Day 5

Today's my blog day for the official shad valley blog, here's to a complete entry ;D

After a third change in lecture halls due to on-going construction, we buckled down for some early morning learning. The topics of the day were Engineering and Medical Device Development. Both were extremely interesting and helpful as this year's project theme is designing for disabled Canadian children. The involvement of the amazing Spiderman in demonstrating the concepts of engineering was, well, amazing.

Rec time consisted of an intense game of ultimate frisbee. All the Shads got deeply involved in the game instantly, bringing out their competitive spirits.

In afternoon seminar, we were introduced to the principles of project management. A challenge of planning and building a tower from various office supplies was assigned. After much confusion and frustration, my group finally triumphed(ish). Although I'm not sure how much of the principles I will remember, the activity definitely foreshadowed the challenges to come in our House projects.

Speaking of which, today I was particularly surprised at how productive House time was. My group had our fair share of frustrations during brainstorming sessions, but we managed to come up with several ideas to conduct further research on. It is going to be a tough month ahead, but I'm sure that it will be an experience that we will all remember.