Inventive. Original. Skillful. Those attributes describe projects created by students in mechatronics/robotics classes and in advanced engineering and manufacturing classes at the Career and Technical Center @ Hull.
Their future-focused work will be presented during an engineering programs capstone project fair. The two-day event runs noon-1:30 p.m. May 8-9 at CTC@Hull (13900 Hull Street Road). Parents and business partners are invited to join teachers and students at this demonstration of skills and knowledge achieved throughout the school year.
Individual students and teams of students will present a variety of work:
Drones, robotics and animatronics are part of projects developed for Technology Student Association competition.
Other projects include a custom guitar built from various materials and processes, a scaled-down hydroelectric dam, a rocket booster for a remote-controlled car and a low-cost water filtration system that could be enabled through digital distribution.
Customer-driven projects include pocket shelves for a YMCA, a solution for storing rehabilitation equipment in physical therapy and occupational therapy classrooms and a personalized camera phone for customers of photography students.
The career and technical education areas that are collaborating on the capstone project fair recently won a Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association.