Engineering Design & Problem-Solving
- Open Division
The purpose of this division is to broaden the scope of the awards
program. It also provides an opportunity to gauge the amount of
interest in work areas not now included in the regular divisions and
classifications. Creativity, Originality and Level of Difficulty
will play a determining factors in this award category.
(OD-1) Miscellaneous Projects and Industrial Processes
- Scoring Guide for OD-1
Miscellaneous Projects will include any project not covered by other
classifications. Drawings are not required for this classification.
Examples: (Woven textiles, or upholstered items)
Or
An Industrial Processes entry will consist of two or three similar
examples which display an industrial process used in construction or
manufacture of products. Entries may be projects, exercises, or
samples of processes. Student made molds, jigs, and fixtures along
with drawings, must accompany the project. Examples: (Impregnation,
bending, laminating, inlaying, wood flour resin compression, joints,
welding beads, or metal erosion.) - Groups
eligible to participate A, N and P.
Laminated bow are entered here in
OD-1
(OD-2) Models - Scoring
Guide for OD-2
Models may be cars, boats, airplanes, steam engines, trains, other
machines or mechanisms. Included in the Tech report a list should
include the components (not made but purchased) by the student.
Drawings are required for this classification. Groups
eligible to participate A, N and P.
3D printed projects need to be entered in MD-3:
Mechanical Drawing Presentation and Architectural
Models are to be entered in AD-3 Architectural Presentation,
both must meet the requirements for the classification.
(OD-3) Advanced Group Projects - Scoring Guide for OD-3
A Group Projects made by two or more students in an industrial
technology or vocational technical class is eligible. Student-made
molds, drawings, and layouts must be included. Examples:
(Newspapers, yearbooks, woodworking, metals, CAD or rapid
proto-typing.) One award will be given in each of the
following areas: miscellaneous, woodworking, and metalworking.
Students and teacher must decide what scoring guide and test is best
suited for the project presented. Only Group P is eligible
to participate.
(OD-4) Furniture or Machine Restoration And Refinishing -
Scoring Guide for OD-4
Furniture Restoration and Refinishing is geared to accommodate the
special needs of antique connoisseurs. The focus of this division is
to the preservation of historic pieces, and includes activities
dedicated to quality refinishing, repairing, restoration and
reupholstering. The student’s areas of expertise may include the
maintenance, repair, and conservation of antiques as well as
architectural fabrication and preservation; the conservation of
antique objects and art; decorative painting and gilding; upholstery
using the materials and styles originally employed; stone, marble
and metal or machine repair and restoration. Specialties include
marquetry (wood, ivory, brass and tortoise shell), carving, gilding,
hand turning, caning, antique paint conservation, faux graining, and
fine polishing. Fabrication work includes custom wood or metal doors
and windows, wood millwork paneling, cabinetry, and molding. This
classification includes any piece of freestanding furniture (metal
or wood) which normally sets on the floor, on the lawn, or on the
patio. Only one item will be permitted per entry except for matched
pairs or sets. Two or more pieces of furniture forming a matched
pair or forming a set having the same function will be admitted as
one entry. A suite of furniture is not allowed. Entry
must include a photo of the piece prior to work beginning.
- Groups eligible to participate A, N, & P
(OD-5) Intarsia, Marquetry, Parquetry, Inlays and Wood
Carving: Scoring Guide for
OD-5
Intarsia, marquetry, parquetry and inlays is a beautiful three
dimensional mosaic wall hanging, or decorative work in which thin
pieces of wood, metal, or organic material, such as shell or
mother-of-pearl, are affixed in intricate patterns to the flat
surfaces of furniture. It is the craft of covering a structural
carcass with veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or
pictures. The result may be furniture, decorated small objects or
free-standing pictures. Parquetry the art in a piece is achieved
with the use of repeating geometric shapes. This use of geometric as
opposed to free form pieces distinguishes the craft of Parquetry
from Marquetry. Marquetry differs from the more ancient craft of
inlay, in which a solid body of one material is cut out to receive
sections of another. Wood carving project made of wood which
involves the use of carving tools. Examples: Bird, dog, or statue. Groups
eligible to participate A, N and P.
Group (A) - Middle School: 6th, 7th or 8th grade.
Group (N) - Novice or Amateur: a person who is new to the
circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner;
tyro: a novice in the entry area. This entry area is for the 1st
year the student has entered in this project area.
Group (P) - Practiced or Experienced: skilled or proficient
through practice or experience. This entry area is for the student
has entered in this project area more than once.