Learning Together

Renewable Energy Lab

On Dec. 5, “Engineering Tomorrow” hosted an opportunity for students to participate in a Renewable Energy Lab. This hands-on learning experience took place in the McLeod Innovation Center.

Prep Engineers Shake It Off

Prep students are learning about seismic waves and how to design earthquake-proof buildings. They were challenged with creating a structure that could withstand the sheer forces of the natural disaster.

Mike Lonergan, a Sikorsky Engineer, visited Prep to test students’ earthquake-proof buildings using a shake table that simulates earthquake movements. Each group had to place their building on the shake test and pass a displacement test.

Learning Seismic Design From An Expert In The Field

Civil Engineer David KinskeyLebeda presented to students in the Introduction to Engineering and Digital Fabrication class in the McLeod Innovation Center. He spoke about seismic design techniques for building earthquake resistant structures, as well as his own experience of being part of engineering teams who build towering buildings in NYC.

Water Sustainability Demo

The Engineering & Digital Fabrication class researched a problem related to water sustainability: designed a simple device using Arduino and 3D printing (live demo); and created a research poster that summarized their work. The course is taught by Innovation Director Dr. Rinat Levy Cohen (shown above).