Project Statement

We aim to develop a low-cost, easily customizable remote-controlled car that helps introduce public school students to electronics and CAD design through hands-on learning.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: Bingo RC Drift Car Kit

Creator: Adrenaline RC Racing

Technical Precedent

Name: gyro

Creator: god

Visual Precedent

Name: truck

Creator: traxxas

Schematic Diagram of Drive System

؜Chassis Prototype

؜This was a test of a solid rear axle with suspension

We also took Enzo's RC car from home and made the wheels more slick to make it able to drift.

؜Electronic Prototype

؜Electronic Prototype (Iteration 2)

؜This next iteration is a design by TheDIYGuy999. It uses a Arduino, Hw-123, potentiometer and a servo. The potentiometer controls how strong the steering assist is.

Steering Prototype

This is a prototype of the Akerman steering commonly used in RC cars and regular cars

Steering/Chassis/Electronics Prototype

A 3d printed version, with a servo for steering and a broken h-bridge circuit for motor control

Education Kit

About RC Drift Cars:

1. Introduction
2. History
3. Precedents
4. Lesson Plan

Electronic Kit:

1. Arduino Uno
2. MPU 6050
3. Servo
4. Breadboard
5. Jumper Wire
6. Batteries

Mechanical Kit:

1. 3d Printed chasis
2. Guide to put things together

1) Get a moving prototype by fixing the h-bridge

2) Make it look nicer

3) Add the gyro

4) Create instructions and make it a buildable kit

Next Steps

Thank You!

Project Statement

A project aiming to create a guide to make self-sufficient community living spaces in rural areas. We will use a plot of land we've found in Vermont as a case study, but the final deliverable will be an extensible set of instructions and floor-plans to inspire people to make a space to start a community. This is not an exact plan, but a guide to inspire people and give them a floor to start from, not a ceiling to end at.

؜sustainable housing community for self-sufficiency

mention specific property

build customized to needs

Why

؜The cost of living is very high which makes finding and sustaining a place to live alone difficult. This project aims to offer a long-term solution for groups of 15-20 people. The offered solution is living off the grid in a separate community, becoming self-sufficient by growing food, farming, making clothing, and generating electricity. This is intended for anyone who is struggling under the current system and wants to live outside of it, as much as that can be done.

Physical Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: N Street Cohousing

Creator: Kevin Wolf and Linda Cloud

Technical Precedent

Name: Forrest farm

Creator: Scott and Hellen Nearing

Visual Precedent

Name: Big lodges

Philisophical Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: Living the Good Life

Creator: Scott and Hellen Nearing

Technical Precedent

Name: Forrest farm

Creator: Scott and Hellen Nearing

Visual Precedent

Name: Frank Lloyd Wright

Creator: William Russell Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd Jones

Site Analysis

؜(as you can tell my cat decided it looked very tasty, definitely not foreshadowing for why I didn't finish the project)

This is after one day of working on the 3d model of what a room would look like in the sustainable housing. I was going for a dorm-like look, with a loft bed to conserve space and room for extra furniture.

DAY 1

؜What Vexx did during the project

؜For this day I added a bed, some furniture, and some wall decorations to make it more realistic. I plan to add a separate bathroom as well as a window for sunlight.

DAY 2

Unfortunately this was my last documented version, since on the day of the project I woke up to my cats eating it.

(I didn't end up doing more for this project due to some issues going on at home. It's mostly sorted now, but it did decrease my productivity during this project.

1. Needs to comfortably house 15-20 people

1. Needs to generate its own power

1. Needs to be able to purify water from either a well or a stream/brook

1. Needs to be able to grow food

1. Needs to have an area to repair/create objects

1. Needs to have private spaces and public spaces/common spaces

Needs to comfortably house 15-20 people

Having a large common space for socializing is important but having private spaces to decompress is equally important

The spaces needed for this:

1. A large kitchen to prep large amounts of food
2. A social space with a lot of comfortable seating in a conversational arrangement

Needs to generate its own power & Needs to be able to purify water from either a well or a stream/brook

A large part of self sustainability is supplying power. Solar panels are an easy solution for this as they can provide shade and generate power. Water is a human necessity

The spaces needed for this:

1. A utility room with a battery wall and a charge controller
2. A water purifier attached to a well

Needs to be able to grow food

Food is another human necessity and to grow food you need a farm

The spaces needed for this:

1. A vegetable garden
2. A chicken coup
3. Space for other livestock if wanted
4. A vegetable washing station & shed
5. A greenhouse attached to the building

Needs to have an area to repair/create objects

This is useful so we don't have to spend money getting stuff repaired

The spaces needed for this:

1. A room connected to the house with necessary tools, with audio isolation from the rest of the space so as not to disrupt others
2. An area for sewing/making clothes

Needs to have private spaces and public spaces/common spaces

؜Having privacy and time to be alone is very important and having time to be social is also important

The spaces needed for this:

1. Common areas such as a dining room, living room, and outdoor gardens
2. Median areas such as a kitchen, a library, and shop space
3. Private areas such as bedrooms, bathrooms, and desk/work rooms

Public space

1. Mudroom/entrance
2. Living room & social space
3. Dining room

Food spaces

1. Kitchen
2. Pantry

Outdoor spaces

1. Chicken coup
2. Greenhouse
3. Food Prep Station

Private spaces

1. Library
2. Work areas/offices
3. Shop & makerspace
4. Bedrooms
5. Bathrooms

؜Living room sketches

1)Continue plan design

2) Find appliances

3)Plan power and utility

Next Steps

Project Statement

This project investigates biomimicry-inspired honeycomb padding systems for performance apparel and protective gear, with a focus on modular textile integration and lightweight impact absorption. Using TPU printed hexagon structures bonded to mesh and sewn into muslin the system demonstrates how additive manufacturing can create protective geometries that function as part of the garment rather than an external add-on. The design draws from natural hexagonal honeycomb patterns structures optimized for strength and material efficiency to create padding that distributes impact forces while maintaining breathability and flexibility. By integrating the structure directly into textiles, the system aims to improve wearability, reduce bulk, and enable customizable protection for applications such as mountain biking and high-mobility athletics. This project is not just about creating padding; it explores the intersection of material science, industrial design, and biomimicry to reimagine how protective systems can be lightweight, adaptable, and textile-friendly.

Why

I pursued this project because traditional padding systems in sports and protective apparel often force trade-offs between protection and mobility. Foam-based solutions can be bulky, heat-retaining, and prone to permanent compression over time, reducing long-term performance. Rigid inserts offer impact resistance but limit flexibility and comfort. These limitations highlight an opportunity to rethink protective design through structural innovation rather than material thickness. Biomimicry provides a powerful design framework because natural systems solve complex engineering problems with elegant efficiency. Honeycomb geometries in nature achieve high strength-to-weight ratios and distribute forces effectively using minimal material. Translating this strategy into TPU hexagon structures allows for controlled deformation during impact absorbing energy where it matters while remaining lightweight and breathable. Additionally, integrating the hexagon into textiles addresses a persistent issue in protective apparel: compatibility with garments.This project explores how design and material innovation can meet that demand.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: Armadillo

Technical Precedent

Name: Biker Armor

Visual Precedent

Name: Scale armor

Sketches

Sketches

Iteration I

the first iteration of a glove that would be attached to a jacket

Iteration II

inside view

Infill: 10%

Wall Thickness: 5mm and 10mm

Notes: More compact but still bendable, best iteration

Iteration I - TPU Printing

Iteration II - TPU Printing

Infill: 10%

Wall Thickness: 5mm and 10mm

Notes: Failed as it stuck to the bed of the printer

Iteration I - TPU Printing With Mesh Layer

Infill: 10%

Wall Thickness: 8mm and 16mm

Notes: Best combination for impact absorption and structure

Iteration II - TPU Printing With Mesh Layer

Infill: 10%

Wall Thickness: 3mm and 6mm

Notes: Thin but more bendable

Iteration III - TPU Print With Mesh Layer, Sewn To Fabric

Infill:15%

Wall Thickness: 3mm at smallest point and 6mm at thickest

Notes: Height too tall, need to decrease infill

1) find actual metrics to test them

2) make specific padding for certain body parts

3) sow it into a jacket

Next Steps

There are two different versions available to download, one is a science fiction setting and one is fantasy setting.

؜What is unique is that these are both played on the same server but are allow users to see the game differently.

game description

fantasy

؜sci-fi

what is the gameplay like?

؜SATSUM is a first person team shooter. Each team has a certain number of tickets at the start of the game. To win, you capture spe​cific points on the map, which causes tickets to bleed from the other team's ticket pool. If the other team runs out of tickets, they lose.

what is the game about?

shoot people with ✨magic✨ and ✨wonder✨

Each frontend has five classes, each with three subclasses. Each is paired with an equivalent in the other frontend.

For example, in Sufficiently Advanced Technology (Sci-Fi), Infantry correlates to Sufficiently Understood Magic's Monk (Fantasy).

class wheel

؜

why this game?

؜we want to provide a fun and replayable experience for players. We plan to compete with the likes of Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Untitled Goose Game. These games are games that are incredbily popular and known for they're fun replayability, along with being unique.

Precedents

Conceptual and visual precedents

Conceptual Precedent

Modrinth

Visual Precedent

Doom 1993

Visual Precedent 2

Ultrakill

؜2d pixelart

map textures for the game

؜map prototype

final map

game engine

؜We tried unity and unreal. We currently are using unreal but we want to make our own game engine in the future.

gameplay footage 1

gameplay footage 2

Project Statement

؜A material study using silicone cast pieces and 3d printed molds, to create a realistic puppet for a practical effect purposes. This will include a catalogue detailing the process and techniques used for future students.

Why

؜I am very passionate when it comes to practical effects and puppetry. While this project is motivated by my passion, its also motivated by wanting to make this process and these materials more approachable to the students at NuVu.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: The Rancor

Creator: Phil Tippet

Technical Precedent

Name: Teeper

Creator: Kreature Kid

Visual Precedent

Name: Grunt

Creator: Bungie

The Rancor from star wars is an excellent showcase of practical effects and puppetry, all of you should know it and seen it in action, its a great example for puppetry and casting.

Teeper is a puppet created by Adam Dougherty and Kreature Kid studio. They extensively detail their process. This precedent will help me with the actual fabrication aspect of the project.

؜ I mentioned the selection of a character before. The reason for this is that this OI about puppetry and casting not about character design an creation. I really enjoy halo, seemed like a fun character to re-create.

Sketches

؜Creating Negatives

Prototype

Iteration I (Larger, air escape, injected, )

؜Prototype 2 (Mold of body, use mold release, )

؜Process Breakdown

1) Paint the casts

2) Model an internal structure

3) Create arms

4) Add in more effects, teeth, eyes, etc.

Next Steps

؜Thank You

؜Our Story

؜The inspiration for this project was a personal story, written as a part or the Local Agents of Change studio. Something that has heavily impacted my personal community both physically and emotionally is cancer. Many of my friends and family have had cancer, are currently battling it, or have passed way due to it. It's a disease that affects many people and can make people feel like they can't do anything to help.

؜Our Goal

The problem we are trying to address is the urgent need for funding for cancer research. We are taking action not only to raise money, but also to bring awareness and hope to a disease that can make people feel helpless. Our goal is to plan and host a charity gala to raise money for cancer research, and the proceeds will go directly to Mass General Hospital.

The Event

May 1st

5:30 - 7:30

Sponsors

؜Reached out to:

1. Local businesses
2. Celebrities
3. Venues
4. Sport teams

Volenteers

Entertainment: Vexx (sing)

Nate (chello) Foxglove?

Rafa?

Setup + Cleanup: Brendan

Sam?

Ella?

؜Mc's:

Elise

Kaia

(for now)

؜Art Activity

؜Precedent

؜The Japanese girl who developed leukemia from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima folded 1,000 paper cranes in traditional belief that it would heal her.

؜1. Buy Paper

2. Choose Design

3. Follow Instructions to Create!

؜Where?

What will we do with the origami?

؜4. Hang Your Art!

1. An Origami Tree

؜2. Shelves

4. Branch

؜3. Wall

؜Thanks! Feedback:

Is there anything that could make the origami station/idea more engaging?

؜How should the origami art be displayed?

؜Do you have any connections, places, or people that could help us?

Would you be willing to volunteer at the event?

Project Statement

؜A material study using silicone cast pieces and 3d printed molds, to create a realistic puppet for a practical effect purposes. This will include a catalogue detailing the process and techniques used for future students.

Why

؜I am very passionate when it comes to practical effects and puppetry. While this project is motivated by my passion, its also motivated by wanting to make this process and these materials more approachable to the students at NuVu.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: The Rancor

Creator: Phil Tippet

Technical Precedent

Name: Teeper

Creator: Kreature Kid

Visual Precedent

Name: Grunt

Creator: Bungie

The Rancor from star wars is an excellent showcase of practical effects and puppetry, all of you should know it and seen it in action, its a great example for puppetry and casting.

Teeper is a puppet created by Adam Dougherty and Kreature Kid studio. They extensively detail their process. This precedent will help me with the actual fabrication aspect of the project.

؜ I mentioned the selection of a character before. The reason for this is that this OI about puppetry and casting not about character design an creation. I really enjoy halo, seemed like a fun character to re-create.

Sketches

Prototype

Iteration I (Larger, air escape, injected, )

؜Prototype 2 (Mold of body, use mold release, )

1) Create larger molds

2) Experiment with silicone paints

3) Possible visual edits to model, remaking molds if so

4) Start the process catalogue

Next Steps

؜Thank You

Project Statement

؜My project A Tea Set To Remember is a recreation of a tea set gifted to me after my best friend at a young age passed from cancer, I still have the set and cherish every piece.

Why

؜I picked my project because Jamy and I were very close and I was one of her only friends. I want not only to honor her but for people to know her and remember her in all her wonder and beauty. I also want younger girls that are in the same boat as Jamy was to know they are seen and even though they might not have known Jamy personally that they aren't alone.

Precedents

Conceptual, technical, and visual

Conceptual Precedent

Name: Charity Gala

Creator: Kaia

Technical Precedent

Name: Politics on Your Plate

Creator: Ryan

Visual Precedent

Name: Princess dresses

Politics on Your Plate

Sketches

Iteration I (what changed & why you changed it, and what you learned )

print to be painted on or stamped onto the pieces of the set

؜A tea cup and saucer that look like a strawberry and leaf to look like her favorite show

Iteration II (what changed & why you changed it, and what you learned )

Make the cup and sacure like a princess tea set and mimic a dress like texture since she loved to dress up and loved being a princess

Prototype

1) If I had more time I would make the rhino file look more like a dress using more complicated commands

2) 3D print the parts to make a mold

3) make the mold and cast them

4) glaze the pieces to make them look like dresses/ more royal tea set

Next Steps

Project Statement

؜As a group, we're demonstrating upcycling and how it serves as a solution to environmental damage and struggles regarding personal style. Through the rise of fast fashion, yearly, 100 million tons of clothes are placed into landfills, causing unnecessary pollution. And with the process of upcycling, we will highlight how it provides a sustainable solution by transforming old clothes and fabrics into new, valuable items.

Why

؜In present day, us teenagers have difficulty finding personal style and usually fall for the quick solution fast fashion provides. And although youth partake in a huge role regarding environmental activism, we hope to provide them with even more ways to help. And as teenagers ourselves, our project is meant to show how actively caring for the environment through upcycling and developing ur own personal style can co - exist.

؜IDENTITY MAP

؜Before starting this process, it's important to have an understanding of what about your identity you find most important, memorable, or exciting. An identity map is meant to help you with that process and determine what exactly you wish to pinpoint and convey through the piece you'll create.

This image is an example of a identity map about me, Meliah. I write most known and obvious parts of me and from there, I get more detailed with memories and aspirations of mine.

1. From my map, Meliah made a decision that she wanted vibrant sort of colors on the clothing she would end up creating

؜MOODBOARD

؜Ideas of design choices we will use to create our own pieces

؜FABRICS

1. Purchased from a thrift store
2. Demonstrates how these solutions are affordable and reachable to anyone

sketches

1) Document/Photograph clothing pieces

2) Have models try on our works and photograph them

3) N/A

Next Steps

Project Statement

؜My project is a series of personal stories written on NuVu News that help people learn to empathize with dyslexia through individual experiences

؜Project Overview

؜1

Brainstorm

2

Write my Narrative

؜3

Interview Carroll

؜4

Narrative Interview

؜5

Write their Narrative

؜Carroll School

؜When I was in third grade, I was diagnosed with dyslexia. After that, I went to Carroll School, which is a school for dyslexic kids, from fourth grade all the way to eighth grade

My time at Carroll allowed me to learn with my dyslexia and grow as a student through a community that understood my brain

؜My Story

؜When I was applying to high school, I experienced assumption. My interviewer's son had dyslexia, and because he struggled, my interviewer believed I would too.

This made me want to help people understand that a person's experience with dyslexia can be entirely different from the person sitting next to them

؜Local Agents of Change Work

Conceptual, technical, and visual

1. ؜Figuring out how to turn my "want" into a product

1. Trying to keep my idea inside the depths of my factual knowledge

1. Finding a way to make my project reach the community

؜Brainstorming in LAOC

؜Some of my brainstorming writing in LAOC

؜1

Brainstorm

؜My Personal Narrative

؜

1. I wrote my personal story

1. Worked on finding the format I wanted

1. Worked on the length

2

Write my Narrative

؜Incorperating Carroll into my Project

؜Carrolls Involvment

؜I always knew I wanted to bring Carroll in on my project, and just needed to figure out how.

1. Interviewed teachers and asked them questions that would relate to my writing

1. Used quotes from our interview in my writing like evidence

1. Example: I struggled with comprehension (Carroll quote about why)

؜3

Interview Carroll

؜Emails with Carroll Teachers

؜

؜The Carroll Teachers

؜Ms Hansel

Job: Tutor

Campus: Middle School (Lincoln)

؜Mx Norcross

Job: English Teacher

Campus: Middle School (Lincoln)

؜Ms Schleppi

Job: History Teacher/English/Tutor

Campus: Middle School (Lincoln)

؜Open Innovation (OI)

؜Brainstorming Questions

1. ؜Started writing questions for my personal narrative interview

1. Structured my questions to follow a "story" format

1. Made sure I would leave the interview with all the information I needed

؜4

Narrative Interview

؜Writing the Story

؜

1. After my interview, I reviewed the transcript

1. I turned the transcript into the outline for the narrative

1. Then wrote the actual narrative

1. Added Carroll quotes like I did in my narrative

؜5

Write their Narrative

1) Get my project on Carroll's social media to reach a broader audience

2) Actually conduct the interviews with the people who filled out my form

3) Actually write the personal stories after the interviews and get them posted on NuVu News

؜Themes I have Noticed/Reflection

؜

؜Themes in the project

1. Growth through struggle/Community/Self-Advocacy

My reflection

1. I was able to learn how work out of my comfort zone and lead my project while still remembering the community

1. I worked on my interviewing skills

؜My Ask for You

؜

1. Go check out NuVu News on Substack to see my project!

1. You could write your own narrative!

1. If you liked my project and would like me to write a narrative for you, feel free to reach out!

؜The NuVu News Website:

؜Thank You!