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Career Paths in Engineering

• Exploration & Research

• Ethics

• Job Prospects

• Roles

• Workplace Diversity

Professionalism and Employability Skills

• Professional Attire

• Collaboration 

• Communication Skills

• Internships, certifications, and apprenticeships 

Safety and Equipment

• Hand/Power Tool Handling

• Equipment Maintenance

• Safe Practices

• Industrial Robot Safety

Project & Time Management

• Project Planning 

• Project Schedule Conflict Resolution

• Time Management (Gantt Charts, PERT Charts)

• Steps of the Design Process

• Project Organization

• Maintaining a Design Portfolio

• Prototype Steps

• Presenting a Possible Solution

Automated Systems

• Pseudocode 

• Loops

• Conditionals statements 

• Input methods (keyboard, joystick) 

• User defined functions

• Parameter passing 

• Hardware Interfacing to Microprocessors

• C-Programming Introduction

• Automated Systems

• Variable types

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Robotics Simulation 

• CAD Techniques

• Creating a Robot Model using Software Applications 

• Simulating Robotic operation in software

Robot Mechanics 

• Gears/Gear Ratios

• Newton’s Laws

• Simple Machines

Robotics Systems

• DC Motors and Servos

• Robot Assembly and Stability

• Arm Linkages and Gearing

• Wheel diameter effects. 

• Motor Encoders 

Autonomous systems and Artificial Intelligence 

• Sensors for Robotics:

• Light Sensors

• Ultrasonic sensors

• Touch sensors

Imbedded Activities:

• General Shop Safety Test

• Intro to Industrial Robotic Safety for the workplace 

• Internship Investigation 

• Certification Investigation 

• Safety zones

• Industrial safety devices (interlocks, light curtains, etc.)

Required Project: Engineering Career Research  Presentation

Imbedded Activities:

• PERT/Gantt creation for various scheduling efforts 

Software: Gantt Project, Microsoft: Excel, Word, Google:  Sheets, Docs

Required Project: Student-Led Real/Simulated Robotics Project

Project Presentation

Imbedded Activities:

• Automation Projects (i.e. DC motor control, servo motor control, LED labs, User input)

• LED Laser Pointer Project & Presentation 

Hardware: Arduino, Servo motors, DC motors, LEDs, mini joysticks, laser diodes. 

Required Project:Arduino-controlled vehicle

Imbedded Activities:

• Robotic Arm Project 

• Project Presentation

• Solidworks Robot Design & Simulation.

Required Project: Robot design using TETRIX CAD library.

Imbedded Activities:

• VEX/Tetrix motor matching. 

• Turn types 

• Distance, speed, power labs.  

• Using arms & grippers. 

• Rotational motion to linear motion conversions. 

• Distance, speed labs.  

Hardware:Robot Kits

Software: Programming IDE for robots. 

Required Project: Radial to Linear Conversion. 

Imbedded Activities:

• Line Follower 

• Object Detection 

• Using loops and conditional statements for decision making. 

Required Project: Traversing a closed course such as a maze.

Cycle 1:

-Professionalism

-Teamwork

-Problem Solving

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- Job Seeking Skills

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-Communication Skills

-Self Management Skill

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Cycle 4:

-Civic and Social Responsibility

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