The Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) showcases technology, the arts, and design in one place. The complex opened this fall.
SHED
serves new generation of makers,
performers, and active learners
Peli Doyle and the students at his table had 30 minutes to design and build a 12-inch observation tower out of a deck of cards and a roll of tape. The tricky part was that the students’ design had to accommodate a random pair of scissors and withstand the wind from a fan.
Teams of students sitting at more than 20 tables engaged in the same mini-design challenge in the revamped Engineering Exploration Seminar held in the new Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED).
“The design challenge tested our creative problem solving and was a fun activity that helped us get to know each other,” said Doyle, a first-year student from Delmar, N.Y. “The seating…
