{"id":5967,"date":"2016-05-09T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=5967"},"modified":"2016-05-09T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:41:26","slug":"rocket-launch-day-a-homemade-game-console-and-a-trip-to-wadsworth-central-intermediate-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2016\/05\/09\/rocket-launch-day-a-homemade-game-console-and-a-trip-to-wadsworth-central-intermediate-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Launch Day, a homemade game console, and a trip to Wadsworth Central Intermediate School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

With Finals Week upon us, the spring semester is coming to a close.\u00a0 What a ride it\u2019s been this semester.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen a homemade CNC built in a student\u2019s garage, a 3D printing workshop at Heartland Point, two wheeled skateboards, an Arduino bicycle brake light system, numerous offsite presentations, the birth of our Electronics Station, and our affiliation with the new Route 30 Corridor Makerspace Ecosystem (courtesy of The Schantz Organ Company).<\/p>\n

It amazes me with how far the Wayne College 3D Lab has come in two short years.\u00a0 When I walk into the room to find students talking animatedly about inventions they are working on, I know that Wayne College does a good thing for them; we are sparking their imaginations. \u00a0Our connections with community our invaluable; the success of the lab is made possible by its support.<\/p>\n

Speaking of sparks, we had one of the most entertaining rocket launches in a while!\u00a0 Engineering students in the Dynamics class spent a semester building models, testing them in wind tunnels, performing physics calculations, etc.\u00a0 On Launch Day, their designs are put to the test.<\/p>\n

A number of students made rockets using 3D printers such as the ones below:<\/p>\n

\"3\"<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700108_211901\"<\/p>\n

The white rocket in particular was interesting as the student mixed his own engine fuel and used acetone to smooth the rocket\u2019s body, giving it a sleek, glassy look.<\/p>\n

Other rockets were constructed with traditional methods such as cardboard tubes, balsa wood fins, even pop cans!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700109_202911\"<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700109_202314\"<\/p>\n

The rocket that \u201cstole the show\u201d was a monstrosity of a machine, a 5-1\/2-foot rocket made by Wade Darr.\u00a0 Everything about this rocket was heavy duty, from its giant, 3D printed nosecone to heavy wood fins, PVC engine holster, and carpet-storage cardboard tubing.\u00a0 Wade also mixed his own rocket fuel and performed at least 20 \u201ctest burns\u201d at his parent\u2019s home before Launch Day (yes, the house is still standing).\u00a0 Watching it launch was like watching the Space Shuttle at Cape Canaveral!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700109_213349\"<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2274\"<\/p>\n

For the first time, Chris from the Wayne College Flight Club used a drone to record the launches.\u00a0 Wearing a virtual reality headset, he watched and recorded launches from the air using a tri-copter outfitted with a GoPro camera.\u00a0 You can watch the launch of the \u201cmonster rocket\u201d here<\/a> (about 40 seconds into the video).\u00a0 It was an exciting Launch Day!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700109_203116\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

David made excellent progress with the handheld game console that he started building earlier this semester.\u00a0 The console is finished and works wonderfully!\u00a0 The case and buttons were 3D printed, the screen was ordered at AdaFruit.com, and the \u201cbrains\u201d of the console are provided by a tiny Raspberry Pi single-board computer running Linux.\u00a0 The project involved a lot of soldering wires, connecting the battery pack, and salvaging old game controller parts to fit into the small console.\u00a0 But the result was worth it and works wonderfully!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700103_213502\"<\/p>\n

Now David is immersing himself into Arduino microcontrollers for future projects.\u00a0 These\u00a0 are low-cost \u201ccomputers\u201d without a screen, keyboard, or mouse.\u00a0 They are used to control hardware, such as Ben\u2019s CNC homemade machine, sensors, and other projects.\u00a0 To get an idea for what\u2019s possible, search for \u201cArduino\u201d on www.instructables.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You will be amazed!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700302_125624\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A couple of months ago, we were honored to demonstrate 3D printing to a couple of fifth grade classes at Wadsworth Central Intermediate School.\u00a0 The kids were so excited that they talked about the presentation for weeks!\u00a0 We were invited back to talk about 3D printying and careers in enginnering to the rest of the fifth grade students, all 300 of them.\u00a0 Ten 45-minute sessions were given, each a flurry of excitement and a continual barrage of questions.\u00a0 And many wanted to visit the Wayne College 3D Lab as soon as their parents would let them.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 We are proud to have this connection with Wadsworth Schools and look forward to future collaborations.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700101_210834\"<\/p>\n

\"IMG_19700101_202650\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"3d-printing-news\"<\/p>\n

See how this robot 3D prints metal bridges in Amsterdam:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/bridge-printer<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Speaking of big things, see how this concrete 3D printer builds a castle:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.totalkustom.com\/3d-castle-completed.html<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Do<\/p>\n

An infinity mirror is a pair of mirrors, set up in a recursive manner, creating a series of smaller and smaller reflections that appear to recede into an infinite distance.\u00a0 They are used as room accents and in artwork.\u00a0 Here is how you can make your own!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-Make-an-Infinity-Mirror-Box<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, With Finals Week upon us, the spring semester is coming to a close.\u00a0 What a ride it\u2019s been this semester.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen a homemade CNC built in a student\u2019s garage, a 3D printing workshop at Heartland Point, two wheeled skateboards, an Arduino bicycle brake light system, numerous offsite presentations, the birth of our Electronics Station, and our affiliation with the new Route 30 Corridor Makerspace Ecosystem (courtesy of The Schantz Organ Company). It amazes me with how far the Wayne College 3D Lab has come in two short years.\u00a0 When I walk into the room to find students talking animatedly about inventions theyRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3","post-5967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6027,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions\/6027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}