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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:59 pm
EngineeringTaught by Judas Oriomb for Asterion Students
Rules
Please only post when the class is labeled [OPEN].
You may enter TWO Nightmares/Daydreams per stage.
Look below to see what activities are available, choose the one that is appropriate to your Nightmare/Daydream's stage.
Make sure to include all activity instructions in your post along with your response. Failure to do so will render your participation void for growths/graduation.
All in-thread posts should contain a roleplay response with a minimum of 100 words, not including the prompt for the activity if there is one.
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:12 pm
Class Activity
Trebuchet Challenge
Starts: First of the month
Ends: Last day of the month, 11:59p, EST
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[list=1][*] Using the game here: [url=http://engineering-games.net/engineering-games/81/the-trebuchet-challenge]click[/url], complete 1-3 challenges and screenshot your results
[*] Share your screenshots under a spoiler in this thread
[*] Post a roleplay response of at least 150 words about how your student handled the assignment and their thoughts on it.
[*] [b]Do not quote me[/b] when you post.
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:12 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:27 am
T’kani stared at the final for her first engineering class, a little stuck on the essay question. Why did she want to pursue this field? Not something more involved like why rigorous testing is required? That would have been hard, but she knew how to work through that. Why did she want to be an engineer?
Science drives our lives in every aspect, from the chemistry that enables our bodies to function, to the physics that stars follow in shaping our universe. Engineering itself draws from many other fields in order to improve our lives through the art of creation.
For myself, it is this facet that interests me. Though claws tend to frustrate me from time to time, I enjoy working with my hands; the feeling of building something from raw materials, and the satisfaction of seeing a completed project at the end. This is not always a perfect process, mistakes are made, designs need to be reworked; sometimes completely. This has never deterred me, and hopefully never will. I accept failure as a learning tool, looking for ways to improve either the project or my own methods.
Safety is also a concern to me, as it is not useful to have a new tool if it ends up harming those that use it. It is also a personal issue to me as I cannot always communicate with others as easily, and must compensate both in the projects I undertake, and those that others work on in order to ensure that I am not endangering myself.
Overall I see engineering as a remarkable branch of science, and pursue it with as much vigor as I do my other studies, always looking for new ideas to test and wisdom to be gained. I want to be an engineer so that I can add to that science in whatever way I am able.
Well, certainly not her best work, but time would tell, right? She checked over her answers once again, and re-read the essay to make sure there were no glaring issues, before handing the test in to the professor and patiently awaiting the results.
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:11 pm
Congratulations, you passed!
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:22 am
 Kaipo considered the problem, first he went to his drawing board and designed a big conveyor belt system that took the dishes through different stages but he decided it was too big and bulking to be practical. So Kaipo designed a small waterproof container. The machine was still pretty primitive, but Kaipo couldn't think of a better system where he could use the sponge and dish soap as the project require. The little plate from inside the box was set on a little lift, set on a timer to soak the one dish for 5 min. before lifting it from the water to be scrubbed by the sponge. Kaipo attached the sponge and scrub brush on a little fan that turned scrubbing the plate. There were still some bugs with his project, he had to rinse and dry the dish by hand and put the next one in, but the assignment didn't say the dishes needed to be rinsed and dried, maybe Kaipo would figure that out next project.
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:03 pm
“I have here a selection of dishes that have not been cleaned in some time. The food on them is very much stuck in place. Here, I have a selection of sponges and scrub brushes, though we all know that it takes quite a bit of time to remove ingrained food by hand. For those who are not gifted in magic and cannot afford pre-made spells, they are left with the arduous task of scrubbing these by hand. I want you all to create something that will allow the average person to clean these dishes within a reasonable amount of time. This will be due next class.”
Rules:
Have your student create a machine that does not require magic to run that can clean the dishes! You must use a sponge as well as dish soap in the creation.
Post a roleplay response describing the machine as well as a demonstration of how to use it. Pictures are optional.
Do not quote me when you post.
T’kani thought about the project on the way back to her apartment. She normally used magic to help, if only because cleaning anything with furry arms and claws was terribly inefficient. Once she had settled in at home, she took stock of the kitchen, trying to think of what she had to work with that didn’t rely on magic.
Sitting down at the kitchen table, she started sketching out a design. First would need to be a power source, which should be simple enough. Crystal tech was fairly easy to attain, and didn’t require magic to run. A gear system would be best for transferring power from the crystal motor to all of the other parts, with the main component being a conveyor of some kind to transport dishes around. Then mechanisms for loading and unloading, though these could probably be managed by the user. Most important would be the cleaning mechanisms, of course. Once she was satisfied with the basic idea, she sketched out more detailed views of the various parts, and called it a night.
The next morning she went into the campus early to start working on a prototype, thankful that she didn’t have any classes that day. By the end of the day she had littered her workspace with countless impromptu drawings, but the prototype was done. It was a smaller-scale version so that it could be easily transported, but it worked...for the most part.
On the day of the next class, she brought it in and set it alongside the other machines that her classmates had made, admiring the work and how they had resolved some of the issues she had run into. Once it was her turn to present, she set up her slideshow and followed along with the machine.
”This device uses a crystal-powered motor as the primary power mechanism, driving the conveyor that takes dishes from the loading point, and slowly pulls them through a hot bath with dish soap mixed in. Once they make it through that, brushes are used to clean off the larger debris, followed by sponges to take care of the finer details. Another tank holds clean rinsing water, and afterwards the utensils are sorted out, and everything is stacked in a drying rack. From here they can be retrieved at the owner’s convenience, or once they are fully dry.”
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:10 pm
Instructions:
Using the game here: click, complete 1-3 challenges and screenshot your results
Share your screenshots under a spoiler in this thread
Post a roleplay response of at least 150 words about how your student handled the assignment and their thoughts on it.
Do not quote me when you post.
T'kani looked at the base trebuchet she was given, along with the set of weights and ammunition. Thankfully, a wind vane and anemometer was included, and she already knew the basic mechanics and math behind the device.
The first challenge was distance, which seemed pretty easy enough, except that there was a max limit to get under. Setting the largest counter-weight at the highest notch, she selected a mid-weight ball, recording the wind before launching the trebuchet and smirking as the projectile soared through the air. It didn't go as far as she had liked, but it was a good starting point. After writing down her results, she made adjustments and completed the next 4 trials, rather pleased at how close she was able to get.
The next challenge was accuracy, with a diagram and several overlays for the test field denoting scoring locations. The wind hadn't changed much, and she was able to hit the first target using her previous results. The second target gave her the most trouble as it was closer than any of her prior attempts, and after 5 trials she managed to hit 3 targets.
The last challenge was interesting in that it required a more practical use of the trebuchet; try to knock down a wall in 5 shots or less. It took a while to set up the cover for the field, and the wall she had built earlier in the class, but once that was done she consulted the results of the previous and made the necessarily adjustments. She had hoped to have knocked it down in one shot, but seeing the wall crumble after three attempts was still pretty good.
She spent the night doing a write-up of the challenges, adding in a few sketches of what she remembered along with the required pictures and notes. It was a little sad to see one of her previous projects being destroyed, but this had been a pretty fun way to do it.
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