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Monday
We started the week by reviewing the requirements for our final project and then starting work on it. It was required to integrate the mini-sculpture from last week, contain one sensor-automated acutator, have a user input, and be professionally assembled.
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, our teacher-fellow Mr. Rowe was out for this week.
Tuesday
The morning Science Communication time was spent working on our team webpages. Professor de Callafon gave some suggestions to us.
In the afternoon, we were introduced to Matlab and spent some time completing some simple tasks to give us some experience in the program. Then we went back into the design studio and worked on the sculptures some more.
Wednesday
Professor de Callafon gave us a lecture on what it's like to study engineering in university and about the field in general. We spent the rest of the morning working on sculptures.
In the afternoon, we received a lecture on renewable energy and energy physics and were introduced to one of Prof. de Callafon's projects, research into the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid. Some of his summer interns then gave us a survey to evaluate our "energy awareness".
Thursday
On Thursday, we had an hour in the morning to work on either our mini-sculptures or web pages/presentations. We spent the rest of the morning on a field trip to Solar Turbines.
In the afternoon, we finalized our sculptures and showed them to the people of cluster 10 (Robot Inventors). We also got to see their projects. (No prizes for guessing whose was better.)
Lab & Solar Turbine Tour
Last Friday, students visited different labs at the MAE building. They were able to see different machinery like a waterjet cutting machine and a shake table.
This Thursday, we went on a very interesting field trip to the assembly facility of Solar Turbines, a company that makes gas turbines named after solar system planets. We got to see the hand-assembly of the turbines themselves, as well as the control panels, the test cells used to test each turbine, and the finished package assembly.
Res Life Activities
This final week was packed with exciting nightly programs and activities. On Saturday, COSMOS held its carnival, where students participated in fun carnival games to win raffle tickets for prizes. Then on Sunday was another COSMOS tradition, the COSMOS dance. Students took polaroid pictures, had mocktails, put on fake tattoos, and of course, danced. The Queen and King of Cluster 2 were also announced at the dance (see right).
Monday was the talent show. Cluster 2 had one student perform, singing the song, "How Far I'll Go," from Moana. The rest of the week had other fun programs such as line dancing.
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