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Available Spring & Summer 2024!
Summer Schedule COMING SOON!

 

GRADES: 5-7 & 8+

Engineering: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) & 3D Printing is an engineering and design series that challenges students to utilize cutting-edge software and 3D printing to design intriguing objects or a functioning machine of their very own!  Objects will be 3D printed and students will compete for ‘best of’ awards!

Designed and led by Dr. Marcelo Bacha, who completed a doctoral degree in Material Science and has worked as an amateur telescope maker and faculty in one of the largest Astronomical Observatories in Brazil, the program harnesses Dr. Bacha’s deep knowledge and decades of study and practice in the engineering field.

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Dr. Marcelo Bacha completed his undergraduate degree in Physics-Education and his master’s degree in Material Science and Technology at Sao Paulo State University Julio de Mesquita Filho. He completed his doctoral degree in Material Science and Engineering at the University of Sao Paulo. Marcelo worked for six years as a monitor and an amateur telescope maker at the Astronomical Observatory Lionel Jose Andriatto, and for two years as a teacher in one of the biggest Astronomical Observatories in Brazil CEU Foundation. During this time he coauthored the book Construção e utilização de lunetas no ensino de astronomia (The Construction and the Use of Telescopes in Astronomy Teaching). He also has four years of experience in university-level Mechanical Engineering departments, teaching physics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, CAD, as well as supervising capstone projects and undergraduate research. As a teacher, Marcelo believes in the Paulo Freire theory, which says that true education provides freedom by teaching students how to learn through critical thinking.

ENGINEERING – Schedule

Classes are held in the given timeframes, excluding scheduled holidays.

Email info@brainpower.ca with your child’s/children’s age(s) and area(s) or interests, and we will help get you registered!