Monday- 3 Weeks Down!

Well, I said that I might not be able to post on Friday and I guess I was right!  Well, Friday started off with my physics recitation.  After that I met with my ISE TA to talk about a problem I was having with the lab report.  I got that sorted out and headed out to ME.  There was a leak in our regular room, so we had to move down the hall.  In that class we got to pick out our group projects that we'll be working on for the rest of the semester.  My team was assigned to design a system to automatically clean the whiteboards after a class.  We also started to work with the Microsoft Project software, which we'll be using.  That afternoon I went to my ISE lab.  This time I worked on the F/PM lab which stands for Sheet Metal Forming and Powder Metallurgy.  First we made coins by compressing brass powder in a mold.  Then we used a punch to test the properties of aluminum.  I got to keep some souvenirs:

That night I went to the Nerf War which was a lot of fun as usual.  Unfortunately, one of my guns broke during a game, but I managed to fix it by the end of the night.


On Saturday, I worked on some homework for the beginning of the day.  At 4:30, I went down to the lounge where a bunch of the people from Nerf Wars were cooking food and watching a movie.  After that we all played TF2.  That lasted until about 3 am, with a break to get food at DX.


On Sunday morning, I went out to Kroger to pick up some game-day snacks.  I got chips, salsa, dip, and drinks.  The second floor lounge was already full by the time I headed down so I decided to watch the game in my room.  Brendan and I both hung out and watched the game.


Today started out with my physics lab.  This time we were experimenting with sound waves using tuning forks and tubes to set up resonant and beat frequencies.  It was actually a lot of fun.  Then I went to ME.  We're back in our regular room, despite the fact that half of the celling tiles are missing and the roof is still leaking.  Today we discussed identifying customer needs and did an exercise where we interviewed each other.  At the end of class Professor O assigned a new member to our group, Devin, that we'll be working with for the rest of the semester.  After class I had some time, so I went and got lunch.  Then I headed over to my physics lecture where we went over uniform charges and electric flux.  This evening I met with Daniel, who missed both ME and physics class today.  We went over the notes from the classes and then I helped him out with some of the stuff he was having trouble with in statics.  That lasted a lot longer than we expected and we ended up going to Jimmy John's for dinner before heading back to the library.


That's all I have for today..and Sunday...and Saturday...and Friday.  What more do you want?  See you tomorrow with more of my harrowing Tales from Blacksburg!