Adv Engineering

Summary: During this week, I had to come up with possible cavern locations. Then I had to present along with my group and chose our cavern at the coordinates of N6, N9, P6, P9.  "On the general geology map of Alabraska, there is a section at the coordinates N6, N9, P6, P9. This was our cavern location because it was close to water, so the people didn't have to worry about dehydration or hunger because where there is water, there is usually some sort of life, whether it be vegetation or animals (sometimes the animals are inedible). We also chose this because it quite far from the fault line, so really the worst that could happen was that if there was an earthquake, we'd be so far underground that we would still feel it, but it wouldn't be strong enough to kill anyone - really the worst that could happen is some of the rock would chip off, but not all of it." EDP: GENERATE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS I generated possible solutions when our group and I cho...

Summary:  During this week, I worked on a few worksheets for our Asteroid Impact which was in the imaginary state of Alabraska. When we did this, I calculated the general area for Alabraska, in which the length was 150 km and the width was 230 km, giving me a sum of 34,500 km 2 . After that, I compared the size of Alabraska to the size of the multiple caverns my group and I decided to establish underneath the surface of Alabraska. After that, I scaled my general map of Alabraska, including the military base, and then decided that our cavern was not large enough to house 10 million people. EDP - Generate Possible Solutions Over the course of the week, I generated possible solutions by completing a worksheet and making graphs to figure out how many people would be able to fit into our classroom. After that, I used the information to help me. I generated more possible solutions when I came up with different scenarios to help us decide on more areas in case our first...

Summary: Over the course of our bridges project, we had to create a sketch of the bridge we chose to remake out of noodles. We had to make a BoM (Bill of Materials) and make a presentation like the one above. I made the Bill of Materials and helped on the presentation as well as create the Truss Bridge sketch. On top of that, we had to create a Science & Engineering paragraph on one of four topics- torsion, tension, compression, and shear forces. As mentioned before in a previous blog post, I chose torsion. Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before we started?  I knew a little about the subject, especially since my father told me about torsion and helped me understand the equation (which I put into the document). But other that, I knew almost nothing. Inward-Looking:  What does this piece tell you about yourself and how you learn? This piece tells me that I absorb more through visual learning (such as taking notes and making S&E pa...

Summary:  During this week, I helped my team make the beams of pasta noodles by gluing them together with hot glue. I also made groups of ten noodles to hot glue and tie together. Another thing that I did was I drew the truss bridge picture on the right. EDP - Build a Prototype Image Links : I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.  

Summary: During this week, our "new" teacher informed us of a new project, where we had to build a bridge out of pasta noodles. We had to write up a paragraph on compression, tension, shear forces, and torsion. For my write-up, I wrote a paragraph on torsion, including equations, and defining what the letters and numbers meant. Afterwards, I wrote a paragraph on a specific type of bridge called a cable-stayed bridge.  EDP - Identify the Problem Image Links : Bridge Project - Torsion Write Up