Monday, June 16, 2014

What, So What?, Now What?

I enjoyed seeing everyone working together to build bikes for the children and, in the process, getting to know each other. I observed that just working in a group without getting to know each other first is definitely not as effective as working in a group where everyone took the time first to learn more about each other.

Because I am a mechanical engineer, putting together a bicycle was a great experience. I enjoy teamwork, because you get to work with different people. Because everyone has different strong points, the team as a whole benefits. I thought that we would have to do more work, but instead it was a more relaxed pace. We got to know our fellow workers a bit better. This was great, but I also wish we could have done more service. I enjoyed being able to hand the finished bike over and see the happiness on the kid's face. If we could have made more bikes, that would have been great. I learned from my team members that the combined effort of everyone in the team is a lot more effective than only one person's work. I enjoyed getting to know more people and hear about their research and interests.

This can be applied in any research lab, because everyone working on that project is working towards the same goal, even if they aren't doing the same exact thing as you. If I could do the group activities again, I would probably want to split up the tasks a bit more, so that we would be able to work more effectively.

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