Month: July 2023
Leadership Session – Building Resilience
July 16, 2023
In their fourth leadership session with Big Dave, the students had discussions about resilience and empathy. They defined resilience as “growing despite adversity,” […]
Engineering Rotations
July 15, 2023
The students went through more rotations today to get even more engineering experiences. One station focused on using the computer program OnShape to […]
Leadership Session – Empathy & Perspective
July 15, 2023
The Engineering students had a session exploring the concepts of Empathy and Perspective with our Leadership Facilitator, Big Dave. They discussed the wheel […]
Data Cleaning
July 15, 2023
During data collection, there are often responses that are blank or have answers that aren’t relevant. In data cleaning, students learned to import […]
Data Validation
July 15, 2023
Today the Data Science students heard a lecture about Data Validation, then got the chance to do their own hands-on work. They worked […]
Guest Speaker – Atlantic Council
July 15, 2023
Today we had Dr. Trey Herr, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Policy at American University and Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft […]
Payload Delivery Systems
July 15, 2023
The AERO students spent the afternoon building payload delivery systems, AKA the classic egg drop. Each team came up with a unique design […]
Social Engineering
July 15, 2023
In this social engineering meeting, students were introduced to different ways they can be “socially hacked”. Methods ranging from phishing emails to emotional […]
Leadership Session – Listening & Communication
July 14, 2023
The students ended the night in a session with our Leadership Facilitator, Big Dave. They played a few rounds of Telephone, but then […]
Wind Turbines
July 14, 2023
Today our Engineering students took on windmills! They learned how to decide between cost-effectiveness and reliability by having to “purchase” the materials to […]
