Claudia Bolaris

Me and a group of some of my closest friends were able to work on robotic dragon Lego sets that I received for my 17th birthday. We have been able to build a total of 4 mechanical dragons, where we had to build test redesign and rebuild the dragon models to create functioning moving mechanical dragons that you can move with remote controls. We faced some challenges such as motor oil leakage from one of the engines and some of the parts not moving as intended. We went back cleaned up the motor oil and rebuilt and re-tested the dragons until we got them to move properly. A great learning experience and activity that I can share with my friends. We plan to continue in our dragon building.

• Being part of a engineering team of 5 students that needed to design a machine with three mechanical movements, with a time constraint of 2 months, a budget of $80, and a donation budget of $15. My group and I decided to Build a Claw Machine. We were able to find and obtain all of the necessary parts throughout stores and website purchases and being mindful of our budget. In total we acquired; 3D printing filament, one Arduino Uno circuit board, 2 Micro servo motors, 1 Stepper motor with a driver, and a power bank. Our total spending's turned out to be $74.27. With lots of testing and multiple re-prints from the 3D printer we were able to successfully follow the engineering design process and make a claw machine that could move on the x-axis, move up and down on the y-axis, and have the last mechanical movement be the claw opening and closing. With this grate success, our profesor ranked everyone's final project and my team and I got 3rd place out of 6 other teams in total.

Attended a 2 hour workshop on learning how to create 3D model name plate using Autodesk Fusion softwear to create a name plate. After completing the workshop I was able to receive a 3D printing certification at CPP.

Was able to work in a team with 4 other engineering students to design and create a working GPA calculator in Excel by using instructions and codes given to us by our engineering professor. Was able to successfully complete the task within 3 weeks.

Was able work together with an engineering teammate, to create a functioning radio from a circuit board. By using many electrical materials, batteries, and some soldering tecniques, my teammate and I were able to build a functioning electronic device that was able to pickup and tune into radio frequencies. Our build was very successful and we were able to pick up and listen to a radio signal from Palm Springs.

Was able to work in an engineering team of two, to fully construct a hydraulic moving arm made completely out of 3D printed parts. The 3D parts were provided and my teammate and I needed to work together to put the hydraulic arm together. The build turned out successful, and the arm has its intended functional movements.

Being a member of an engineering building/design team, tasked with building a working Glider out of cardboard,scissors, and duct tape, that could fly at least 30ft. Went through multiple redesign's and testing. Was part of a competition with other student engineering teams.