Looking back, I can say for sure that I have learned much that I did not know before from this module as a whole. The bridge designing process, from the initial stage to the final, is overall much more in depth and complicated than I had ever imagined. From the past ten weeks, I have learned about different kinds of bridges, how bridges work, why they are important, and most importantly how they are finally built. I have also learned some of the basic math behind the magical force dispersing properties of the truss system of construction. Overall, I am much more generally aware of the design process as an engineer from this module.
The least beneficial aspect of this course was probably the lack of variety in the weekly work we were required to complete. Every week it was the same: lecture/build in lab, then blog post. With a longer post due every other week or so. While this was not a huge issue, the basic busy work just was not beneficial to my experience.
On the other hand, though, the most beneficial experience was the teamwork I witnessed and was a part of throughout the process. My team completed everything required of us and still came in second place, making me very excited and proud. I now understand why professor Mitchell put such an emphasis on teamwork in the beginning of the course. It truly is one of the most important aspects of being an engineer; working with other engineers.
Overall I learned very much through the requirements of this course and would recommend either keeping it in engr 103 or adding it to engr 102 as an option.
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