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Great Group
Engineering Activities!

The Advanced Transportation Lab "Group Engineering Project" has many goals.  Among them are:

|  problem solving  |  interpersonal relations  |  technical communication  |  materials processing
|  leadership opportunity  |  time management  |  Murphy's Law  |  tweaking  |  competition
|  self and peer evaluation  |  goal setting  |  group process  |  engineering design
|  budget and requisitioning  |  program promotion  |
 
 

The 20 Pound Canoe	The Six Hour Canoe (Fall 1998)	The Extreme, Recumbent Bike Race, May 5, 1999
First Design Study of Recumbents - 1994	PPV Catamaran (Personal People Powered Catamaran)	Hovercraft
Dinghy (from two sheets luan)	Jet Ski (in progress)	Another Picture - 20 Pound Canoe (see above)
Techno-Palooza! - Oswego Fall Conference Presentation	Personal Paper Kayak Competition - Fall 1999 (Additional pictures)	Motorized Skateboard Competition, Spring 2000
"Citrus Slinger" Competition, Fall 2000 (how far can YOU send an orange???) (Additional pictures)	"Transpo Wars" (ala "Junkyard Wars") monorail tug of war competition - Sp 2001  (Additional pictures)	"Maxi-Bike", scratch built, large scale adult transport
Techno Fest '02 - May 7, 2002 "Recumbent Regatta II Winner - "Swamp Donkey"   (Additional Pictures)	"Vehicular Destruction" Class cut up a van into a teaching aid, in front of Fall 2002 Conferees  Additional Pictures	"Superwings Project" Fall 2002 Small, 2-Foot, 4-Foot, and finally 8' Planes  (Additional Pictures)
"Solo Float 1" (1 barrel) May 2003	"Canoe Problem" From Three Plastic Barrels May 2003	Solo Float 2 (1 barrel) "Tightee Whiteee" May 2003
"Robot Drags" -  Fall 2003 - Wire guided, 110 volt dragsters, 100 foot extension cord, 4 inch max. dia. elec. motor	"Ill Diablo" Robot Drag Team	"Zipper" Robot Drag Team (Additional Pictures)
"Flat Black Beauty" Team - Robot Drags II - Spring 2004 (front drive)	"Hummer" Team - Robot Drags II - Spring 2004 (4 wheel drive)	"'32 Roadster Team" - Robot Drags II - Spring 2004 (rear drive) (Additional Pictures)
"Powertool Drag Races" - Fall 2004	"Engineered Canoe Problem" - Spring 2005	Fall 2005 - Monorail Tug of War
Spring 2006 - Powertool Drag Races - "Animal Division"	Spring 2006 - Powertool Drag Races - "Animal Division" 110 V power - no body - animal as decoration Runs on two light cables anchored across lab	Spring 2006 - Powertool Drag Races - "Animal Division"

Professional Organizations for Technology Students/Teachers

New York State Technology Education Association (NYSTEA)
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Central New York Technology Education Association CNYTEA)
www.cnytea.org
Oswego Technology Education Association (OTEA)

Epsilon Pi Tau (EPT)
< www.bgsu.edu/colleges/technology/ept >

New York State Education Department, web site
<www.nysed.gov >

New York State United Teachers (Union), web site
<www.nysut.org >