1 / 22

Discovery Voyage

Discovery Voyage. Maine Maritime Academy. See campus in action. Demonstrations of practical application of scientific/ mathematic principles. Middle & high schoolers On-campus day program Limited to MMA year Complimentary lunch Transportation subsidy.

drucilla-terris
Download Presentation

Discovery Voyage

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Discovery Voyage Maine Maritime Academy

  2. See campus in action. Demonstrations of practical application of scientific/ mathematic principles. Middle & high schoolers On-campus day program Limited to MMA year Complimentary lunch Transportation subsidy MMA Aspirations ProgrammingUnique, informative, and pertinent. Discovery Voyage

  3. What is Discovery Voyage? • An educational, on-campus program. • Attractive to high school educators. • Show students how their course work is applied. • Low or, even better, no cost to the high school.

  4. DISCOVERY VOYAGE • Born 1996 • “Customized” educational experience. • Select from various academic programs. • Take a class or do a “lab”. • Use technology. • Talk with faculty & attending students. • Tour of college classrooms, labs, recreation facilities, residence. • Evolving……

  5. Typical Day 9:30 am Arrive Welcome Program overview Introduction to college 10 – 12 noon Interactive session(s) 12 - 12:45 Lunch in MMA dining area. 12:45 – 2 pm Tour of State of Maine & waterfront labs 2 pm Depart

  6. Academic Selections Engineering (math & physics) Buoyancy and Stability Strength of Materials International Business (business role play) International Negotiation, Purchasing, and Logistics Marine Sciences (biology & chemistry) Sharks Poisonous Marine Life Salt Marshes R.V. Friendship bottom drag & water sampling Transportation (math, team work, problem solving) Navigation Deck simulator Ocean Survival (water survival techniques)

  7. Presentation Samplers

  8. Engineering – Impact Testing • Low temperatures often can have a negative impact on the ability of a metal to withstand an impact load. • This means that some metals become brittle at low temperatures. • The concern is brittle fracture because it typically occurs with little or no warning.

  9. Engineering – Impact Testing • The Titanic may have sunk after impact with an iceberg due to brittle failure in the hull. • The steel made at the time the Titanic was built typically became brittle at and below temperatures around 50°F. • Cold water (~35°F) may have caused the steel to crack in a brittle manner.

  10. Engineering – Impact Testing • Prof. Barbara Fleck demonstrates metal breaking point on the tensil strength tester.

  11. Engineering - Buoyancy • Def. - the tendency of an object to float. • Knowing the density of an object and the fluid it is in determines whether an object will float or sink.

  12. Engineering - Buoyancy Take specific values… …to find solutions. • Salt Water • 1 cu. ft. of salt water can hold up 64 pounds. • Fresh Water • 1 cu. ft. of fresh water can hold up 62.4 pounds. • The more cu. ft. of water you can displace, the greater the number of pounds you can support. • Would a material measuring 1 ft x 1 ft x 1 ft that weighed 100 pounds float in salt water? • If you took that same material and pounded it into a shape that displaced 2 ft3 would it float in salt water? Example: 100 ft3 (displaced) x 64 lb/ft3 = 6,400 lbs of buoyant force.

  13. Engineering - Stability • Architects & mariners are concerned with whether a body (vessel) will return to an initial state of static equilibrium when disturbed by an unbalanced force or moment (wind or wave). • There are three general types of equilibrium: • Stable • Neutral • Unstable

  14. Engineering - Stability Unstable Equilibrium Any disturbance of a body will result in motion of the body with no chance it will return to its original position. December 9, 2003 – The 290’ Stellamare rolled over during routine dockside loading of 2 generators weighing 500 tons ( ~50 African elephants), killing 3 crewmen.

  15. Marine Science - Sharks

  16. Marine Science - Sharks • They see in color & have good eyesight. • Have good night vision because of a reflective layer at the back • of the eye. • Deaths/year caused by coconuts: 150 • Deaths/year from shark attack: 10

  17. You are employed as an international purchasing manager by L.L. Bean. You have to procure a high quality 100% cotton T-shirt for the coming season. The estimated demand for the upcoming season is 500,000 pieces of T-shirts. Identified 2 potential suppliers: Hong Kong, @ $40 per piece. Valparaiso, Chile @ 3,300 pesos/pc. Normally, there is room to negotiate and lower these prices. T-shirts to be transported in marine containers, either 20 ft. (holds 50,000 pieces) or 40 ft. (100,000 pieces). Business – Role Play

  18. You select a freight forwarder based in New York City, Greek immigrant named Costas Papadapoulos, for making the international logistics arrangements including transportation, documentation, and cargo insurance. Players will be divided into teams and given an office space with phone connection to carry out their task of negotiating the best deal. Players will be provided useful information on import-export procedures and current exchange rate information. Business – Role Play

  19. Transportation • Excites students’ connection with Maine’s seafaring heritage; ship handling, navigation, bridge management and command. • Students conduct a port approach exercise utilizing relative speed & motion recognition, problem solving, radar interpretation, course plotting, chart reading, & communications. • Extensive use of our ship’s bridge simulator.

  20. Limitations & Expectations • Limit 40 students per school • For college capable students • Appropriate dress • Dress for cool weather. • Jacket or sweatshirt • Pants/Jeans/Slacks • NO open toed shoes, heels, sandals, flip-flops • Students be aware of their surroundings. • Conduct themselves in an appropriate manner.

  21. Total student participation since 1996: – will top 10,000 Also involved Boy Scout troops Girl Scout troops Sea Scout units Jr. ROTC units New England Athletic Teams Middle Schools Summer Camp Groups By the numbers…

  22. Contact • Hugh Porter • Associate Director of Admissions • Maine Maritime Academy • Hugh.porter@mma.edu • (800)464-6565 Maine • (800)227-8465 Out of Maine

More Related