Orientation Day #3

The third orientation day was meant to be having our lighting talk presentations from each team. We presented details about the Skyway Full-scale track expansion which included benefits of having an automated transit system, possible drawbacks of this system and how to solve them, and pros and cons of track designs of past teams. I was excited about presentation because the audience was actively participating.

After concluding our presentations, we helped Prof. Burford to assemble the full-scale track from the Spring 2018 team. The task was completed in less than an hour because we got help from Eric and the full-scale bogie team. Once the track was built, we called it a day.

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