The FLA Design Group partners with a local business to prototype an innovative product
The Forest Lake Academy (FLA) Innovation and Robotics Lab’s (IRL) Design Group will be meeting with David C. Jaye of Shower Arm Leak Detection Device (SALD) LLC on Sunday June 17, at 12 p.m. to begin the development of an innovative shower head. IRL was approached by Jaye at a fund raising event to 3D print a prototype of the SALD Device that he has earned a patent for (US Patent 9,410,308).
This venture fulfills the vision of the FLA Innovation and Robotics Lab and Florida Conference Office of Education (FCOE) Innovation and Robotics Initiative which is to provide its students with authentic learning experiences that foster deeper learning and student-led innovation. The Design Group is one of several student-led STREAM (science, technology, robotics, engineering, art and mathematics) interest groups that operates out of IRL.
About Dave C. Jaye
Dave has 45 years of experience in the plumbing industry. He is the assitant General Manager of the Maitland Winter Park Plumbing, Inc. and the developer of the Shower Arm Leak Detection Device.
About the Forest Lake Academy Robotics and Innovation Lab
Modeled after the MIT Media Lab and Google X Labs, the FLA Robotics and Innovation Lab serves as an incubator where the students, guided by mentors, can pursue projects that they are passionate about and develop 21st century industries. The lab currently supports the following interest groups: the Applied Robotics group, the Biomechatronics group, Server Technologies group, the Brain Control Interface group and the Simulation Group.
About Forest Lake Academy
Founded in 1926, Forest Lake Academy (FLA) is a college-preparatory Seventh-day Adventist Christian day/boarding academy for 9th – 12th grade students. Located in Apopka, a suburb of Orlando, it is owned and operated by the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. For more information about FLA visit www.forestlakeacademy.org.
About the FLCOE Innovation and Robotics Initiative
The Florida Conference Office of Education Innovation and Robotics Initiative is three-year program that is designed to bring project-based learning, STREAM (science, technology, robotics, engineering, art and mathematics) education, innovation and design thinking to each school in the Florida Conference.
Contact info: Robert Henley,
Director of the FLA Innovation and Robotics
Innovation Coordinator, Florida Conference Office of Education
407-489-2500, robert.henley@floridaconference.com
