[Seth Mallory]

GRT is based off of a engineering and technology course that has been going longer then the team has been around. We have 2 sections and students must be in the class to be on the team. In the fall we teach machine shop, auto cad, electrical, pneumatic's, design theory, and project management. The veterans on the team under supervision teach much of the course. This allows them to learn teaching skills and allows us to accomplish a lot in a short time. To further cement the material the students have 2 design challenges that in groups they design and build machines to accomplish a specific task. The major project is then to design in groups sections of a robotic haunted house. This is done in a short time with elementary students and they have to coordinate with pneumatic's, programming, and other groups so it all fits together. During this time people choose what groups they want to be in and also start to specialize. After build we have more engineering projects for them to work on and design for new gear box's start at this time. Students can also start other special projects. We then have more management training at this time. This course was started by Bill Dunbar and continued by Ms Granlund-Moyer. We feel it works for us. This allows us to have 54 machinists and 54 designers to design and build our robot.