The following reports were written by members of Engineers in Training during the second day of the program. Some elements may have been removed/edited for various reasons, but the text that remains is in the student's own words.
Name: Omar
Comments: TO DAY WE MADE THINGS AND WE SAW HOW MANY MARBLES COULD GO IN THE CUP. YHAT IS WHAT I DID.
Name: Susu
Comments: Today was really fun. Building the straw structures was cool, and the competition with building teh models on the computer was fun because we got to compete with the other people.
Name: Kendrick
Comments: The engeneering class was great! I loved when we built the structures on the computer,and with the straws and pins.Dr. Garret really me understand how a bridge is built. I had real fun today and I can't wait ti'll tommorrow.
Name: Will
Comments: today was my favorite day throughout all of the 2 years i was here and really liked when we built structures out of straws.
Name: Michael
Comments: I thought that it was fun today. we made bridges on the computer. then we made bridges with straws which we will finnish tomarrow!
Name: Caleb
Comments: I had lots of fun we learned about tension and compresion then we did simulations of making a bridge, also we made a real bridge , I ws very compatible with my partner.