Mr. Russell - Engineering & Robotics

 
              Mechanical Engineering         Aerospace Engineering      Manufacturing Engineering
               Mechanical Engineering      Aerospace     Manufacturing     
             Engineering Applications                VEX Robotics                                 ROV Robotics
             Engineering Applications     Robotics     ROV Robotics
 
                    Fall 2023 Schedule                           Spring 2024Schedule
                 Block 1 - Mechanical Engineering                                 Block 1 - Mechanical Engineering
                          Block 2 - Mechanical Engineering                                 Block 2 - Mechanical Engineering
                          Block 3 -  REA                                                                            Block 3 - REA                                                                                  Block 4 - Aerospace Engineering                                   Block 4 - Engineering Applications                                  Block 5 - VEX Robotics                                                        Block 5 - ROV Robotics
                          Block 6 - VEX Robotics                                                        Block 6 - ROV Robotics
                          Block 7 - VEX Robotics                                                        Block 7 - ROV Robotics
                          Block 8 - Aerospace Engineering                                   Block 8 - Aerospace Engineering
 
Office Hours: Before and after school
 
Introduction
Welcome to Engineering & Robotics at Hackettstown High School. My semester-based courses are designed to build conceptual understanding of engineering principles through hands-on, project-based, student-driven experiential learning.
 
What does this mean? It means that for each project, students are given an open-ended problem statement for which small teams collaborate to develop a solution that meets the design objective and outperforms the results of other teams in a friendly competitive environment. Teams benefit from the need to consider multiple design ideas, agreeing on a chosen solution, designing, building, testing and evaluating their work. They are encouraged to take design risks and accept that failure is not an end but the beginning of a new and improved design.
 
Students will become problem-solvers, first and foremost. They will learn to safely use power tools and sophisticated manufacturing equipment. While some students may decide to pursue a STEAM career as a result of their experience in my classes, all students will develop an approach to solving challenging problems that they can apply to their career of choice. Oh! One more point - students will have fun in the process!!
 
Tiger Robotics Team 6016 Coach                                           Tiger Robotics Team 6016
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                 On the Detroit River as Producer of the 4D Engineering Careers Theater Film for thDetroit Science Center, 2007                                            Aerospace
                                                             All photos are the property of Rick Russell