ENGINEERING

Year Plan
First Quarter
Topics to cover
o Intro to Engineering: types, skills needed
o Code of ethics/ engineering Design
o Scale drawings, model building
o Introduction to CAD
Group Projects
o Scale drawing of school room/building on graph paper
o Make foam board model of scale drawing
o Interpret scale drawings into real dimensions
o House of Cards Engineering Design (& cost estimates)
o School safety project (research different materials, costs) Client: Brian
Muldrow, PA
o Using CAD, make scale drawings
Individual Project
o Research the sale of human body parts in the black market explore
moral and ethical issues research Biomedical Engineering solutions
Field Trips/Speakers
o UALR Engineering School (Field trip)
o UA Fayetteville School of Engineering (speaker)
o Construction Engineering Firm (speaker)
o Student currently in an Engineering program (speaker)
Second Quarter
Topics to cover
o Electrical Engineering basics (review of vocab, circuit wiring, schematic
diagrams)
o More advances wiring options (analog and digital)
o Introduction to Fritzing
Group Projects
o Build a small DC motor
o Reverse Engineering: disable a small appliance & describe the function
of each component
o Use breadboard to design analog sensor circuits (photoresistor, switch,
555 timer chip, transistors, firefly)
o Digital programing - Arduino
o Fritzing
Individual Project
o Research a possible space station/city. Discuss all the factors that need
to be considered in the design of the city (function of each, what basic
materials are needed, energy considerations) then rank them in what
you think is the order of importance.
Field Trips/speakers
o Electrical Engineering firm (speaker)

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Southwest Power Pool (field trip)

LM Wind Power wind turbine factory in NLR (field trip)
Innovation HUB (field trip digital programming with Arduino)
Theater lighting design (Lights, Wiring, Energy and Light Board)

Third Quarter
Topics to cover
o Mechanical Engineering basics
o CAD design advanced techniques
o Intro to the 3D Printer
Group Projects
o Waterwheel Engineering Design, calculate P, W, efficiency with different
types of blades
o Design and print a 3D design
o Elevator Engineering Design
o Design a playground for a disadvantaged child
Individual Project
o Research existing polymer that reflects Energy on one side & absorbs
Energy on the other side (or two polymers). Suggest ideas of how this
material could be made into a mechanical device as a car sun shield (fit
between the cars dash and windshield) and describe the function of each
component
Field Trips/speakers
o Mechanical engineering firm (speaker)
o Water/Environmental engineering firm (speaker)
o Caterpillar Factory (field trip, NLR)

Fourth Quarter
Topics to cover
o Civil Engineering basics
o Architecture basics
o Advanced CAD design
Group Projects
o CAD working drawbridge with two different height towers
o Build a Brick Wall (choices of different brick suppliers, different sources of
bricks, different truck delivery companies, different laborers), limits on
time, costs
o (Capstone) Design a new High School
Foam board model
Power point presentation
Individual Project
o Think of a low-cost, easily transported product that would help the people
of a very remote poor village with one of the following:
clean drinking water
new energy source

new fuel
Field Trips/speakers
o Civil Engineering Firm (speaker)
o Waste Water Treatment Plant (speaker or field trip)
o Architectural Firm (speaker or field trip)