The Pressure's On

摘要

In January, engineers at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., stood by as 16 high school students from Virginia Beach, Va., worked to break composite wings they had spent weeks designing and building. The tips that these students learned at NASA Langley's model shop greatly impacted this wing test...and their final course grade. Students from the Materials Science Class at Ocean Lakes High School's Math and Science Academy have spent the semester studying composite materials. To conclude the course, they were tasked with building a lightweight, but strong, composite wing. This project has provided a real-world spin to their theoretical class discussions over the past semester.