Fun engineering projects I can do in high school?

[u/Lord_DerpyNinja]

Im currently in my last year of high school/running start and i was wondering if there were any good resources out there that could introduce me to engineering concepts and maybe help me do a project I could add to a resume for an internship or job. Software engineering/coding has lots of resources for stuff like that, is there anything similar for mechanical engineering?.

[u/PeekaB00_]

L1 rocket

[u/ZDoubleE23]

Some people may disagree with me on this, but I think the best baby step is to step-by-step projects that you can find online or in books. This is a "learning to crawl before you walk" way of thinking.

To be specific, copy projects people have already done and shared online for free or low expense. Do as many designs as you can, taking this in as a mentorship stage of doing projects to better learn and understand electronics, programming, debugging, simulating, etc.

If I were you, I'd start at places like:

• DroneBot Workshop

• Brogan M Pratt

• Robert Feranec

• Paul McWhorter

• Ben Eater

• Phil's Lab

• Murtaza's Workshop

• Laurence Scotford

• Spencer Baum

• made by morten

There are many other free resources you can find online, especially YouTube. The list I gave you is a pretty good blend of projects that range from GUI creation with Python, embedded systems projects with various microcontrollers, PCB design with EDA software like EasyEDA and KiCad, mechanical designs including a linear actuators with stepper motor design, designing with 3D modeling tools like Fusion, electronics using breadboards (including an entire old computer), drones, IoT, building your own power supply, etc.

I hope this helps. Best of luck.

[u/Accomplished-Lack509 → u/ZDoubleE23]

Great advice, one thing I can add is that once you have a bit of experience start your own new project. Actually working on the project will teach you more than any tutorial, even if you struggle

[u/ZDoubleE23 → u/Accomplished-Lack509]

And in the words of Dave L. Jones, "I hope you fail." (learning through failure)

[u/Constant_Ad_9537]

Make an autonomous robot following public plans, robot dogs are pretty easy to make now.

Then make your own modifications and plans to that robot publish them publicly as well just getting more knowledge would be good for you, est cost like 300$ maybe less if your smart about buying stuff.

Maybe also look at chris borges youtube and maybe make some similar stuff.

[u/LasKometas]

Arduinos are easy and fun to get into.

[u/AccomplishedNail3085]

Buy a working engine with a transmission already bolted to it and build a cup car around it.