Projects

We were given bubble rap, duct tape, a pbc pipe and were allowed to use anything we brought with us. With said materials we were told to make a prosthetic leg. Then test the leg for durability, and strength by walking using the fake leg.

We thought thtat it would be a good idea to grab a water bottle laying around and use it as something that might comfortable cup the kneecap.

We tried expanding our surface area and not fold up the sides just make an upside down pyramid boat. We thought that maybe by trying to prevent the break of surface tension and trying to displace more water, would allow us to carry more pennies.

Overall 50 pennies were held by this design although it was very difficult to try and correctly place the pennies in a way that would maintain our boats structure. Since we made folds at all the piece of aluminum foil was incredibly malleable and would try to buckle from the weight of the pennies.

Surface area, and strength of structure played a key role in this challenge, thinking about it now we would probably try to re-enforce our walls a bit and keep some features of the second design.

Try and carry as many pennies as you can with a supplied square of aluminum foil, you can fold, mold, and do some oragami, but you cannot add anything for any reason to your aluminum foil. The boat carrying the most pennies wins.

With our small square of aluminum foil we tried: 1. To have a large surface area 2. Have an equal radius so that the weight can be evenly distributed 3. Have walls so that our tinfoil is a little less maleable and so water doesn't immediately seep in.

We happened to be able to hold 30 pennies, which sadly wasn't the largest amount but I'm not great at folding aluminum foil and we thought we had a leak, so that's my fault. Our boat did happen to allow an even distribution of penny weight.

We tried expanding our surface area and not fold up the sides just make an upside down pyramid boat. We thought that maybe by trying to prevent the break of surface tension and trying to displace more water, would allow us to carry more pennies.

Overall 50 pennies were held by this design although it was very difficult to try and correctly place the pennies in a way that would maintain our boats structure. Since we made folds at all the piece of aluminum foil was incredibly malleable and would try to buckle from the weight of the pennies.

Surface area, and strength of structure played a key role in this challenge, thinking about it now we would probably try to re-enforce our walls a bit and keep some features of the second design.

Try and carry as many pennies as you can with a supplied square of aluminum foil, you can fold, mold, and do some oragami, but you cannot add anything for any reason to your aluminum foil. The boat carrying the most pennies wins.

With our small square of aluminum foil we tried: 1. To have a large surface area 2. Have an equal radius so that the weight can be evenly distributed 3. Have walls so that our tinfoil is a little less maleable and so water doesn't immediately seep in.

We happened to be able to hold 30 pennies, which sadly wasn't the largest amount but I'm not great at folding aluminum foil and we thought we had a leak, so that's my fault. Our boat did happen to allow an even distribution of penny weight.

We tried expanding our surface area and not fold up the sides just make an upside down pyramid boat. We thought that maybe by trying to prevent the break of surface tension and trying to displace more water, would allow us to carry more pennies.

Overall 50 pennies were held by this design although it was very difficult to try and correctly place the pennies in a way that would maintain our boats structure. Since we made folds at all the piece of aluminum foil was incredibly malleable and would try to buckle from the weight of the pennies.

Surface area, and strength of structure played a key role in this challenge, thinking about it now we would probably try to re-enforce our walls a bit and keep some features of the second design.