Working on our Freshman Design project throughout this term
has been challenging, frustrating, and ultimately, rewarding. At the beginning
of the term it was difficult to see how the K’nex bridge competition was
related to our final design project. Looking back, I can see now how everything
we learned in the first five weeks prepared us to take on our own project.
It has
been so exciting to see how our project has evolved from a concept to a
feasible design. We definitely had an uphill battle, from convincing Dr. Aktan
to let us work on our Drexel C.O.R.E project
to incorporating a bridge design to finding an advisor last-minute.
However, it was completely worth all the struggle and hard work to have a
project that we are proud of. Our initial concept has become a scale model that
is influenced by consideration of structure and aesthetics and serious
research. During the K’nex competition, we learned first-hand the importance of
meeting all constraints, and as a result we have been very careful to not
overlook any details in our final project. Throughout this course we have all
grown as a team and as engineers.
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