Mike Evans on Design Technology at the Huntsville Center for Technology

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Mike Evans

Drafting Design Technology

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Huntsville Center for Technology

Huntsville, AL


Siemens PLM Software

Huntsville Center for Technology

Huntsville City School System, Huntsville Alabama

Huntsville Center for Technology serves 7 high schools throughout the

system

Students leave their high school and commute to the Career Center daily

The students take 90 minute elective classes



Drafting Design Program

2 year elective program

Curriculum

1st Year

Introduction to Drafting Design – (Fundamentals of Drafting)

Intermediate Drafting Design – (Intro. to Solid Edge)

2nd Year

Advanced Drafting Design – (Intermediate / Advanced Solid Edge)

3D Solid Modeling – (Advanced Solid Edge)



History with Solid Edge

Started Using Solid Edge in 1999

One of the first high school programs to start using Solid Edge in Alabama

Students responded extremely well to the software

Solid Edge is easy for the students to use and become productive



Success Using Solid Edge

SkillsUSA

Student organization

High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware

(HUNCH)

Rocket City Space Pioneers

Design and Construction of the Engineering Development Lander (EDL)

Greenpower Electric Car

Standard Parts Library

Electric Car Challenge, Oct. 2012



SkillsUSA Student Achievements Using Solid Edge

How do you measure achievement? By Student Success!

20 First Place State Medals

One National Silver Medal

One National Gold Medal



Gold Medalist – Isaac Wasilefsky



SkillsUSA National Winners



Bill McClure’s presentation to Isaac



High School Students United with NASA to Create

Hardware



HUNCH: High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware

Defined:

A collaboration between NASA/MSFC/JSC and High schools to allow career tech students to study realistic hardware designs and fabricate simulated hardware based on those designs.

In exchange, NASA will receive relatively high fidelity mockups for use in astronaut crew training and engineering design and prototype development.

Students gain valuable work skills and are challenged to meet real world requirements, work in a coordinated manner with other high schools and see how specific knowledge and skills are applied in the work place to produce space related hardware and software.

Students become motivated and challenged to continue studies that will lead to work supporting NASA’s goals and objectives. (To inspire the next generation)

HUNCH High Schools Students United with NASA to Create Hardware



Ground Support Scaffolding Floor System - Upper

Stage Ares Rocket



Presentation to Marshall Space Flight Center



Rocket City Space Pioneers Team Member

Google Lunar X Prize race to the moon



Drafting Design & Rocket City Space Pioneers

Team



First Project Using Synchronous Technology



Full Scale Mock-up Design and Construction



Inspiring Engineers

Design and build an electric race car

Greenpower is an Educational Trust that Focuses on STEM subjects and developing

key ‘soft’ skills

Unique coverage: Elementary through to University (student ages 9 to 25)

Goblin: Elementary School (9 to 11)

Formula 24: Secondary School (11 to 16)

Formula 24+: College, University, & Apprenticeship schemes (16 to 25)

First event held in 1999

Currently

Over 600 teams competing throughout the UK

30 events each year

engaging over 7,000 students each year

Greenpower Challenge

Supported by



Supported by



Drafting Design Challenge

Reverse engineer an electric race car



Lower Wishbone



Rear Axle Bracket



Brake Caliper & Brake Disc



Wheel



Drafting Designs Greenpower Parts Library

Parts library was created by Drafting Design Students at the Huntsville Center

for Technology and will be used throughout the schools in the U.K.



Invitation to compete in the Formula 24: Secondary

School (11-16) Race

First school to be invited from the U.S. “TEAM USA”

Design

Single seat electrically powered vehicle

1 electric motor and 2 - 12v batteries

Material selection important

Composite / Metallic

Design and engineered to meet strict specifications (Scruntineering – independent group of engineers Academy

of Mechanical Engineers-AME)

Solid Edge ST4

Race

Design and build a car that can compete and perform against teams that have many years

experience

Endure a 4 hour race with at least 5 drivers



MAJOR - Educational Challenges

Dates

committed to the project January 2012

race day October 14, 2012

Select a student team ( TEAM USA )

? Financial - approximately $50,000.00

?? Sponsorship

??? Marketing

???? Design for manufacture, engage with local industry

????? Testing, design refinement, performance, team-work ?????

10 months to accomplish



Design Ideas



Design Concept



Wind Tunnel



Full Scale Concept Model



Strong Advisory Committee

Siemens

ADEPT Technologies

NASA

Brown Precision

VCSI

Industrial Fabrication

Operation Green Team



Meet weekly with Students and Industry

Have fun!



Engage students in marketing and sponsorship



Huntsville Center for Technology’s Progress to Date

Library of parts

o Reverse engineering of all standard parts for Greenpower challenge

o Library available to all Greenpower teams

Car design

o Concept design and selection process

o Full digital design: Solid Edge

The Greenpower Final

o October 14, 2012

o The reputation of a nation is at stake

Hopefully there will be a regional race in the United States 2013



Sneak-peek of what is to come

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