Congratulations to the HSES students who competed in the MESA regional and national Prosthetic Arm Challenge competitions:
Angelica Overton, Jesus Davaloz, Teacher Scott Koehler, George Baidoo,
Antonio Williams, Sam Liu, Tysheara Hill and Cevan Noell. The HSES team won the
Pennsylvania MESA competition at Temple University in May, then moved on
to the National MESA competition in Portland, Oregon from June 21- 23rd, 2013. Detailed results will be posted soon.
The
HSES team participated during
class and after-school Robotics club regularly throughout the year. All
teams researched, designed, built, tested, and competed
using a prosthetic device designed to mimic the movement of the wrist,
hand and fingers. Device performance was judged as it relates to these
competition tasks:
- Distance Accuracy Relay: greatest distance and accuracy
achieved by tossing balls of three different sizes into target
containers located at three different distances.
- Object Relocation Task: greatest mass-to-time ratio achieved by placing objects of varying weight into the specified container.
- Dexterity Task: greatest number of bolts and nuts correctly placed and secured onto the testing device.
- Design efficiency: greatest ratio of device performance to device mass.
Teams also produced a technical paper, oral presentation, and
academic display in support of their project. Their technical paper
detailed their design process, experimentation with the device, and their
understanding of the engineering concepts. Student teams presented
their work and academic displays to a panel of STEM professionals who judged their presentation and challenge each
team further with follow-up questions. Many thanks to Dr. Jamie Bracey with PA MESA and Temple University, HSES staff including Principal Ahmed, Dr. Basu, Mr. Thompson and
Ms. Swift, and NAVSEA engineering mentors.
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