The world of technologies is evolving faster than ever before, carrying along new opportunities and career paths to be explored.
One of these technologies is known as three-dimensional (3-D) printing, and the Bridgewater-Raritan Prints club is introducing high school students to its beauty, allowing them to experience a unique realm of design and creativity.
With the club’s closely-knitted community, the involved students’ skills and literacy in 3-D modeling is developed with the constant advice and informational lessons.
To provide real experience and possess exposure to specific career paths for its members, the club offers projects that apply the knowledge of the skills and techniques they learned. The club has done a “Hackathon” workshop in the past and is currently planning to make a mural for the school in the future.
At each club meeting, students are given a lecture about a particular topic and then given a project applying the knowledge learned in that lecture. For example, some projects that students could make include a basic stool as a first project or a more detailed chess piece, depending on their skills.
With intent to expand the variety of its members’ skill sets, BR Prints offers a range of multidisciplinary activities to build confidence that members need to succeed in their future. These activities are related to leadership and open collaboration, including tutoring, outreach using social media and fundraising.
“Why limit yourself to a two-dimensional printer when we live in three spatial dimensions?” one of the club’s officers, Adam Kurasinski, asked.
He continued with explaining the future of 3-D printing.
“The 3-D printing can be the household appliance of the future. Engineers use them to make prototype models of their projects, and our students can fix their backpack clips by making it themselves,” he said. “3-D printing is a powerful technology that I believe can blossom in BRHS.”
The club can be enjoyed by students who have an interest in art, technology or those who are looking for a space where their creativity can flow. Students can join the club using the Google Classroom code: tem4jL6.
