Mr. Russell - Engineering & Robotics
Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Manufacturing Engineering
Engineering Applications VEX Robotics ROV Robotics
Fall 2024 Schedule Spring 2025 Schedule
Block 1 - REA Block 1 - REA
Block 2 - Mechanical Engineering Block 2 - Aerospace Engineering
Block 3 - REA Block 3 - REA Block 4 - Aerospace Engineering Block 4 - Aerospace Engineering Block 5 - VEX Robotics Block 5 - ROV Robotics
Block 6 - Mechanical Engineering Block 6 - Aerospace Engineering
Block 7 - VEX Robotics Block 7 - ROV Robotics
Block 8 - VEX Robotics Block 8 - ROV Robotics
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 
On the Detroit River as Producer of the 4D Engineering Careers Theater Film for thDetroit Science Center, 2007 
All photos are the property of Rick Russell