Class Feedback

Overview:
     Overall, I actually really enjoyed this class and had a fun time in it. Although there were some stressful moments, I was able to overcome them all. The most stressful project we had to do was the mousetrap powered vehicle. My partner and I had such a great design, but just one tiny flaw; it was too heavy. We tried absolutely everything we could to keep our design but just make it lighter, and nothing seemed to work. We ended up just having to scratch everything and come up with a standard, easy, light design which was not what we wanted.
     I would have to say that my favorite project was the Popsicle stick bridge. I really liked that project because it was very unique and unlike anything I have ever done before. My partner and I got to be really creative with the bridge design and it looked so cool and perfect when we finished it. Not only was the building part fun, but breaking it and seeing how much weight it could hold was also very amusing. I was the one who pumped the machine and with every pump, I started to get more and more anxious for the bridge to break. Our bridge made a huge explosion and Popsicle sticks flew everywhere, which was very entertaining.
     One more aspect that I couldn't stand were the super slow computers in the lab that only half of them  worked. Whenever I needed a computer, I either had to race to one to get it before other people or sit two at a computer and the person not on the computer could never get any work done. This class depended heavily on the computers because we had to do these blog posts for our final exam and we couldn't do them unless we had a computer.

What I Learned:
     This class was based heavily on the design process and problem solving, and I became very familiar with the both of these. After using them in every project, I am confident to use them on my own in new situations and I will be prepared if I am required to use them in the future. During this class, I also became familiar with all the tools in the labs. I mainly used the tools in the mousetrap powered vehicle and I used them a lot, so I am now very comfortable using them at anytime.