Our trip down to Iowa State University was very informative! They're known for their engineering, and once they finish the new biosystems engineering building, they will have the largest engineering complex in the world.
Iowa State has a giant subsonic wind tunnel that seniors and graduate students use for their projects.
The freshman class is building an aerobat plane that will be entered in an Oshkosh airshow.
Inside the tornado shaped structure is the highest resolution virtual reality device in the world. On the right is a picture of some lonely old high-power rocket sitting in the corner of one of the aerospace labs.
Supersonic wind tunnel:
The campus is really nice. Usually when you think of Iowa you think of cornfields and flat plains. Well, not in Ames. Iowa State's grounds have some really old trees, and during this time of year they were all turning colors as well.
We will be touring the University of Minnesota on Monday. I'm sure it will by similar to ISU in a lot of ways, because they also have a very good engineering program. A plus for U of M (without even having to visit it) is that it is so close. I wouldn't even have to live on campus if I didn't want to.
2 comments:
Cool pictures, looks like it was a fun trip.
Maybe you can lead them in building a rocket that goes to space?
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