Engineering Club
Think of a high-school club, normally you would say science club, drama club, chess club. All of those are very broad or very specific. Engineering club is right in the middle, all students have a choice of what they work on, from working with a raspberry pi computer or making a catapult.
Mr. Fielder describes his idea behind this saying, “There’s the science club that fits a good population of students but I wanted to come up with a club that people could sit down and work on stuff they want to.”
Engineering club consists of several small groups. Each group focuses on it’s own little mini project. One group is heavily interested in the raspberry pi computer. There are only two raspberry pi’s available. Senior Dylan Langston is creating an emulator of the raspberry pi system for school laptops so more people can experience it.
Langston and some others created a web server out of one of the raspberry pi’s. This took many lines of code to program, as they talk to the computer terminal, Langston is able to tell the emulator what it needs to accomplish.
The raspberry pi’s are an attraction to engineering club but they also have creative projects they’re working on. In fact, they’re making a pumpkin catapult. They also received a grant for a quadcopter, which they can film footage with.  Â
With all this time to work on they entered into a competition in Lincoln, Nebraska on February 16. It’s called the TEAMS competition (technology, engineering, arts, math, and science). During the competition they are given a real world problem which they have to solve and apply to succeed. Junior/Senior team placed 4th overall, while the freshman also performed outstandingly.
When the team went to this competition they get a tour of the UNL campus. This is a great opportunity for any high-school student and is a great addition to the trip.
Engineering club’s spring project was building a 3D printer which allows students to design their own projects. They’re looking ahead to building a 3D scanner using parts they print off through the 3D printer. Also with the possibility of students printing off parts for their very own 3D printers.
Students who are interested in Engineering club can talk to Mr. Fielder.
“If you’re self motivated then you have an edge in this club, it’s very oriented on going out getting information and applying it to what you’re working on,” Fielder said. This would be a great club for students that love to tinker.
