Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology is a course for those students looking for an academic challenge involving problem solving and hands on learning. Students will utilize the latest educational manufacturing/engineering equipment, computer hardware and software in a modular setting. Engineering Technology will put you ahead of the curve if you are planning a career in engineering, robotics, manufacturing, or industrial management.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Foambot Creates Itself Out of Sprayable Foam, Becoming Whatever Robot You Need | Popular Science

Foambot Creates Itself Out of Sprayable Foam, Becoming Whatever Robot You Need | Popular Science:

'via Blog this'
Posted by Ronald Garrison at Monday, October 24, 2011
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: Robotics
Newer Post Older Post Home

Engineering Feeds

ATC Facebook

Please visit the ATC Facebook page and "Like Us", so that you will continue to hear about the exciting things happening at the ATC.

www.facebook.com/vbatc

Injection Molder and Pneumatics

3D Visualization

3D Visualization
http://maxusworld.blogspot.com

Related Pages

  • 3d printing (6)
  • Careers (32)
  • Contests (6)
  • Designing (19)
  • Electronics (5)
  • Games for Engineers (10)
  • Internet (3)
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • New Technology (50)
  • Physics (7)
  • Robotics (24)
  • Rocketry (8)
  • safety (4)
  • Scholarships (2)
  • Ship Building (4)
  • Sustainability (20)
  • Team Building (1)

Links

Engineering Technology Links:

Contests

  • Grand Challenges for Engineering”, Theme for the Engineering Education Service Center’s poster contest.

Shipbuilding and Repair

  • BAE Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.
  • Colonna's Shipyard
  • MarineLog
  • Metro Machine Corp.
  • Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Sustainability

  • Engineers for a Sustainable World
  • The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
  • The Impact on Lives and Values (Yale Town Hall), Video.

Safety

  • CareeSafe On Line Training
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet

Workplace Readiness Skills

  • Career Info
  • Career Resources
  • Developing a Resume
  • Example
  • Example
  • Example Resumes
  • Resumes & Career Info
  • Snagajob - Job Search for Teenagers

Physics

  • Mousetrap Car Physics
  • Optics
  • Physics 2000 - interactive journey through modern physics! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices.
  • Physics Homework Help
  • Physics Links and Resources

Mechanical

  • Gear Info
  • How Gears Work
  • Robives, Designing Paper Animations of all sorts of mechanisms. Great "How Things Work" explanations

Electronics

  • Circuit Schematic Symbols
  • Circuit Symbols of Electronic Components
  • Computer Hope - Electroncis Definitions
  • Electronics Club (Lots of electronics info and help)
  • Engineering Tech Wing - Electronic Info
  • Multimeter Info
  • Using a Multimeter

CNC

  • CNC Zone (CNC Forum)
  • CNC Zone - Help Info on CNC machines
  • eMastercam - Blog
  • Mastercam Info
  • Techno Inc. - CNC Router

Design and Drafting

  • Autodesk Education Community
  • Design Engineering
  • Desktop Engineering
  • Library of Inventor Parts (Very useful for making Inventor drawings)

Bridges and Trusses

  • Pre-Engineering Software Corp.

Manufacturing

  • Manufacturing & Engineering Technologies Education Clearinghouse (METEC) is a searchable database of materials submitted by educators from around the world.
  • MSSC - Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
  • Stihl Inc.

Misc. Info

  • ATC Mapquest
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • City of VB eStream
  • GCF Learn Free (Free Tutorials)
  • incometech (Graph paper generator)
  • Print Free Graph Paper
  • VBS Schools Website
  • Web Quest
  • Wikipedia
  • Wordle

Financial Planning

  • College Financial Aid Info
  • NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
  • Scholarship Database
  • Scholarship Database
  • Scholarships and Financial Aid Info

Engineering Info

  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • Dynamic bicycles
  • Engineering.com
  • Engineers Edge - Solutions by Design
  • Greatest Engineering Achievments of the 20th Century
  • How It Works
  • How Things Are Made
  • International Journal of Modern Engineering
  • NASA
  • Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs
  • Wofram Mathematica8

Robotic Info

  • Basic Stamp Support Index
  • Future Bots
  • Jameco Robot Store
  • Jeff's All Things Robot (Info on Robots in general and parts to build them)
  • Mr. Pace Share Point site (Electronics teacher at Tech. Ceneter)
  • Nasa - The Robotic Alliance Project
  • Nuts and Volt - Electronics and Robotic Magazine
  • Robots.net
  • Vex Robots

Career

  • BAE Systems Apprenticeship Program
  • CAP Center
  • Careers in Welding
  • Careers.org
  • College Board - College Search & Financial Info
  • Colonna's Shipyard Apprenticeship Program
  • dGFI (Engineering Career Info)
  • Directory of Engineering Technology Institutions and Programs
  • Discover Engineering
  • Dream it Do It Virginia
  • Engineer Girl
  • Engineer Your Life
  • Engineering Education Service Center
  • Engineering Pathway (Research Career Connection Sites)
  • HRSD Apprenticeship Program
  • ies National Center for Educational Statistics (College Navigator)
  • Junior Engineering Technical Society
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science
  • Next Generation Regional Manufacturing Center
  • ODU Department of Stem Education and Professional Studies (Technology Teacher Education and Industrial Technology)
  • ODU Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology
  • QuintCareers - Info on looking for a Career
  • Ship Building, Repair and Maritime Career Day
  • Technology Hampton Roads
  • The Apprentice School (Shipbuilding apprenticehip at Newport News Shipyard)
  • Tour University & College Campuses
  • UCAN University and College Accountability Network
  • US Department of Labor
  • Va. Tech (Interview Appearance and Attire)
  • Va. Tech Career Services (Explore careers, resume writing, dressing, job interviews, and more)
  • Virginia Worforce Connection
  • Vocational Information Center
  • Weld-Ed - National Center for Welding Education and Training

Quality Assurance

  • ISO International Organization for Standardiztion
  • Precision Measurement Apps.
  • Quality Digest
  • Units of Measurement Dictionary

Fluid Control

  • Clippard Minimatic - Conversions and info on Pneumatics

Rocket Club Info

  • AC Supply
  • Al's Hobby Shop
  • Amatuer Rocketry Links Library
  • Discout Rocketry
  • Hobbylinc
  • IslandOddities
  • MyNASA
  • National Association of Rocketry
  • PerfectFlite Materials for Rockets
  • Rocketry Online
  • Ryder's Hobby Shops
  • Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC)
  • Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Materials for Projects

  • All Electronics - Electronic Materials
  • Budget Robotics - Robotic Materials
  • Carl's Electronics - Electronics and Robotic Materials
  • CrustCrawler Robotics - Robotic Materials
  • Demar Electronics - Electronic Materials
  • Doc Fizzix - MouseTrap Car Info and Materials
  • Electronic Goldmine - Robotic and Electronic Materials
  • Electronix Express - Electronic and Robotic Materials
  • Gears Educatiomal Systems - Materials for Robotic Projects and General Info
  • Hobby Engineering - Robotic and Electronic Materials
  • Jameco - Electronic and Robotic Materials
  • Jameco Robot Store - Robot Materials
  • Lynxmotion - Roboticc Materials
  • MSC Industrial Supply - Metalworking Materials and Equipement
  • Parallax - Robotic Supplies
  • Pololu Robotics & Electronic - Robotic and Electronic Materials
  • Radio Shack - Electronic Supplies
  • Robot Store - Materials
  • Sparkfun Electronics - Robotic and Electronic Materials
  • USP, U.S. Plastic Corporation - Plastic Materials
  • VXB Ball Bearings - Bearings

Material Science

  • ASM - Materials Information Society
  • Cor-Materials - The CORE-Materials repository contains 1586 open educational resources (OERs) in Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mat Ed - National Resource Center for Material Science
  • MatDL Pathway provides content and services for materials students, faculty, and researchers.
  • Material Info
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST solves science and technology problems today so that U.S. industry and science can produce the improved products, services, and technologies of tomorrow.
  • NDT Resource Center - Nondestructive testing: Parts and materials are tested or inspected without causing damage to them.

About Me

My photo
Ronald Garrison
Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Engineering Technology Instructor at the Advanced Technology Center.
View my complete profile
rrg: August, 2011. Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.