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Power and Propulsion Power is the capacity to run auxiliary equipment (both electrical and mechanical) and Propulsion provides the motive force to move a vehicle. Power can be derived from a multitude of sources: mechanical (engines, turbines, etc), chemical (battery, photovoltaic, etc), thermal (nuclear thermal-electric, etc) Propulsion can generally be broken down into 4 categories: ground, marine (water), air, and space. The Dayton Regional STEM Center provides curriculum for this important industry cluster. |
Sensors Sensors are artificial devices that do a job similar to that of our own senses (smell, touch, hear, taste, see) and are used to monitor and/or control things such as temperature, time, material properties, etc. In everyday life we use sensors almost everywhere...to control temperature in refrigerators, freezers, heaters, and air conditioners; timing devices for numerous appliances; to turn air bags on and off; etc. Homeland Security uses sensors at all airports to detect weapons and explosives to protect air travelers. The Dayton Regional STEM Center provides curriculum for this important industry cluster.
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Advanced Manufacturing and Materials It is sometimes necessary to manufacture a new product made out of materials that do not yet exist. Advanced materials can be entirely new materials that are created in a lab, a combination of existing materials with the intent of capturing specific benefits from each, or biomaterials that use components from living organisms. Advanced manufacturing applies cutting edge concepts to improve production. The Dayton Regional STEM Center provides curriculum for this important industry cluster. |
Human Performance and Medicine Human performance involves an integrated working relationship between a human and a machine, where close, continuous interaction with the machine avails the human of drastically improved information-handling skills and/or physical abilities. This naturally includes a medical aspect when a human has lost some physical abilities, the machine can replace them. The Dayton Regional STEM Center provides curriculum for this important industry cluster. Search for Lessons |
Air Vehicles/ The air vehicles of today are cost-effective, survivable aerospace vehicles capable of accurate and quick delivery of a variety of cargo anywhere in the world. Core concepts focus on aeronautical sciences, vehicle control technologies, and structures for all atmospheric and transatmospheric vehicles. These concepts direct the development of vehicle technologies from inception through transition for both current and future aerospace vehicles that provide future capabilities in the areas of sustainment, unmanned air vehicles, and space access vehicles. The Dayton Regional STEM Center provides curriculum for this important industry cluster. Search for Lessons
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