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March 14, 2009
Providing two workshops using 3D CAD Technology, students are able to see how science applications are used in designing everyday objects and how they relate to the areas of STEM.
Workshop description: Engineers use CAD (Computer Aided Design) to design and develop everyday products. Learn about Three Dimensional modeling and see how engineers have fun using software while solving problems. Work individually and in groups to create 3D models.
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Half Day Training Workshop on November 8, 2008
FS 104, 1166 Fort Street Mall, Hawaii Pacific University. 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
STEM Jam is a "challenge" or competition that encourages middle and high school and engineering students to test their abilities and innovating skills in the world of math and science. The co-organizer, Collin Kobayashi is an entrepreneur with a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software training program that enables users to create 3-dimensional (3-D) designs in a fun and innovative way. Participants will attend a half day workshop to learn how to use the software, and design a product using CAD. Students will be given a theme for the design. Students' designs will be submitted to a competition run by 3D Innovations, LLC and HPU Entrepreneurship Center. Students should work individually. The prizes include software licenses and an actual 3D model of the winning design.
Themes:
1. Today's Design: Product design for today's use
The theme for this category is to have students model a product that is used as an everyday item. Students will model a product to understand some of the design aspects and engineering functions used when designed by engineers.
Rules:
Designs must originate from a 3D modeling software program (Solidworks, Inventor, Maya, etc.) Designs can be modeled at full scale. If your design is selected as a finalist, the model will be scaled down to fit within a 8" x 8" x 8" volume area.
Models will be judged on the following criteria (1-10 point scale system):
Originality
- Technical modeling ability
- Difficulty of model
- Realistic appearance
- Creativity
Students will have a maximum of 1 week to develop their designs. All designs shall be completed and submitted to 3dcontest@3d-innovations.com no later than 11:59pm on November 16, 2008. Files need to be submitted in both .stp and .stl formats.
Winning designs will have their models printed out using either FDM or Rapid Prototyping 3D Printing Technology.
Eligibility:
The contest is open to all middle and high school students. Students may use software at their schools location. If no software is available, the contest organizers will make every effort to provide trial versions of Solidworks to students.
A 4-hour training session will be held at Hawaii Pacific University, 1166 Fort Street Mall, Computer Lab Room 104 on November 8, 2008. This training session will cover the features of Solidworks 2009 and provide students with a basic understanding of how to design a 3D model using industry standard design software.
Winners of STEM JAM 2008:
1st Place - Shae Ideue
2nd Place - Chatmongkon Kowvigkai
3rd Place - Abraham Kwan, Ashley Foster
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