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Check out the description of a real world situation below, shared by the American Society of Engineering Education’s publication “Prism” March/April 2020 issue. What would you design to help solve this problem? “Weighing up to 1,500 pounds and standing up to 10 feet tall on its hind legs, a grizzly … Read More

We love to keep in touch with our past staff and see how their engineering journeys are going! Today we are hearing from Trevor, a coach from our 2017 summer session. Here is what he has to say: Currently in school at NCSU: 5th year senior in Chemical and Biomolecular … Read More

What do aerospace engineers do? Aerospace engineers design, build, maintain, and improve machines that fly like aircraft, spacecraft, and satellites. They can work in research, development, testing, maintenance, and the upgrade of new technologies. Problems that an aerospace engineer might address can include flight safety, fuel efficiency, operating costs, environmental … Read More

Build a rocket that can be launched by blowing into a single straw. The straw cannot be part of the rocket itself – it is only used to propel the rocket. You may use only the items in your bag (plus tape and scissors). Be sure to spend time on … Read More

Engineers need to know more than just math, science, and the engineering design process. There are skills, called the ENGINEERING HABITS OF MIND, that are important too. As you read through the six skills below, think about which ones you are good at now, and which ones you can practice … Read More

When engineers have a problem to solve, they don’t just grab a bunch of materials and start building something – there is a cycle that they work through to solve these problems. This is called the ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS. Although you can find many variations of this process, each has … Read More

We will be talking a lot about engineers here – the types of engineering, how to get into a good engineering program in college, engineering activities you can do at home, how engineers think, how engineers solve problems… But what is an engineer? What kinds of things do engineers do? … Read More

Welcome to the Think Tank – the blog of Engineering Camp Charlotte! If you are new to the ECC family – welcome! If you have been with us for some time – welcome back! Our parent company, Cynosure Learning, was established in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new … Read More