Pre-Ignition and Detonation Instructional Animation

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Pre-Ignition and Detonation Instructional
Animation

• Created By Nikolas Fernald

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Destination Future

• 1st job working in product development
• Professional Experience
• Drafted for countless hours using AutoCAD
• 2nd year CAD classes planned
• Class canceled
• Preparatory class for upcoming project!

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EETC

• Equipment Engine Training Council
• Over sees
• Trade Schools
• High school small engine programs
• Father visiting many schools
• Need developing for an explanation

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Essential Question

• An animation to end confusion led to essential
  question!
• How can I create a simple visual to demonstrate
  engine failure?

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The Idea!

• Need developed essential question
• Evident confusion between Pre-Ignition
  Detonation Failures
• A better explanation needed
• Project to create useful explanation

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My Product

• Simple walkthrough
• 4 minutes, .avi file
• 3D animations, Digital Picture descriptive text

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What I Wanted

• Chose animation for many reasons
• Teach myself Solidworks
• Create an impressive product
• Something that Mattered
• Learn about the engineering field

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Focused Program of Study Connection

• Industrial Engineering Systems
• Use of Solidworks
• Parametric Modeling technology
• Virtually built 3D part
• Engineering tool
• Data used to manufacture actual part
• Assembly can be animated with proper restraints.

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Will something go my way so I can start?

• Solidworks Animator issues
• Stress beginning to form
• Jim Pfaltzgraff saved me!
• Time management issues
• Class first 2 weeks
• Decided to leave for work VERY early

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Planning

• As project developed
• Couldnt fall behind!
• Plan of Action
• Calendar
• Set up Goals
• Work hard, have fun, learn everything I could!
• Create something very Comprehensive
• No book contained all information
• Looks Professional

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Status Reports

• Weekly reports journal entries
• Forced planning and work documentation
• Helped visualize week ahead
• Planning leading to Decisions
• Project Layout, reading text, ect.
• Many miniscule decisions

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Status Reports (continued)

• Communicated with Advisor
• Questions of concerns needs
• Showed Growth!
• Cold calling
• Determination
• 445 mornings
• 160 hours of work

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Finished Product

• How can I create a simple visual to demonstrate
  engine failure?
• Animated 3D digital model
• Showing working and failing cycles
• Many sources utilized throughout project

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My Experts!

• Jim Pfaltzgraff
• Solidworks consultant
• Frank Sierra
• Macromedia Flash consultant
• Rod Harms
• Small engine expert

• John Dorrance
• Project management consultant
• Pete Fernald
• Industry expert

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Integrating 12 Years of School

• Animations legacy will take time
• Physics, Chemistry, Shop
• Workings of an engine
• Math AutoCAD
• Drafting skills
• Speech others
• Communications Skills
• Communicating with engineers
• Use their own language
• Difficult to explain problems to

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Community Consultant

• John Dorrance PE
• Resident of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Works at home
• 1 week per month works in Portland
• Worked on Project management
• For his sake and mine
• Focused work tasks
• Trusted John to get me though
• Couldnt thank him enough!

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Community Project

• Hopefully will end misconceptions
• Accomplishments work toward career goals
• My longest and most comprehensive project
• Prepared me for the future

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Work Ethic

• 160 Hours of work!!!
• Luckily, no disaster situations!
• Calm Cool personality
• Struggled with names of parts
• Turned into a new hobby

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What Ive Learned

• Strengths
• Great work ethic
• Very precise
• Paperwork
• Grew though dislike
• Understood value
• Video editing / producing
• HARD!
• Wouldn't be a good career choice

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My Future!

• Senior Year Ahead!
• Plan to Study Aerospace Engineering
• Possible Schools
• University of Texas
• University of Missouri, Rolla
• Future Employer
• NASA!
• Lockheed Martin Skunk Works division