Re-Tooling TBL

For several years TBL was a blog where I wrote about a wide variety of topics. Those postings are still in the Blog Archive and many are about professional development for engineers. I am now transitioning TBL to be a place where my current and former students can find information related to job searches.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

P^3

P^3 – Pedal, Paddle, and Portage. This past Tuesday, after our students completed their 7 hour comprehensive exam (our own version of the FE exam), we held our second annual P^3 competition. 28 students started out at Bart’s house and pedaled the 6.7 miles to Glen’s house, where, under Gordy’s supervision, they entered the river with canoes. I patrolled the river while students raced downstream to Beer’s landing. The portage from the landing back to Bart’s was 3/8 of a mile. Jon and John won the competition and all teams came in under 2 hours. After the race, we gathered at Bart’s for a cook out, some Bocce, and even some of the ICC-famous “post-ball”. This is a great way to wind down the year.


Bart and the "shotgun" start.






"Wear your life jackets!"



My power boat.







Jon and John in the lead.
Time to portage.







Finish line.
"Can you believe those mean guys took our swings?"






Super Alumni.


Postball








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