I thought this idea was crazy to start with.
We were a little nervous. Had to take things apart a few times and rebuild them.
10 Weeks is a really short period,
going from a concept then design and then build the whole thing.
We've always done design-build-test, project based things in this course, and that's always
been a lot of fun.
We've never done something quite this scale before.
We want to make sure that when our students come in, they have a context for the engineering
that they're going to be doing.
You know, if they're going to be explaining the capacity of a 2x4 piece of lumber, we
want them to actually cut a 2x4.
I'm a freshman, civil engineering at Oregon Tech.
My mom used to say that I was going to be an engineer because I'd play with legos and
design weird things with them.
They're learning how to do project management through this and that's not something you
really learn until you actually do.
It's a new experience for me.
I'm a freshman, and building a tiny house at my level...
It's incredible.
I initially chose engineering because it's kind of close to what my family has done.
They were in the construction business, and I wanted to take it further.
Engineering, here, I thought was the better choice because we are a hands-on school.
Our professors really get the chance to know us because our classes are super, super small.
I come from industry, the other faculty members have an academic and industry experience as
well.
So, between the three of us we bring a wide range of experience to try to help the students
to know what it's really going to be like when they're out in the field.
The faculty just kind of guide us, if we have a terrible idea they'll be like "Oh, that's
a bad idea" but beyond that, it's all our decisions.
If there are any decisions to be made, we make them as a class, together.
It's really what we do here at Oregon Tech, hand-son and so this has been the ultimate,
hands-on learning experience.
They've learned through trial and error, some failure.
So far, we've had to come up with lots of plans, and change the plans lots of times.
It's pretty daunting, but a lot of fun.
The look on their face when you put a nailgun in a student's hand, and they've never experienced
that kind of power tool before.
Parents, they hear about and they want to join the class.
The impact of something like this on student is fantastic.
It really gives a sense of working in a team, and I feel like this is what that project
is all about.There's something really profound when you bring people with a diverse set of
skills together.
You get this opportunity to work together, towards a common goal.
And all of a sudden, all your creativity and excitement gets channeled into something that's
better than it possibly could have been with just one of us, alone.
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