can be used to receive and process visual images. "Ref: Sun's Java Programming Tutorials
Sun's Java
Programming
"In the Basic Electricity and Electronics module,
students will study fundamental concepts of electrical resistance, voltage, current, energy and power.
Laboratory exercises are used to demonstrate concepts and design principles.
Students will apply practical problem solving tools and become proficient in elementary electrical calculations."
Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
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"In the Mechanical Design module, students study in detail the ancient inventions that are fundamental
to the art and science of mechanical engineering. Simple levers, incline planes, screws, wheels, gears, pulleys
and springs are building blocks of complex mechanical devices."
Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
American Solar Challenge 2010
"In the Structures and Analyses module,
students will be introduced to the fascinating discipline of bridge design and construction.
After considering the opportunities in civil engineering careers and surveying some historical highlights,
the class members will use their considerable mathematics and science aptitudes to design, build, evaluate,
and test basic bridge structures."
Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
USMA Bridge Design Contest 2010
"In the Aerospace Engineering module, students will
concentrate on the theory of flight in Earth's atmosphere and in space. Flight vehicles include gliders,
aircraft, rockets and artificial satellites."
Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
NASA Ames
Research
"In the Robotics module, students will survey the history
of robotics, learn about the major robot building elements in depth, and build several working models to enter in a contest."
Ref: CETA at http://engineering-ed.org
UNM NASA PURSUE Lobot_Jr Robot
"Optics and photonics continue to be important -- enabling
technologies that are making key contributions to a variety of widely-diverse fields.
The telecommunications industry has fundamentally changed as a result of fiber optic communication and
optical interconnect technologies. The biomedical field has changed as a result of optical spectroscopy and
diagnostic measurement techniques. Our fundamental understanding of physics and our natural environment
has been improved as a result of the laser. Even the manufacturing industry has been revolutionized by lasers
and photonics technology."
Ref: http://www.etoponline.org
Auroras
Paintings in the Sky