East Los Angeles College Engineering and Technology Department Engineering Academy Winter 2009
Jun 10, 2015
East Los Angeles College
Engineering and Technology Department
Engineering AcademyWinter 2009
Engineering academy for High school students
Feb 9, 2009 to June 13,2009
Days: Saturdays
Time: 8:50 AM – 12:00 PM12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Spring 2009 Schedule
After the course students are able to:
Use SolidWorks Software for Modeling
Learn the Basic Design Concept
Learn different Manufacturing Processes
Design Parts in 3D
Engineering Academy Objectives
Manufacture & Assemble in 3D
Use the Rapid Prototyping Machine
Work in Teams
Learn how to develop a presentation
Engineering Academy Objectives
Robotics Academy Objectives After the course students are able to:
Assemble a functional robot
Program microcontrollers
Navigate and maneuver a robot
Hands on electronics assembly and soldering
Whisker
Ping
Follower
Light Follower
Tank Tread
Crawler
Student Projects
When we were informed of the project our group, CRC, had many ideas but in the end a toy car was decided as our goal; for the reason that it had looks and it was functional.
Toy Car
Toy Car
Sketch Work
As we started to create an idea of what our future car would look like we started to make sketch work. Sorry to say our first sketches looked like vans instead of cars, as shown on the top left corner. In result we decided to research for an ideal design, which was chosen and shown on the lower left corner.
The Design
Our Results
In the end we think that our guitar was a great success, it was worth all the stress, but we would like to say thank you to the professors and friends who helped us, even if it was a super tiny detail, it made a differenceThank You!
Our team decided to build a building. We had an idea to construct a building that could resemble the future twin towers. But at the end we decided to make it just a building but the idea can be used to create bigger buildings like the future twin towers. Our building was constructed by many different parts; 8 walls, 2 roofs, 2 bases, and 1 walk way to join both of the buildings, to make it easer to go from building to building. But this walk way also has another purpose, which is to allow workers in case of an emergency to get out safely. The only way our project was ale to come together was thanks to its members; Jackelyne Moales, Anthony Hernandez, and Cindy. Together we were able to make our design true, and with a little help with the program Solid Works.
The Building of the Future
Well as you can now see our short presentation is now over. We have agreed that this class is a very great way for someone to learn how many great designs are made and how a machine alone can do many things that humans cannot do with their own bare hands. This class does have a lot of instructions that you need to follow but with practice you can only get better. So finally all we have to say is we hope that we are able to work with the program once again.
The Building of the Future
Student Testimonies
What we learnedWhile doing this we learned how to:
Draw a sketch Extrude cut/boss
base Shell Fillet Spline Mirror Edit
sketches/features Assemble parts
But most importantly we learned how to:
Work in a team We learned how to
be patient And how to NEVER
give up (and trust us there were many times we wanted to throw in the towel)
This course we have taken is designed, for us young engineers of tomorrow, to give us a head start of what it would feel to actually design things. It also helps out to get ready for college or as we might say “UNIVERSITY”.
Engineering Academy
What have learned till this point.
We have an idea about orthogonal projection. We learned the basics of SolidWorks: Extruded boss/base and cut Revolving boss/base and cut Swept boss/base and cut Lofting boss/base and cut Fillet, Chamfer, Rib Shell, Draft, Shape, and Dome Linear and circular patterns and other more Converting,offset,mirror, and other features.
Student Presentations
Thank You!
By:Kathia Mayorga
Paola AguilarStephanie Ramirez
It was a difficult decision
We had so many different and creative ideas, we went from a Nintendo DS to a glow in the dark toilet. In the
end we ended up creating a beautiful and
unique guitar.
Our Decision
Our decision came to be when all three of us
were in Paola’s brainstorming on what
we should do. We were browsing her room for any ideas and then we came upon her guitar, and we knew that was it! Now the next step
was to plan and divide.
Our Experiences
It was pretty frustrating in the beginning. We had no idea where to start and when we got started we had complications and we spent endless hours trying to fix them. It was not as simple as we thought it would
be. But we were ready for the challenge.
What we learnedWhile doing this we learned how to:
Draw a sketch Extrude cut/boss base Shell Fillet Spline Mirror Edit sketches/features Assemble parts
But most importantly we learned how to:
Work in a team We learned how to be
patient And how to NEVER give up
(and trust us there were many times we wanted to throw in the towel)
The Future Awaits……
Throughout this whole experience, we learned a lot. Also not only did we make new friends,
but we created memories that will last
us a lifetime, and maybe influence our future in engineering.
Our Results In the end we think that
our guitar was a great success, it was worth all the stress, but we would like to say thank you to the professors and friends who helped us, even if it was a super tiny detail, it made a difference Thank You!
Memories
Ceremony Photos