“It was interesting watching them fall into a bunch of rabbit holes as they started to explore one thing and then realize how deep each issue can go,” said Paul Ely, associate director of capital construction renovations and involved with navigational issues on campus related to ongoing construction. “But I thought the students were good. The projects they’ve been working on are more on the ground level — they haven’t been looking at huge things like how to retrofit the steam plant. They’ve all been looking at more practical things that people see all the time, and they usually have some neat technological solutions.”
Mark Webb, an elevator fire protection manager in infrastructure engineering operations who was looking into the issues with antenna systems and radios for fire and rescue personnel on certain campus buildings, agreed.
“We were trying to figure out how…