Scott Baker
Career Profiles
Mechanical Designer
Benjamin Pauquet (he/him)
Career Profiles
Mechanical and Materials Engineer
Benjamin Pauquet (video)
Career Profiles
Mechanical and Materials Engineer
Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
Brandon Graf
Career Profiles
Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
A Case Study of Autonomous Trucks
Lessons
Learn how artificial intelligence is affecting the trucking industry as a way to explore how technology and society are related.
Heavy Equipment in Winter
STEM Explained
Learn how people keep heavy equipment working in the most challenging conditions
Serina Hall
Career Profiles
Mechanical Designer
Simple Machines - Levers
Backgrounders
The lever is a type of simple machine. Learn about the different classes of levers and how they provide mechanical advantage.
Jasraj Chahal
Career Profiles
Control System Engineer
Trevor Roote
Career Profiles
Mechanical Maintainer
How much power is generated when climbing a set of stairs?
Hands-on Activities
Put on your running shoes and sharpen your pencil! Investigate the mathematical connection between work and power in this hands-on activity.
Hydraulics 101
STEM Explained
Hydraulics power many of the large machines you see around you.
How Can Understanding Physics Help Me Go Faster on My Bike?
STEM Explained
You don’t have to pedal harder to go faster. You just have to understand a little bit about dynamics, gravitational force and friction!
How does a wheelbarrow help you carry heavy loads?
Hands-on Activities
In this hands on activity build a wheelbarrow from simple materials to explore just how useful simple machines can be!