Author: jchen27
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Designing a Vehicle for Enceladus
Definition Statement My team and I have chosen to study Enceladus and design a vehicle for it to travel safely while avoiding icy temperatures, around – 201 degrees Celsius, high-power efficiency, geysers of water vapor, high brightness induced low visibility, dangerous radiation levels, and the possibility of escaping from Enceladus’s gravity pull (0.113m/s2). The vehicle…
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An introduction to Enceladus
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, one of the many places where life could possibly exist in our solar system. Discovered in 1789 by astronomer William Herschel, with a small diameter of around 504 kilometers, the moon stands out with its bright and icy surface. My team and I have chosen to study Enceladus and design…
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Beginner Robotics
Aside from the small workshop in grade 9, I have never encountered Arduino before and this is my first time working with it. Luckily the set I was given came with a manual that taught me the parts, and gave me different projects to do. I decided to work on this digital hourglass project. The…
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Beginner Coding – Python
For this assignment I learnt the basics to coding. I previously competed with EV3 and I am equipped with a little bit of python coding skills. For review I decided to used a platform called replit.com and went through a tutorial called the 100 days of coding. Obviously, I didn’t have 100 days to complete…
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Beginner CAD
For the first assignment of fusion, I was given the oppurtunity to take my first step into the CAD world. We used a world famous program called OnShape. I have absolutely zero experience with building things in CAD other than using Tinkercad, which according to Mr. Crompton is absolute bs. To start the project I…