Those were the days. Since my affiliation with QUT in 2021, I have experienced some stages of school and faculty amalgamation. I started with my PhD study in the Centre of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education. When I graduated, it was Centre for Learning Innovation in the Faculty of Education. I then worked in the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE), which then became School of Curriculum (merged with another school). The School of Curriculum then evolved to become School of Teacher Education and Leadership (STEL) in the Faculty of Education. Faculty of Education then merged with Faculty of Creative Industries and School of Social Justice from Law Faculty to become a new Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice (CIESJ). Under CIESJ, STEL continued for three years and finally from Februay 2025, STEL merged with SECIE (School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education) to become the current School of Education.
On 29 November 2024, STEL had her last retreat and end of year meeting/celebration. I was asked to deign a trophy for the winner of team challenge in the last STEL meeting. I then used TinkerCad to design the trophy as show in the picture on the right. You could click on the picture to access the TinkerCad project of STEL Trophy.
There are three parts to 3D print: The E, the sphere, and the base. The base has a cavity for installing a wireless power reciever. The E block has a tunnel from the bottom to the middle outlet where the sphere can be screwed into. The tunnel is for threading the wires connecting a colour changing LED in the sphere to the wireless power receiver.
The sphere is like a light bulb. A hollow sphere can be difficult to 3D print, and needs support from platform only.
The wireless power receiver and LED can be seen in another project: Wireless Power - Easter Bunny
The final product of this STEL Trophy could be seen on the left short video and image.
When the trophy is placed on top of a wireless charging pad, the wireless power receiver module will collect power from the electromagnetic waves and output a steady 5V and up to 600 mA current that is more than enough to light up the colour changing LED.
By Andy (20 November 2024)