Current 2019 - 2020 Engineering Design Projects
2020 Monster Truck Challenge (MTC)
Design Challenge:
The student will design and fabricate a Monster Truck with articulated suspension and a fully functional drive train with FWD (four-wheel drive) or AWD (all-wheel drive) that will be able to overcome various terrain obstacles.
Learning Objectives
In the participation and the development of this project students will:
The student will design and fabricate a Monster Truck with articulated suspension and a fully functional drive train with FWD (four-wheel drive) or AWD (all-wheel drive) that will be able to overcome various terrain obstacles.
Learning Objectives
In the participation and the development of this project students will:
- Work with tools to process materials and assemble a product
- Incorporate problem solving, design and engineering techniques
- Better understand Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Better understand the characteristics of electric circuits
- Understand the characteristic of a Monster Truck Suspension
- Apply mathematical calculations and measurements
- Work with tools to process materials and assemble a product
- Demonstrate fastening techniques
- Incorporate design and sketching techniques
- Incorporate 2D and 3D CAD techniques
- Demonstrate skills in accommodating friction and alignment geometry
- Demonstrate the application of electricity to generate motion
- Better understand characteristics of electrical circuits
- Demonstrate the ability to solder an electric component
- Work individually and cooperatively as well as competitively
