Two of my favorite projects that I worked on as an Exhibit Technician at Roto Group are The Port at Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore and Design Build Fly at Exploration Place Science Center in Wichita, Kansas.
For The Port, I built the prototype structure, performed structural calculations, and helped assemble the conveyor system for the gantry crane that towers above the cargo ship, The S.S. Friend Ship (seen in the top left corner of the picture below. Children place foam blocks on the conveyor , and they are dumped onto the ship.
For Design Build Fly, I helped produce the controller for the interactive game, "Rivet Trainer," by working with the electrical team to modify an actual rivet gun to house the lights, reflectors, and cables, and I used a lathe to machine the polycarbonate cap on the end of the gun. The child in the red tee shirt below is pictured playing the game.
Photo and concept art credits go to Roto, and the photo credit for The Port goes to portdiscovery.org.
For The Port, I built the prototype structure, performed structural calculations, and helped assemble the conveyor system for the gantry crane that towers above the cargo ship, The S.S. Friend Ship (seen in the top left corner of the picture below. Children place foam blocks on the conveyor , and they are dumped onto the ship.
For Design Build Fly, I helped produce the controller for the interactive game, "Rivet Trainer," by working with the electrical team to modify an actual rivet gun to house the lights, reflectors, and cables, and I used a lathe to machine the polycarbonate cap on the end of the gun. The child in the red tee shirt below is pictured playing the game.
Photo and concept art credits go to Roto, and the photo credit for The Port goes to portdiscovery.org.