Curious what StudentRND has been up to over the past year? Feel like you may have missed a few of our projects, or wondering how we raise the money to operate the space? The 2011 Annual Report answers all these questions, check it out below!

Download 2011 Annual Report

The practice field will allow high school FTC teams to test their robots and gain an edge before the regional and state competitions in Washington. Also, teams can play practice games, especially on “FTC Scrimmage Day”, a statewide event on November 11th to encourage FTC teams to practice with their robots in a friendly and competitive manner.

“I’m really excited to be supporting FIRST’s high school students,” said Edward Jiang, founder of StudentRND. “It’s a great program, and I look forward to working with more robotics teams in the future.”

Students can visit StudentRND on Wednesdays 2-7pm and Saturdays 12-7pm, or email to request additional times. StudentRND is located at 1405 132nd Ave NE, Suite 3, Bellevue, WA 98005.

About StudentRND:
StudentRND inspires students to learn more about science and technology by providing tools, equipment, and resources to enable students to work together on exciting projects.

About FIRSTWA:
FIRSTWA (www.firstwa.org) inspires students to pursue careers in science and technology by hosting the FIRST Robotics competitions in Washington state. FIRSTWA is here to help every FIRST participant be successful.

For Adults:

StudentRND Fundraising Luncheon
Take a tour of the StudentRND workspace, see demos of projects from the summer, including the Robotic Pipe Organ and the Plasma Speaker, and learn about what we’re doing over the school year!

Time: Friday, November 11, 11:30-1PM
Location: Our Workspace, 1405 132nd Ave NE, Suite 3, Bellevue WA 98005
Cost: $20 for Lunch
Please RSVP today!

For Students:

Introduction to Photoshop and HTML/CSS
This class will take you through the basics of Photoshop, from using simple tools, to being able to create a basic website design template. The following week, the class will go over the basics of HTML and CSS. The final week, we will wrap up by turning our original Photoshop design into a fully functional website.

Time:Saturday, October 22, 29, and November 5th, 1-3PM
Location: Our Workspace, 1405 132nd Ave NE, Suite 3, Bellevue WA 98005
Facebook Event

Build Cool Stuff
Want to join in on a team to build something cool like our plasma speaker, robotic pipe organ, surface computer, makerbot, and more? You’ll gain valuable experience and knowledge, and most importantly, have fun! All of our projects are completely student-led.

Sign up today! (Due Oct 22nd)
Want to lead a project? Please submit a project proposal (Due Oct 22nd)

High School Advisory Committee
We have an advisory committee for High School leaders who want to get involved in StudentRND’s overall direction and change the future of science/technology education, and just have some fun! We’re looking for influential and analytical high school students who involve themselves in the community.  We’ll have a meeting every other Saturday at noon.

Apply Today! (Due Oct 22nd)

We’ll be running a live stream at http://pipeorgan.studentrnd.org so tune in if you can’t make it to the event in person!

To conclude the summer and begin the school year, we have many exciting things to announce, some of which will come in the next few days.

I’d like to invite you to a event at StudentRND so you can see some of our exciting projects in person!

Learn about StudentRND and Tour our Workspace Fundraising Luncheon!

Take a tour of the StudentRND workspace, see demos of projects from the summer, including the Robotic Pipe Organ and the Plasma Speaker, and learn about what we’re doing over the school year!

Time: Friday, November 11, 11:30-1PM

Location: 1405 132nd Ave NE, Suite 3, Bellevue WA 98005

Cost: $20 for Lunch

Please RSVP to our fundraising luncheon today! To RSVP, go to our website and click on “Pay Now”.

Over the last three months, StudentRND operated a workspace in Bellevue where high school and college students worked on exciting science and tech projects. One team of students built a Robotic Pipe Organ, a plastic pipe organ that plays music live on the internet. Another team worked on a Plasma Speaker, a speaker that uses mini lightning bolts to make music instead of thunder. In addition to these projects, StudentRND supports local high school clubs, including Interlake Robotics, Redmond Robotics, and Newport Science club, by providing clubs a space to meet over the summer.

While StudentRND closed at the end of Summer 2010, 2011 marks the first year StudentRND will be open during the school year.

“Having a community space open year-round will build a regional community of self-driven high-school and college students in the area, promoting science and tech learning and innovation,” commented Edward Jiang, founder of StudentRND. “We want students to walk into the workspace and see the incredible things they can do with technology and jump in on the projects.” Jiang currently attends school at the University of Washington.

In addition to projects, StudentRND hosts events to promote science and technology. During the summer, StudentRND taught students how to 3D model, program apps and games, and hosted video game tournaments.

Plasma Speaker

StudentRND released two new videos showing the process of creating a plasma speaker prototype, and in the first three days, they’ve been viewed over 3,500 times!

The plasma speaker is a speaker that uses the vibrations of an electric beam to create sounds! We’re working on making this into a kit and selling it online. See more in the video, and share with your friends!

The making of the Plasma Speaker – Super Mario Brothers Played

3D Printing Event

Thanks to everyone who came to the 3D Printing event at StudentRND on Saturday! We had a fantastic turnout, and I’d like to give a quick thanks to both Rich Harman and Tim Moore for teaching the class and bringing their makerbots to the event! See some Pictures

Robotic Pipe Organ Kickstarter

We’re testing Kickstarter, a distributed platform for funding creative projects online, with our robotic pipe organ project!

The first week of our first Kickstarter test has gone well! Out of our $1,000 goal, we’ve raised $275 so far. WIRED Insider mentioned us two hours ago on their twitter, and we’re gaining momentum!

Tell your friends about our Kickstarter page — it’s a great way for them to get engaged with one of our projects and to spread a story =] See the Kickstarter Page

July Pictures

As we’re nearing the end of July, we have a bunch of pictures to share with the community! Check them out on our facebook album!

This summer, we’re experimenting with some new methods of fundraising for projects. We present to you:

Robotic Pipe Organ Kickstarter

We’ve created a kickstarter for our robotic pipe organ project! We’re looking to moving into a community funding model for our projects, and we’re testing this out with our Robotic Pipe Organ!

Kickstarter is a site for individuals to invest and follow interesting creative projects. We’re looking to get the global community to participate in our organization, so we’d appreciate your support in our first effort!

Please take a look at our Kickstarter page and tell your friends!

3D Printing Marathon (Saturday 23rd, 1-6PM)

Want to learn how to make something cool with a 3D printer? Well, show up on Saturday for “Hanging out with Makerbots!

For all adults and students, we’re encouraging everyone that has a 3D printer to bring one, and anyone interested in learning to come and hang out!

At both 2PM and 4PM, Mr. Harman will be teaching hour-long sessions everyone how to design and print something out in 3D. Bring a laptop if you have one, but we have four if people need to borrow them.

By the end of the event, you’ll be able to take your own creation home! Tell your friends!

Let us know that you’re coming by attending the Facebook Event!

Projects
Different leaders at StudentRND are working on different cool projects this summer. If you’re interested in joining in on some of the projects, you can either drop by when we’re open or email the project leader!

Robotic Pipe Organ (Tu/W/Th 12-4PM)
Led by David Tyler <shoebane@gmail.com>, StudentRND is making a robotic pipe organ! This pipe organ will be computer-controlled, and will have be able to play music (and people can watch) via the internet! See more at http://roboticpipeorgan.tumblr.com/

CNC Router (M/Tu/Th 11-5PM)
Led by Nolan Miller <nolanamiller@gmail.com>, StudentRND is building a CNC router, which can be used to make lots of cool stuff! See a Youtube demo.

RepRap 3D Printer (M/W/F 12-5PM)
Eric Yu <ericyu3@gmail.com> is building a RepRap 3D Printer, which will allow StudentRND to print bigger and better things! Sample Video.

WinPhone 7 App (M/Tu/W/Th 3-7PM)
Adam Stephenson <is working on StatsPad Baller, an app that enables the average basketball enthusiast to track and record statistics from basketball games of any level.

Events
We’ll have quite a few exciting events in the next week! Here’s a quick list!

Community Lunch (Every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30PM)
Starting this Tuesday, we’re starting up a weekly event called Community Lunches! Everyone, including adults, students, volunteers, and mentors are invited, and we’ll have the various teams working on projects at StudentRND talk about what they all do! Pizza will be provided.

Volunteer Meeting (Every Wednesday, 4-5PM)
Interested in becoming a volunteer or are you already a volunteer? You should come. We’ll talk about what needs to happen in the next week or so, and how more people can get more involved in StudentRND.

Soda Making (Wednesday the 13th, 7-9PM)
Enjoy the soda tasting last week, with all of those unique flavors? Think you can do better? Let’s make soda!

Ice Cream Social (Friday the 15th, 6-8PM)
We’ll bring in the ice cream, you do the rest!

Volunteering
We’re still looking for volunteers to help out with StudentRND. Hit the contact form above to get involved, or just drop by our workspace!