This afternoon, our Springboard program visited Professor Mishac Yegian's earthquake engineering lab at Northeastern University, hosted by Prof. Yegian's graduate student Seda Gokyer.
Ms. Gokyer warmed up our group with an engaging introduction to civil engineering, topped off by an "apple on a stick" demonstration of natural frequency and resonance. The Gateway students then divided into four teams for a building competition on the lab's earthquake-simulating shake table.
All of the teams demonstrated excellent focus and teamwork during the design and construction phase.
When the team designs were tested with increasingly jarring earthquake simulations on the shake table, we found our winner:
For their excellent efforts and good sportsmanship, all teams were rewarded with their own earthquake rides on the shake table:
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