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We built a bridge in Intro to Engineering Lab out of toothpicks and marshmellows, choosing out of 3 different designs, and then gave them a stress test (putting weight on the middle to see how much it could take before breaking).
Which was cool, but seemed childish (the prof was a bitch, and it was a weeder class).
Then, in my ME Tools class, we built a Stirling Engine in the shop, which was pretty cool. Mine ran pretty hard, too (I think it ran close to 1,000rpm's), I was happy.
Then, we had to design it in Pro Engineer (drafting program), along with picking something else to re-create in the program (I ended up doing a mechanical pencil, it came out pretty BA)
Other than that, I haven't gotten too far into my major yet (I'm done with the pre-reqs now, so once fall starts I'll be at the e-school full time), so I'm sure the projects will increase.
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