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This 25-page report, published by Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by Blume Team for the Explorer Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM...

This 2-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on purchasing lumber for guitars. Activity learning objectives include: calculate total board feet of a guitar and cost for the species used and accurately measure lumber using inches. This resource includes the following sections:...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown introduces hand and power tools used to shape wooden guitar bodies. Tools introduced include: an angle grinder,...

This collection, published by Marion Technical College, provides promotional materials for the 2021 and 2022 Smart Manufacturing Summer Camps. This 3-day program, located at Marion Technical College's campus, engaged students from ages 12 to 18 in introductory Smart Manufacturing topics. The program...

This 20-page report, provided by the University of California, Los Angeles, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Bruin Underwater Robotics (BUR) team for the Explorer Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global...

Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel -- but 250 times stronger -- would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of heat and electricity, it would start to sound like something out of a science fiction novel....

This is a lesson plan to develop a robot arm using common materials. Students will explore design, construction, teamwork, and materials selection and use. Although stated as suitable for high school students it could be used in an introductory CC course in robotics to stress concepts. The full...

This web site provides renewable energy activities and projects. The site is divided into the following sections: Home, Getting Started, Projects, References, Half Program, Experimental, and Site Map. Project topics include Conservation, Solar Thermal, Solar Electric, Bio Fuels, Solar Cooking, and...

This video, from the Engaging Students From Classrooms and Camps to College and Advanced Technological Careers project, was presented at the HI-TEC 2020 Conference. During the video, the presenters describe how project members connected high school teachers and students with local industry in an...

This paper, from Suzanne Silverman and Alice M. Pritchard of the Vocational Equity Research, Training, and Evaluation Center, a project of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Connecticut, covers the disparity of girls in technology programs in Connecticut. A study was...