Each year, many freshmen and sophomore students choose to take an Engineering course. After they learn about circuits, dimensional analysis, coding, and more, they divide into groups to create a project. Recently, the freshmen and sophomore engineering students began to decide on ideas for their capstone projects.
Sophomores Sam Levenson, Sara Rosenthal, and Yoni Pedram are engineering an automatic tourniquet to help save the lives of IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers currently fighting in the war. Levenson shared that their goal is for their project “to detect blood or an injury and stop bleeding without any input from the user.” He continued, “This could save their life or prevent more injuries by limiting blood loss, and it doesn’t need a medic or another soldier to help them apply it.”
Ben Gorman, a freshman, said that his capstone project is a GPS-tracking dog collar. He is working alongside Gilad Nitzan, another freshman. Gorman explained how he decided on this idea because of how many lost dogs there are and how he wants to find a solution.
For Hanukkah, engineering students built an electric Hanukkiah! (SSLI Instagram)
Sophomores Ephraim Berman and Shayna Barak are currently working on “A device that goes into burning buildings before firefighters. You remotely control it from a safe place and put out a fire,” Berman explained. He also mentioned that it would help ensure the safety of firefighters as they wouldn’t have to risk their lives while saving the lives of others.
Sophomores Penina Charry and Brian Melzer are working on a sleeve that alerts nurses when their patient needs something. Charry described, “The nurse and patient will each have their sleeve, and the nurse will have a receiver for each of their patients' transmitters. A patient can press one of three buttons, each signaling to the nurse a specific type of help that is needed, ranging from real emergencies to just needing a glass of water.” Charry mentioned how she knows it will be challenging to create, but she thinks they can make it happen.
When these projects are completed, students will present them at CIJE (Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education) Innovation Day in New Jersey.
Susie Berger is a guest writer for Paw Print Now and has been published on the site since January 2025. Susie is currently a freshman at Schechter School of Long Island and can be reached at the following email address: sberger28@schechterli.org
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