Students from the UNH Tech Camp recently visited the Project54 lab. These students ranged from 7th to 12th grade, and all but two were from New Hampshire. The camp is aimed to give young interested students a glimpse of the engineering and science world. The students were given a brief background of how P54 came together and how the system works. Lastly the students got a chance to use the lab car and drive the simulator, the pictures below are from the UNH Tech Camp’s visit.

Here, Oszkar Palinko explains how the eye tracker software and the simulator are used at P54.

Here, I explain to a student how the touch screen and voice command can be used to control P54.

This was the first annual UNH Tech Camp and it was great to see such a large turn out. It is always a good experience when you get to work with young students so interested in engineering. I look forward to the visits from the UNH Tech Camp in the future.

David Garneau

The Essence of Engineering and Meta-Engineering: A Work in Progress aims to define what Engineering is and how it is different from Science. The following quote have caught my attention:

The history of science is a graveyard of theories that were empirically successful for a time…

The article includes many references and quotations. It’s interesting to read how people used to define Engineering.