2012 SAME Engineering and Construction 2012 SAME Engineering and Construction CampCamp

July 22-28July 22-28Lauren SchwartzLauren Schwartz

Port Hueneme, CA Port Hueneme, CA

August 2, 2012August 2, 2012

OverviewOverviewBackgroundConstruction Activities

◦ Concrete Beam◦ Cardboard Boat◦ Popsicle Stick Bridge

Team Building Activities◦ Leadership Reaction Course◦ Seabee Olympics/Ultimate Frisbee

Tours and VIPsLessons LearnedAcknowledgementsQ & A

Background

Rising Junior at Lake Braddock Secondary School with 4.4 GPA

Varsity swim and softballScience Olympiad group leader

and Virginia state championNational Honor SocietyPlan to major in either civil or

industrial systems engineering in college

Concrete Beam Concrete Beam 2nd place finish

Cardboard boat Cardboard boat 3rd place finish

Popsicle Stick BridgePopsicle Stick Bridge2nd place finish, Project Leader

Leadership Reaction Course

Seabee Olympics and Ultimate Seabee Olympics and Ultimate FrisbeeFrisbee

Tours and NCTC Round Robin

VIPs

Mentors Mentors

From left to right: Joshua Drew, Jason Meyers, Allison Basche

Lessons LearnedLeadership

◦Communication◦Decision making◦Challenges

Engineering Skills◦Tools◦Appling classroom concepts

Physical Challenges

Acknowledgments Acknowledgments

Squad 5

1st place overall finish!

• SAME Northern Virginia Post

• Dr. William Kilpatrick

• Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, CA

• Camp Staff and Mentors

Q & A