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Competing in local, state, and national Engineering design competitions is a
main focus of the Engineering Magnet program at Stranahan High School. In
their 9th grade year students are exposed to small group design projects through
the SECME Engineering competitions. They compete in class, then school wide.
Winners of the school competitions advance to the County SECME Olympiad and then
on to the National SECME competition. In their 10th grade year,
students continue their experience with SECME and begin to explore robotics and
more advanced design projects. They will work with County Engineers and
contractors when they compete in the WaterWorks 2011 Cost Estimation Project.
The 11th grade student will participate in many national, large scale, design
projects. They will compete in the BEST Robotics program, the Team America
Rocketry Competition, the NEDC Design competition, and the JETS / TEAMS national
engineering problem solving competition.
- BEST Robotics Competition
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Students are given 6 weeks to design, build, test, and then compete
in a fast paced robotics game. The program is run out of the
Engineering Research 3 & 4 class and all students are able to participate
through the Robotics Club. The project runs September through
November.
- US FIRST Robotics Competition
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Students are given 6 weeks to design, build, test, and then compete
in a fast paced robotics game. The robot uses advanced systems including
hydraulics, pneumatics, and programable autonomous controls. The
program is run out of the Engineering Research 5 & 6 class and all students
are able to participate through the Robotics Club. The project runs
December through March.
- SECME Engineering Design Competitions
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SECME is a county funded national program to promote interest in
Engineering. Students complete several project in small teams. The
projects are completed by all Engineering Research 1 & 2 classes. All
students in the SECME Club also have a chance to complete the projects.
The school wide competition is in January and the County SECME Olympiad is
in March.
- Stranahan Cardboard Boat Regatta
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Students working in small teams have to create a boat of their own
design using only cardboard and clear packing tape. The boat must be
able to hold 2 people and race across the pool at Stranahan. This
project is taught in the Engineering Research 1 & 2 classes but all students
are able to compete in the project through the SECME Club. Winning
teams from this competition will represent Stranahan in the Fort Lauderdale
Plywood Regatta.
- MIASF Ft. Lauderdale Plywood Boat
Regatta
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This is a competition hosted by the Marine Industry Association of
South Florida on Ft. Lauderdale Beach. Teams from schools, youth
groups, yacht salesmen, as well as professional boat builders all compete to
create a two person boat using only plywood and marine caulking. Teams
spend one day on the beach creating their craft and on the next the boats
are raced just off shore in the Atlantic.
- WaterWorks 2011 Cost Estimation
Project
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Stranahan High School, the City of Ft Lauderdale's WaterWorks 2011
team, and CH2M Hill have joined together to give students in the Engineering
Research 3 & 4 classes real world experience in construction cost
estimating. Students will work with Engineers from the WaterWorks team
and learn how to read and interpret water pipeline drawings. Teams of
students will act as contractors and compete to win a construction project
by submitting their bids. Students will present their bids to the City
of Ft. Lauderdale City Commission and the Engineers from CH2M Hill will
determine the winners.
- NEDC Design Competition
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Students in the Engineering 3 & 4 classes will work on this
national design competition. The task is different every year but the
object is always to create a product to aid an elderly or disabled person.
Students invent a product idea, create a working prototype, and then present
the product to panel of judges. The team also must create an
advertising and marketing campaign for their new product.
- Team America Rocketry Competition
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A national competition sponsored by the AIAA and the National
Association of Rocketry. Teams must design, test and launch a 2 stage
model rocket that has two raw eggs as its payload. The winning rocket
will launch to an altitude of exactly 1500 feet and return to earth without
breaking the egg payload. Students in the Engineering Research 3 & 4
classes will compete.
- JETS / TEAMS Engineering
Problem Solving Competition
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SECME Club members compete in this team test of basic engineering
knowledge and problem solving skills. The problems are based on
current real world engineering problems currently being worked on by major
corporations.
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