SAME USAFA Engineering and Construction Camp

Woodbridge, Virginia

Shawnn ConwayAugust 6, 2009

•Rising junior at Forest Park Senior High School•Football team•Play the alto and tenor saxophone in concert band•Hope to pursue a career in some type of engineering, preferably electrical

•Bucket of Junk

•Name Game

•Group Pictures

•GPS Navigation

•Concrete Beam Construction•Engineering Reaction Course•Water Balance

•The Nail Relay•Three-Legged Chair Challenge

•Tour of Campus Facilities•Young Engineers Panel•Water Filtration

•Balsawood Beam•Paradox event

•Academy Lab Tours•Visit Engineering Firm

•Volleyball tournament

•Shed Construction•Test Catapults

•Sprinkler System•Tour at Cheyenne Mountain

•Green/Sustainable Energy Event

•Concrete Beam Tests•Tent Teardown

•Graduation

Two weeks and a month, that’s how long it’s beenThe best week of my life about to beginThe world of engineering to us was unknown We knew nothing; therefore we had to be shownThe camp was the greatest, wish I could do it againBut someone else needs the guidance that I was given“Build Then Design” that was the planWe learned so much in that one week spanLeaving the camp with better understandingOf the Engineering field which we will soon be expandingWe learned invaluable knowledge throughout the time that we stayed But nothing can compare to the friends that we made

Camp Poem