Monthly Archives: March 2013
After prepping for some presentations I am giving, I thought it would be a good time to write about the North American Solar Challenge and building a solar-powered car. I spent a good chunk of my time in University helping build a solar-powered car to race across North America from Austin, TX to Calgary, AB and eventually got to drive the car in the race! The design concept is an airfoil shaped… Read More
Inspired by my Bombardier plant tour after my presentation for International Women’s Day, I decided to investigate the Canadian-built Q400 and Global fleet of aircraft along with our rich aviation history. The Q400 (also known as the Dash-8, with ‘Q’ standing for Quiet) is a twin-engined turboprop plane with a maximum cruise speed of 667 km/hr. Also affectionately known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 first introduced in 1984, which is… Read More
There is a neat article in the April 2013 issue of Popular Science detailing China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), baselined at a cost of 122-million dollars. The telescope will primarily be used by radio astronomers to study galactic structures. The telescope’s advantage is the location in a remote area. Built into a depression left behind by a collapsed sub-surface cave, there will be less radio interference when collecting data. Coolest… Read More
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