Funded Nov 13, 2024My class wants to thank you so much for this set of books, "How Was That Built". We are currently designing chairs and identifying major types of engineering failures. They are using this text to see examples of how major structures were built and comparing some of the structures that failed, such as the horrible failure in Miami of the Condos and the failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
This generation of student is so fixated on their phones that putting a book in their hands helps them utilize another part of their brain. It does not cause eye strain and they are able to collaborate much easier, not distracted.
Their current project, the chair, is about them designing two chairs. One is a mostly impractical but asthetically pleasing chair that could be considered modern art. The second one, which is the most challenging, is building a chair completely out of cardboard for our security guard, Gary, who is 6'6", 335 lbs. He is a good sport and we won't let him sit on chairs we know will fail (we put 200 lbs of concrete bricks on it).
I am waiting to upload photos for this project until we complete these chairs, but I wanted to make sure you get an update and to thank you for giving us these books. These structures are examples of engineering genius and really gives them inspiration.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Dewar Dituri