Week of January 13

This week in IED
IED students will continue working on the many Inventor modelling tools this week.  Once we complete that, late this week, we will move on to reverse engineering - looking at the form, fit, and function of an existing design to determine how it can be improved.

If you are interested in the Texas A&M Engineering Expo, to be held March 22, find some of your friends to form a team and sign up via the form below.  Note that there are 2 forms that are required by A&M as well as 2 forms required by me in order to join a team for this event.  Be sure that you complete all of the forms quickly so that your team gets their first choice of competitions.

This week at RRHS
Herff-Jones will be on campus Wednesday & Thursday for seniors to order caps & gowns. Be sure to stop by their table in the 1100 bldg during lunches to get yours ordered.

College Visits
Monday (1/13) - Harvard

Texas A&M Engineering Expo
The Student Engineer's Council at Texas A&M has combined the FADE competition from the past with the physics and science departments festival to create the Texas A&M Engineering Expo.  The expo includes several design competitions, including one in which student teams create an alternative energy car that must travel across a 30 foot bridge and deliver the maximum amount of energy (impact, hit, crush) to a 3" diameter target on the other side.  You may form the teams from students at RRHS, and we will cover the team entry fee and bus transportation for you.  For planning purposes, I need to know who is going and on what teams.  You need to fill out the Google Docs form below so that I can get the information necessary.  In addition, you MUST fill out both the TAMU release forms and the RRISD forms.