2007 UB Engineering Dept and Campus Tour
Create a comment that includes a 1 paragraph summary of the Field Trip with the info below:
- State a question you asked (10 points)
- State the answer given (10 points)
- Best technical aspect of the trip (30 points)
- Best non-technical aspect of the trip (30 points)
- How might this trip affect your future? (20 points)
- Consider some words about - Was the trip worthwhile and why?
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posted by Mr. Turton @ 4/18/2007 09:35:00 AM
13 Comments
13 Comments:
During Daniel Muffeletto's robotics dementration I asked whether the color of the walls for the fire fighting robots maze was for any perticular reason. As in the robot could see the wall via sensor easier. He replied that there was only one reason; it was cheap. I wanted very much to see the clean snowmobile, but I feel the best technical part was the electrical enginneer's demenstrations explaining electromagnetism. The best non-technical aspect had to be Burger King and my triple whopper. Giving me a real feel for a big campus this trip only strengthened my want for a small campus like Capital, the university I am going to attend.
Michael Roman
I didn't ask questions during the presentation because I felt that the presenters answered all my questions. However, after the presentation, I conversed with Dan Muffeletto about our project and asked him his opinion on our idea and possible alternate solutions. He suggested numerous other methods to try, such as a different way to convert our analog signals into a digital form, which may prove to be useful later on in our project. The best technical aspect in my opinion was the electricity demonstrations in the high voltage lab. I felt that these were some very cool projects and demonstrations that they had designed and helped to draw my interest into that branch of engineering. The best not-technical aspect of the trip was the descriptions of the different clubs and activities that students can get involved in outside of class, and how you do not have to be an engineering student to be involved in the clubs. This trip might affect my future by showing me a possible school to attend for graduate studies if I decide to pursue a field in engineering.
Mathew hawley
The engineering field trip was time well spent. The entire ordeal was very educational as the class trolled through the college campus. There we saw the robotics club, high voltage department, a dune buggy garage, and a seismic activity lab.
During the robotics presentations the question asked was “who organizes and oversees the projects”. The reply was that the club selects leaders and similar positions that control and regulate the projects. The best technical aspect of the trip was the robotics club because all the students had to use logic and figure out how to build and program these machines. Plus the student has little or no reference to learn off of when building these projects. These people are truly the most ambitious engineers. The sport stadium was the most impressive non technical aspects of the trip. There we saw the impressive athletic program ranging from varsity sports to just group sports. This trip might influence me to get more involved in college.
While I didn't directly ask any questions, I did meantion that I am going to college for Computer Engineering to the professor. He responded by telling me that he knew a computer engineering teacher at RIT that I could talk to about the major and that I could see the computer engineering labs if i wanted to. My favorite technical aspect of the trip was the description of the earthquake testing facility. It was very interesting how those platforms could simulate an earthquake, and the room was impressive. I'm guessing it was ~52 feet tall. My favorite non-technical aspect was eating at burger king. It is cool that they have one on the campus in the commons, and it was a good whopper and chicken fries. This trip affected my future by making me concider joining clubs at college in the future and giving me a glimpse of how college life can be.
I found the field trip to UB very interesting. The question I asked was: what is the difference between industrial engineering and mechanical engineering? I learned that industrial is more of a business type background and mechanical is more of hands on labor. I thought the robotics demonstration by Dan was also very interesting. This was my favorite technical aspect of the trip. I also like guessing the height of all the buildings. The best non technical aspect was going to Young Chow, and getting chinese food. This trip really benefits me because I am going to college at UB for engineering. It helped me get an idea of the surroundings and what it will be like.
I did not ask any questions, as I thought they covered every thing, and a lot of other people were asking questions. The best technical aspect of the trip was when we saw the electrical engineering demonstration. The best non-technical aspect of it was the food. This trip may affect my future because I was indecisive of what college I would attend when I went on the trip. My choices are UB and Brockport, and the trip has affected my decision, although I haven’t made one yet. The trip was worthwhile because it gave us a good view of the engineering department at UB, and the pool, gym, and food.
Rachel Holmstrom
On the UB trip I asked if the plastic around the electric globe did anything and he responded by saying that it has no bearing on the globe other then maybe protecting it from things falling on it or something. I thought there were two good technical aspects of the trip, first there was the robots and I learned there that when I’m in college to make good documentation on projects so if someone needs to replicate the project it is possible. Second was the electricity lab that was really cool and I learned that they make cool stove top’s that operate off of electrostatics and are cool to the touch but still cook the food.
Well at the UB field trip I didn't really ask any questions because I don't like asking questions. I did ask Mike Roller how tall a building was and he said a solid century mark but it was definentally more like 120-125 feet. The best technical aspect of the trip was the electrical engineering lab. I thought it was pretty cool that you can make things float with electro-magnets. The best non-technical part of the trip was obviously the subway. Subway is probably the best food ever invented. This trip might affect me in the future because it showed me what the engineering field is like in the college level and will aide me in my quest to find a major.
During the trip I didn't exactly ask any direct questions because I feel that the presenters gave good explanations for everything they showed. Also other classmates would often ask the same questions before me if I did have one. I believe the best technical part of the trip were the baha cars. I thought it was really neat how they build cars from scratch then actually race them in competition. The best non-technical part of the trip was explanation of college life from different points of views from the presenters. This trip gave me an idea what college is going to be like and what to expect when I go away. This trip was definitely worth while.
An amazing question that I asked that had incredible results was when we are going to lunch. Amazingly enough after the third time of asking we finally went. The best technical aspect of the trip was the high voltage lab. I thought it was neat how electricity and magnets can be used to launch garbage into the sun. The best non-technical aspect of the trip was just getting to walk around campus and see where everything was and who is was set up. This trip showed me that getting involved in clubs will help you make friends and have time attending the college rather then just sitting around on your own. I found that this trip was worth wile because I have never been to a college campus or anything large then a high school so getting to just see a college environment was worth for me.
I didn’t ask any questions on the trip because I felt everything was answered by the tour guides. My favorite technical aspect of the trip was the robotic lab. It was cool to see how former Alden students built robots using information from classes they took in high school. The robots that fight each other were cool to see as well. My favorite non-technical aspect of the trip was the Alumni Arena. It was fun to watch the basket ball team practice and also to see all the options that normal students to exercise and have fun on campus. This trip effected my future because if I ever want to change my major at UB I now have a lot of information about engineering.
During the presentation by Daniel Muffeletto I asked how many members they have in their group and how active there group is. He told us there were about 15 that were readily active in the club even though there are about 20 members total. My favorite part of the trip was seeing the Mini-baja car and how the frame was built. Another fun part was getting to hang with Dan during lunch and talk a little about his college experiences. By goin on this trip it sparked my interest in joining more Engineering Clubs such as the Mini-Baja and SAE Formula 1 cars. The trip was deffinatly worthwhile and sort of dropped us into what it will be like when we enter college.
Bobby Valois
The best technical aspect of the trip was seeing the demonstrations at the high voltage lab. I liked the one where the magnets fall slowly through the copper and aluminum tubes the most. The floating magnet thing was cool too. The best non technical aspect of the trip was going to Burger King and eating the cheesy tots. Before this trip I was going to go to UB right after high school but now I think I am going to a smaller school first so I don’t get lost or misunderstand the professor because of his accent.
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