[Mark Sheridan]

I think its more of "the devil is in the details." I think my students came up with good ideas with very solid intuition and science. I found my role was more to translate their ideas into working models. Students don't know all the details, I am there to fill in the missing pieces.

For example, I don't expect new students to know the pros and cons of set screws. Its my responsibility to show if they need them, why they need them, how to properly to use them in future designs and situations to avoid them.

The physics calculations were handled by the mentors for my team. We try to show students that are interested but mostly its limited to senior students who are taking physics.

Sometimes this means, I have action items that can't be performed by a student but sometimes watching a mentor work through a calculation, through a CAD model or a laser cutter with worthwhile enough for a student.