By Patrick McElroy EDI’19 On Wednesday, January 24, the EDI Fellows had to privilege of hearing from Dr. McKenzie, the chair of the Modelling and Visual Simulations Engineering department at Old Dominion University. The field of study is relatively new, …
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Blog Post about Speaker, Kim Jenks
In October, we invited Kim Jenks to skype with us about her career as an aerospace engineer. She gave us a very engaging and informative insight on her journey in becoming an aerospace engineer. She also provided many helpful tips …
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Hydroponic Garden Update by Charlie Walker ’21
Hydroponic Garden In September 2017, Jarod Haley CB’20 came to us with an idea of building a hydroponic garden. We held a hackathon (a design challenge) where two groups designed prototypes for the structure. When the initial design challenge was …
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EDI After School Activity – Maguire McMahon ’20
My name is Maguire McMahon and I am a 2020 EDI Fellow at Norfolk Academy. This fall I have been working with Sarah Haugh, another EDI 2020 Fellow, on incorporating a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) resource into the …
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Hackathon on a Water Pump for the Fall Play by Frances Harrington ’19
Post by Frances Harrington ’19 Early this year, Ms. Bisi approached us to design and build a working hand pump for the Fall play. The Fall play this year is The Miracle Worker which is about Helen Kel ler’s journey. …
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Moment of Inertia Project Update – By Olivia Danielson ’21
Post written by Olivia Danielson ’21 On April 3, 2018, Dr. Call presented a project for a couple of the 2021 fellows. He needed six 3D-printed models, comprised of five cylinders and one sphere, to demonstrate inertia for his Physics …
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3D-Printed Table Saw Guard – Update by Caitlin Johnson ’21
In late March 2018, Charlie, AJ, Keon, and I began the first week of the Table Saw Project. We met with Mr. Barton to design a 3D printed table saw guard with a larger rectangular slot so that he could …
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Silicon Valley Trip 2018 – Apple, Google, and David Yeh NA’16
The 2019 EDI Fellows traveled to Silicon Valley to speak with experts about engineering, design, and innovation. Here is Kevin Smedley to describe our fifth day. Today the fellows gathered at 8 AM to debrief the activities of the previous …
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Silicon Valley Trip 2018 – Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
The 2019 EDI Fellows traveled to Silicon Valley to speak with experts about engineering, design, and innovation. Here is Patrick McElroy to describe our fourth day. We started our day with a drive to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The …
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Silicon Valley EDI Trip 2018 – Big Basin Redwoods State Park
The 2019 EDI Fellows traveled to Silicon Valley to speak with experts about engineering, design, and innovation. Here is Sebastian Singh to describe our third day. Today we went to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Although this was probably the …
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