Post 2: Team Layout & Workflow

Time to lay out a team of dedicated workers for Project REV. Let's begin!

With a goal in sight, Transportation Technology SHSM lead teacher Mr. Da Silva and several other teachers at Bishop Reding will be working to assemble a group of hard working students from different subject areas to construct the Quadricycle.

In order for the Quadricycle to be built, we need a team of students from various curricular subjects to contribute their knowledge to several ongoing design challenges of the build.

To begin, students have been assembled from the following subject areas:

AREA OF BUILD:                            SUBJECT AREA:              LEAD TEACHER:

CHASSIS MEASUREMENT           Tech Design     (TDJ)         Mr. A. Mulé

CHASSIS ASSEMBLY                     Transportation (TTJ)         Mr. C. Da Silva

COACHWORK                                Construction    (TCJ)         Mr. D. Peca

UPHOLSTERY                                Construction    (TCJ)         Mr. J. Koechl

THEORY AND R&D                       Science           (SNC)         Mr. A. Lograno

                                                          Physics            (SPH)        Ms. S. Mulica

STEERING & PROPULSION        Mathematics    (MPM)      Mrs. J. DiFederico

                                                                                                    Mr. R. Piva

NETWORKING & POWER             Engineering     (TMJ)       Mr. Berardi

    The basic workflow strategy for the year will involve designing and building the chassis and steering components first. Then, Science, Physics, Math and Engineering students will calculate, build and test the electric propulsion system, solar charging system and radar controlled braking system.

Check post number 3 to see each of the specific design challenges for the build!

 

Post 1: Let the Project Begin!

 Welcome everyone, to Bishop Reding's Student Success endeavor: Project REV!

    Project REV is 2023-2024's cross-curricular project that combines several areas of school instruction under the STEM learning model. 

This year's big goal will be for students to design and construct a near replica of Henry Ford's Quadricycle. 

    The famous American industrialist's 1896 design was a humble prototype of a wheeled cart. It moved under it's own power by means of a small internal combustion engine. The tiny carriage had an overall length of under eight feet, and was constructed of mostly simple components like bicycle wheels, stick lever steering, and a carbide lantern for a headlight.

    As a tribute to Mr. Ford's creation, our students will recreate most of the quadricycle and preserve its historical look. After the chassis, seating and steering systems are built, the REV team will endow the vehicle with new technologies. 

    The REV team, comprised of several teachers and students from different subject areas, have begun the design work and construction of this exciting machine, along with the co-operation of a few community partners in the Halton area. These partnerships will also work together with HCDSB's Specialist High Skills Major program to give member students exposure to several sector based career opportunities after high school.

Check out post number 2, where we lay out our team groups, subject areas, and workflow strategies!