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=Mr. Liva's Energy and Engineering=

Welcome to the Energy and Engineering Wiki which supports Mr. Livas elective at The Bergen County Academies

Energy and Engineering is a trimester lab course that provides students with lab time to develop engineering projects dealing with energy. This year’s focus is “Energy Harvesting”. Students will utilize their knowledge of electric energy (the production, transmission, and utilization of) to design and build renewable ways to recharge small electronic devices. In addition students may have the opportunity to work collaboratively with students from other physics classes on the East Coast. Students will publish schematic diagrams of their device online along with a short video explaining how the device works.

Students are expected to self direct their projects. This includes: · Generating device specifications · Developing a timeline with milestones · Performing research or planning experiments · Keeping a design notebook · Building a prototype · Preparing documentation for a website, online publication or science competition

The instructors role is to mentor the student, approving project specifications and timelines and assisting with the technology.

Some Competitions I am considering entering:
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams