Engineering Club Meeting #10

Date:	Tuesday, Jan 9, 2007
Time:	2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Place:	Room 202 (Mr. Hoffman's Room)
Participants:	All club members are urged to attend this meeting.

Meeting Agenda

Treasurer

Status of our account – fundraising, expenses, current balance

Mr. Snyder

Status of stethoscope project, schedule for completion
Discuss reasons for low attendance at workshops

Mr. Snyder

Expense report for IEEE stethoscope project

President

Vote to reimburse Mr. Snyder for IEEE project expenses

Mr. Snyder

Overview of future activities:

Feb-Mar

Fire-Fighting Robot Contest

Contest is Saturday March 31, 2007 (leave at 6am, return at 10pm)
Do not need to build robot to attend competition as observer
Separate divisions for grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12, college & beyond
Can use LEGO MindStorms or any other technology you wish
Requires significant commitment (9 workshops plus some time at home)

Apr-May

Possible End-of-Year Activities

field trip
guest speakers (engineer, ER doctor)
Engineering Club Open House (parents, sponsors, general public)
Engineering Club display in showcase (stethoscopes, robots, posters)
free workshop time:
- finish stethoscopes
- test stethscopes and discuss ways to improve the design
- equipment dissection and component harvesting
- experiment with motors, batteries, lamps, buzzers, speakers, etc.
- experiment with breadboards and electronics parts
- experiment with oscilloscope, observe various types of signals
- experiment with MindStorms robotics kits
- sort resistors and label resistor cabinet drawers

Mr. Snyder

Demonstration of working robot that locates and extinguishes a candle

Mr. Snyder

Brief introduction to LEGO MindStorms programming

Members

Form robotic teams, pick team leaders, choose names for robots

Mr. Snyder

Estimated expenses for robotics competition (lumber, sensors, motors)

President

Vote to authorize purchases for robotics items

Possible Guests

Home schooled student and parent(s)
Mr. Amarjeet Basra

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