Over the Summer, QCAM hosted several great outreach events for each University's local area K-12 students.
At NMSU, 10 high school students toured the ISNDE lab as a part of the NMSU PREP Academy. These students also participated in a QCAM sponsored activity in which they 3D printed moon rocks that were able to fit small objects. Students put those objects in the freezer to get them very cold, then put them in the moon rocks. Using the IR cameras, the students then looked at closed moon rocks and were tasked with determining which rocks were which based on the shape of the object inside. The difference in temperature made it easy for the students to use the camera and "see" the objects inside.
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At DACC, 4 students from Lynn Middle School participated in the Doña Ana Community College (DACC) Quality Control in Additive Manufacturing (QCAM) Camp, held June 27th through June 30th, at the DACC Workforce Center. The camp, provided the participating students with hands-on opportunities to learn about computer-aided drafting (CAD) solid modeling, 3D printing, and related career pathways and programs of study. Students learned to create 3D CAD models, prepare those models for 3D printing, different 3D printing processes, and post-processing requirements for 3D printed parts. The students also assembled model rocket kits utilizing 3D printed parts.
The outreach program at NTU has begun to provide CAD, Material Testing, CT scanning, and CMM introduction activities to 10-12 grade students. 13 students attended activities in the classroom and lab on Fridays from March 5th thru April 29th. And, 9 high school students participated in an Advanced Manufacturing Workshop from June 6-10.
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At PVAMU, 5 QCAM undergrad students participated in “Pantherland Day” and interacted with about 50 students and parent by introducing them to additive manufacturing and demonstrating the 3D printing process to them.PVAMU hosted 15 high school students at the “Halliburton’s Girls Techno Summer Camp”. The QCAM team of investigators and undergraduate students integrated an activity where students program a clicbot to stack 3D printed objects as a competition. QCAM undergraduate students were also given a task to print stackable objects within 2x2x2in3 volume and then demonstration the 3D printing process to Summer Camp participants.
