Our mission: To model as the premier Academy club A simple statement, right? Nope. As a member of this organization it is your job to learn skills such collaboration, leadership, and professional design. The club aims to provide community service when needed, to serve as a network forging both GCHS Engineeri ng Club An Academy derivative wholly devoted to the social and educational advancement of all members. We also build go-karts. Awesome go-karts. This was our design from last year. Can you make it better?
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A simple statement, right? Nope.
As a member of this organization it is your job to learn skills such collaboration, leadership, and professional design.
The club aims to provide community service when needed, to serve as a network forging both friendships and powerful designs…
As a member, you can take your first steps
GCHS Engineering Club
An Academy derivative wholly devoted to the social and educational advancement of all members.
We also build go-karts. Awesome go-karts. This was
our design from last year. Can you make it better?
HistoryStarted last year by vocational instructor Mr. Phil Depuy, this club banded together in January of 2015 to compete in the FGCU Solar Go-Kart Challenge on two months later.
We had to retrofit a solar power system on a gas-powered kart, which meant that we had to design and attach solar panel scaffolding, battery housing, and wiring implements. It sounds scary, but anything can be accomplished with effective teamwork.
The Solar Go-Kart ChallengeEvery March, high schools across Florida, from Key West to North Fort Myers, travel to FGCU to put their designs to the ultimate test.
Each kart must race an endurance track of four miles around the campus loop to test solar efficiency. Afterwards, a speed
Looking to the FutureAs the club’s second year begins, one can think of the endeavors we can all take on and the activities we can include. Some fantastic options include:
Robotics Design Invent-Con Rocket Science Social Entrepreneurship Youth outreach programs
How We WorkAs this club encounters any problems or adopts any new design challenge to take on, we collaborate. (Your best chance at staying in this club is to eat, breathe, and sleep that word!) We all gather in the Lab and spend as much time as necessary jotting down ideas on sticky notes and pasting them to an Idea Board, (AKA: the white board.) From here, we all assess each idea with respect to the challenge, voting on the best ones to synthesize into our solution.
“We worked hard bringing our light to
Member InformationAt the beginning of last year, this club had upwards of 25 members, but as the old saying goes: “too many cooks in the kitchen…” Also, some members failed to attend the meetings (Saturdays 8:30 – 10:30.) Therefore, there’ll be no more than 20 members for this year’s team, as to promote efficiency in the classroom and in the workshop.
How to Stay AfloatAs Mr. Depuy stated before, it is imperative that all members keep up with classwork, especially the Digital Electronics assignments. Also, COLLABORATE! Offer your help, lead, be a team player, and feel free to start a new project, even if you’re by yourself. Above all, work to make friends, not to win (even though winning would be nice)
