Monday, November 7, 2011

The Life of a Senior Engineer

Well hello folks! It has been quite some time since I last graced y'all with thoughts and happenings from my life. I apologize for that. Life can get pretty crazy in the engineering world.

This semester I am in the last part of my senior design project. Last semester we designed our plane and this semester we get to build a wind tunnel and RC model. One to conduct tests on, the other to fly! We have not begun building our flying model yet but a couple weeks ago we finished our wind tunnel model and had the opportunity to test it in the low speed wind tunnel. It was really exciting!!! I know I am labeling myself as a total nerd with my excitement but it was seriously one of the highlights of this entire semester. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy the epic nerdiness...

During Construction

Before Paint

Between Coats

The Final Product. Isn't it a beauty?!!!

The Brink Apex

Now for some pictures from the actual test:
Our plane in the tunnel


Our team, the tunnel, and the Brink Apex.

We added trip strips to disturb the flow. That is all I will say about that to avoid sounding more nerdy than I already do.

This is the only picture I have of the model in the tunnel while it was running. 

BA! 

That is all for now. I hope you enjoyed a peek into my life. God Bless!