Follow along as Jeff Lang teaches you how to assemble a CubiKit using items available for purchase online. The CubiKit is a hands-on STEM activity kit that provides students with an opportunity to become familiar with CubeSat communications, systems, and movement.
This lesson focuses on the engineering design process, linking it to the research conducted at the Shaqfeh lab at Stanford University, which is investigating the properties of fluids, specifically how they apply to de-wetting surfaces, and designing a new fluid for specific purposes.
Students will use TinkerCAD to simulate an Arduino, servo, and Hall Effect sensor, then build a mechanical system with hardware to read a pattern of magnets and store a small set of data.
One of the core ideas of material science is that structure dictates function. The macroscopic properties which arise from a material’s molecular composition aid in determining its potential applications.
We will focus on what it takes to build a city by looking at the importance of transportation. Students will learn about sustainable efforts and methods of mobility and engage in a few activities to better visualize it all.
Students will learn how CubeSats are programmed to orient themselves in space through a hands-on activity. Students will learn the basics of coding through a team simulation.
In this lesson, students will explore how a CubeSat positions itself in space through an interactive activity. Students will participate in an activity which demonstrates the use of transmissions to and from satellite components.
Students investigate engineering responsibilities, types, and soft skills through hands-on activities, card sorting, and concept mapping, then connect their own skills and interests to potential career paths.
At the Shaqfeh Lab, I worked on creating a robot that could easily move through non newtonian fluid. A non newtonian fluid is any type of fluid (gas or liquid) that does not behave like water, i.e. corn syrup, synovial fluid, molasses.