Design a building based on a public plan to improve a local community and follow the living building challenge.

In this project we explored the Georgia Tech Kendena Building and were inspired by other Living Buildings as part of the Living Building Challenge. The challenge is a set of standards that describes how a building that has negative waste could be designed and give back to the environment.

We designed an amphitheater for Auburn Georgia that can serve as an economic and population growth center in the middle of the downtown area.

Create a BC Era device, weapon (in cad), or marvel as a model or in CAD as a measure of your performance through the year and design skill. 

I designed a trebuchet because it is cool. I used Fusion 360, my choice of CAD software to build it and render it. While it looks a little cartoony on the background, in my honest opinion it still looks awesome and was built to a decent scale.

The trebuchet was a weapon used by large civilizations around the time period the book we are reading (Medea) in Language Arts is placed. While it is not mentioned in the book or really as a part of Greek culture it was in use by other cultures around Asia and the Middle East. Today we dont use trebuchets in active combat but the concept of throwing something really heavy a distance is still used in weapons like the Mortar and just about everyone knows about a trebuchet as an example of an engineering marvel of the period.

Create something using your knowledge and research into prosthetics, special education, and the tools available in the Lab to solve a real world problem.

In this project we built a device to better help a local student with spina bifida to mount their iPad for communication to their wheelchair. The current mount bumps into him, gets in the way of pushing himself, and is in the way when trying to get into the chair. Thats hardly independent. We built a mount to balance across the back of the chair, eliminating drift to the side, then the mount came down from the side to a better place that is still accessible, but not in the way. 

Create a carnival game that EVERYONE can understand and play. Something accessible to people of all walks of life.

In this project we designed and built a version of MonsterDrop using the cnc machine in our classroom to assist in milling the spinning circle then simplified the actual layout. We made the game more predictable for the students in our schools Special Education program to play in our special ed carnival.

Design literally anything that uses an Arduino and a motor. Then market it!

Design a system with simple materials to move as many beads at possible to the bottom via water. 

In this venture we we designed and built a system using household junk to move water and beads. We were given one liter of water, small and large plastic cups, scotch tape, popsicle sticks, and a class period to build. Our structure was not very successful. It fell apart when water hit a certain level and beads fell out voiding the points.