Danny Chmaytelli's PLTW Website
Completed Projects
This is where I will showcase my completed engineering projects!
Artemis Capstone Project
In our Capstone Project, we created a Chrome Extension designed for students: Artemis. It is meant to supplement Aeries' lack of functionality and make students' lives easier. It includes useful features like a "what-if?" future grade calculator, weighted GPA calculator, links to useful sites, the bell schedule for the day, and the percent completion of the school year.
Physics Labs
In the simple machines lab, we measured the ideal mechanical advantage, actual mechanical, and efficiency of a pulley, lever, screw, and inclined plane.
In the internal forces lab, we measured the modulus of elasticity of bolts made of PLA using a tensile yield curve test. We also measured the shear strengths of bolts made of PLA by analyzing the force needed to shear vs the cross-sectional area of the bolt.
In the Scientific Research Assignment. we learned how to read and analyze scientific journals in preparation for our Capstone projects. Specifically, I read and described a paper by MIT on whether electroaerodynamic propulsion, a zero-emission solid-state propulsion system, can sustain level flight.
In the Scientific Journal Analysis Assignment, we read and analyzed Einstein's Paper, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. We investigated the phenomenon of time dilation and the Twin Paradox as it relates to events in the book, "Project Hail Mary." We built our skills in applying physics and understanding scientific papers.
Sticky Wicket Challenge JPL Invention Challenge
The objective of this challenge was to to design a device that hits five different balls into five targets (each target in a different location) in order to get the most points possible. Each target had a different point value, and each ball had a different multiplier value.
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3D Printed Car
This is a car I built as a part of SAMOHI's Novice Engineering. It has a small motor above the top gear that is connected to a battery. I modeled this in OnShape and built it in my first semester of junior year! I also added the Aeries logo as a joke to my school's new grading system.