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Hands-on engineering and science
Flights of fancy
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students practice their aeronautical expertise in the
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Second
graders from Liberty Elementary, in Liberty, SC visited the
campus this spring and experienced the concrete canoe, steel
bridge and mini-baja car — up close and personal. Engineering
undergrads introduced the elementary visitors to concrete
that floats, and gave them an idea what it feels like to
sit behind the wheel of an offthe- road baja bandit.
Mechanical
engineering graduate students then helped the secondgraders
construct paper airplanes to see who could fly higher and
farther. Flight tests were launched from the second floor
of the Fluor Daniel Building. Winners received a certificate
and a foam airplane.
“This
is the coolest field trip we have ever been on,” said
Andy Ruiz, one of the paper plane champions. “The airplane
contest was my favorite part!”
CoES students who made the day special included:
Concrete Canoe: Kyle Farley, Matt Goodner, Chrissy Sloyer,
and October McConnell
Steel Bridge: Gene Rogers, Warren Rohloff, and Josh Stamm
Mechanical engineering: Jamie Morales, Chris Osborn, Chris
Trangsrud, Will York, Mary Holloway, Scott Holloway, Todd
Schweisinger, Seth Barbour, Andy Miller, James Gibert, Brian
Slusser, Stephanie Hughes, and Denay Ritchie.
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