Teaming Up with Fairmont Preparatory Academy By Karissa Campbell, GROWit™, Irvine, California We believe that integrating CAD and engineering with the K-12 curriculum is imperative, which is why we decided to team up with Fairmont Preparatory Academy. This highly academic high-school offers an Engineering Magnet program, a highly advanced program that allows high school students […]
GROWit™ Engineering Magnet Program
Steven Chu’s Visit to ORNL
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that included a tour of the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors. He also visited the site of the the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia, billed as “The first of the next generation of passively safe nuclear reactors to be […]
ORNL offers mentors, working space for students to build robots
Next generation of engineers meets the next generation of manufacturing. Students from eight local high schools will work hand-in-hand with [Oak Ridge National Laboratory] ORNL scientists and engineers to build a robot for the FIRST robotics competition, a nationwide event that promotes science and engineering for high school students. The FIRST robotics competition serves as a […]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL is a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of […]
University of Southern California-Contour Crafting
Contour Crafting (CC) is a layered fabrication technology developed by Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California. The technology has great potential for automating the construction of whole structures as well as sub-components. Integral to the process is a computer controlled crane or gantry that builds houses or structures with the Additive Manufacturing […]