History Park San Jose

2017 Reality Capture Technology Summer Camp @ History Park

July 3-14, 2017- Engineering Projects

Team #1- The Trolley Barn @ History Park

Team #2- The Nelson-Deluz House

Team #3- The Pasetta House

Team #4- The Portuguese Historical Museum (Imperio)

Working out the angles...

Team #1: Trolley Barn

Mike Sodergren, Israel Perez-King, Denise Gip, Ryan Luong

The Team

Digital Documentation of the Trolley Barn at History

Park

Hardware: FARO 350s Terrestrial Laser Scanner

Software: FARO Scene 6.2

Resolution: 1/5

Quality: 1/4

Number of Scans: 41

Average Scan Duration: 6minutes, 35seconds

The historic Associated Oil Station at History Park

One of several outstanding engineering projects from this year's Reality Capture Technology Summer Camp at History Park
Large Group Project: 413,389,716 Data Points
Hardware: FARO 350s Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Software: FARO Scene 6.2

My Team

A Silicon Valley Icon: The Tech Museum of Innovation

Inspiring the Innovator in Everyone

Coming Soon in 3D- The Tech Museum of Innovation
Silicon Valley's Iconic Museum is located in the heart of downtown San Jose
2015 Winner of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service.

Project Specifications
705,324,567 Data Points
Hardware: FARO Technologies 330X Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Software: Autodesk Recap
Resolution: 1/4

July 3-14, 2017  
5th Annual Reality Capture Summer Technology Camp

The Reality Capture Summer Technology Camp is a unique project driven STEAM program that introduces students to the engineering process through state of the art technology. Utilizing laser scanning/digital documentation techniques, students actively take part in creating a digital archive of the region’s cultural heritage while using civil engineering tools to resolve complex geospatial challenges. 

Locations:

History Park in is the location/campus of the proposed program. History Park contains 34 historic structures and encompasses 14+ acres in central San Jose. The History San Jose Collection Center has more than 500,000 artifacts that students can archive and digitally document.

Associated Oil Station

Cogswell College in San Jose is one of the world’s premiere digital animation and audio engineering colleges. Cogswell engineering alumni work at iconic industry leaders like Disney, DreamWorks Animation, PIXAR Studios, Industrial Light and Magic, EA Sports, LucasFilm and many others. The combination of Cogswell’s artistic, engineering influence and historic, archival focus of History Park is the ideal blend of Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics.

Program Goals:

1.      Introduce students to engineering through hands on projects with state of the art hardware and software.

2.      Encourage students to pursue careers in education, engineering, science and technology.

3.      Provide participants with a unique experience that prepares them for the next step in their professional development

4.      Build bridges and connect pathways to facilitate our participant’s transition to institutions of higher education, trade unions or entrepreneurship.

5.      To train and retain local talent for the expanding Silicon Valley workforce.

6.      To create a program that benefits both the participants and the greater community

There are several objectives in route to our stated goals. Most importantly, engaging the next generation of educators, engineers, innovators and scientist in the digital documentation of the region’s cultural history is considered a key element and critical to the success of the program.

Our programs teach students to use state of the art reality capture technology to create 3D models of historic San Jose homes, artifacts and property. The program empowers students by giving them the technical skills, guidance and opportunity to document their environment using the same technology that is used in archeology, architecture, construction, design, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, forensic investigations, surveying and geometrics. Based upon the principles of advanced geometry and trigonometry, our program(s) are creating a digital record of our cultural heritage and environment for future researcher, educators and scientist. This is a unique, hands-on, action based program that focuses on the practical application of technology rather than extensive lecture and class work.  Our partners include the Santa Clara County Office of Education, History Park, JFK University and the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce.

Trolley Barn

During the first week of camp, students learn to use laser scanners to capture dimensional and structural data from buildings at History Park in San Jose. The second week of camp, students learn to process laser scan data using state of the art 3D software at the campus of Cogswell College.

The educational benefits of such a unique project are only one aspect of our long range goal. The development of a 3D historic cultural archive will provide guest, visitors and users with access to historic research and data that would otherwise only be available to people live in the Bay Area and can visit History Park by appointment. Our data will be available online and accessible from any internet ready computer, tablet or workstation in the world.

The establishment of this project represents a paradigm shift in education and access to information. The digital database created through this project will be archived at History Park. The data can be used for research, planning, seismic analysis, environmental monitoring, education, historic preservation and tourism. The end product will affect the way cities, regions and business entities conduct outreach as well as influence new trends in tourism and visitor services.

Portuguese History Museum

Deliverables and Outcomes

Upon completion of our program, student/participants will be able to:

1.      Identify, define and solve geospatial engineering challenges

2.      Critically evaluate information

3.      Function effectively in a team atmosphere

4.      Operate laser scanning/civil engineering technology

5.      Utilize a minimum of two (2) forms of industry related software

6.      Collect/Import data from field work in preparation for processing

7.      Plan, coordinate and manage complex geospatial data collection projects

8.      Produce and maintain a comprehensive project specific engineering journal

9.      Complete a digital documentation project at History Park as assigned

     This Summer's Projects- 

Nelson- DeLuz House

1. The Historic Trolley Barn
2. The Portuguese History Museum
3. The Associated Oil Station
4. The Nelson DeLuz House
5. Cogswell Polytechnic College

Summer Technology Camp Dates

July 3^rd – July 7^th 

HISTORY PARK  1650 Senter Road San Jose, Ca.

Monday July 3^rd                        9:00am to 4:00pm

Tuesday July 4^th                        Holiday

Wednesday July 5^th                  9:00am to 4:00pm

Thursday July 6^th                     9:00am to 4:00pm

Friday July 7^th                           9:00am to 4:00pm

July 10^th- July 14^th

COGSWELL COLLEGE  191 Baypointe Parkway, San Jose CA.

Monday July 10^th                    9:00am to 4:00pm

Tuesday July 11^th                    9:00am to 4:00pm

Wednesday July 12^th               9:00am to 4:00pm

Cogswell College

Thursday July 13^th                  9:00am to 4:00pm

Friday July 14^th                       9:00am to 4:00pm

The Historic Kelley Mansion, San Jose CA.

Built in 1912, the Kelley Mansion was destroyed by 2 alarm fire in 2012...

In 1861 Judge Lawrence Archer purchased 160 acres just outside of San José’s city limits. He named the property around Coyote Creek “Lone Oak.” Archer moved his family in 1869, from their downtown home to a two-story house surrounded by elaborate gardens and accessed by two avenues lined with pepper, cypress and eucalyptus trees. There he grew orchards of prunes, apricots, walnuts, and was especially proud of his cherries. A well respected resident and attorney, Archer came to California in 1852 and settled in San Jose in 1853. Active in community service, he was Mayor of San José in 1856 and 1878; a County Judge from 1867 – 71; and served at State Assemblyman from 1875 – 76. Archer left his “Lone Oak” property to his only daughter, Louise Archer Flavin Kelley. She inherited the land in 1910 and it became known as “Ar-Kel” an abbreviation of her maiden and married names...From HSJ webapage. www.historysanjoseorg

The San Jose Woman's Club

Documenting the Historic

       San Jose Woman's Club

San Jose Landmark #32

75 South 11th Street

A formal organization since 1894, the San Jose Woman's Club has a rich and interesting history.
This fall, young ladies from Notre Dame High School's engineering club will laser scan the historic  building in anticipation of the club's planned retrofit.

In addition to documenting the property for preservation purposes, the data will be used to assist the architects and contractors during the both the planning and construction phase of the retrofit, process. The significance of having the pre-engineering work on the building completed by these young ladies is what makes this project noteworthy. Introducing the next generation of designers and engineers to this technology, while studying one of the oldest women's organizations in the Bay Area is a truly unique opportunity.

The beautiful Spanish Revival Building on South Eleventh Street was completed in 1929. Currently, the building is still used as the clubhouse for the SJ Woman's Club however the building is a favorite

rental location for weddings and special events.

Under professional supervision, the documentation process will begin with a formal research on the structure, including blueprint review and visual inspections.
The students will develop a logistical plan and scan plot for the building and property based upon the client's requirements.
The scanning process is scheduled and the documentation completed, the data is processed into a 3D point cloud.
The point cloud will be developed into a fly-through model for the Woman's Club webpage.
The raw point cloud will be given to the SJ Woman's Club's architect for use as a 3D blueprint. The point cloud can be imported into AutoCAD or Revit software for planning, design or engineering.

The project is expected to take place over the course of a semester. However, the actual scanning and processing will take little more than a week total. The extended schedule is necessary to accomodate the demands of the students normal academic requirements and engineering/robotics club responsibilities.

Look for a follow-up blog post, a fly-through video and white paper by the students around December

of 2016.

For more on the history of the San Jose Woman's Club, visit them online at http://www.sjwomansclub.org/about_us.html