Strong Pasta

Pre-Engineering students test their knowledge of physics while competing to see which pasta bridges were strongest

Hannah Fisher, Photographer|May 2, 2016

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Careful there. Junior James Abraham holds a bucket while his teammates look on in Pre-Engineering with teacher Denise Young on April 22. “I was really nervous,” Abraham said. “If we won we got extra credit.”
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Filling their bucket. Teacher Denise Young uses a trowel to scoop sand into the bucket of sophomore Ben Pysher and his team during a strength test in Pre-Engineering. Building of the bridges out of pasta was an entire three week unit in the semester course.
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We got this. Sophomore Srivats Narayanan looks smugly as he and his teammates pass the other teams in weight put on their pasta bridge. “I hate to be annoying,” Narayanan said. “But hey, we were the best.”
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Careful there bud. Junior James Abraham balances the bucket for sand on top of his bridge in the hopes of his being the strongest.
Not so good. Teacher Denise helps sophomore Ben Pysher holds the bucket steady as his pasta bridge gives way. Good try, Ben, good try.