Engineering Projects

Bryan, Block A

The first project, and one of my favorite projects throughout the year, that we did in engineering class this year was try and use one piece of computer paper and only a foot of scotch tape to try and construct the tallest tower we could, but there was a catch. The tower had to withstand a fan's wind gust from about three feet away. It was tough but some people had some good designs, and of course Mr. Joslin had the tallest tower at the end of the day. My design was try and make four long, thin pieces of paper that had been rolled up. I used three of the thin strands as legs for the tower, making almost a pyramid shaped structure. Then I attached the final strand to the center where the three other pieces met and pointed it straight up. My design was pretty successful overall, but it fell short a few times trying to withstand the fan's gust so one thing I would want to improve would have been its sturdiness. Maybe sacrifice a little height and bend a small part of the legs in to give it more of a base. Right off the bat with this project I learned to be creative and brainstorm different ideas before just jumping into the construction.