Ben Sprague

Designing an expandable oven physical parts and control system Roller Skate Project Learned to design for manufacturing and material selection Learned components of casting, plastic mol...

Mentored 15 students from age 7 to 18 through weekly interactions at activities I organized or intentional time of talking about their life.

Helped design a mobile skate park 20,000 budget, capability to disassemble and store Constructed 200 concrete water filters to bring clean water to over 30 rural communities Organized fi...

Taught nine sophomores a new, innovative curriculum on Solving Complex Social Issues Built a community amongst nine sophomores who were comfortable sharing difficult personal issues Evalu...

Tutored elementary students (in English and Spanish) that were behind in their classes - saw decreased dependence on me to complete assignments

Taught 15 Chinese students at a five-week, 8-hour day, English camp in China Improved communication skills and public speaking skills of students

Wrote 8 lesson plans to incorporate engineering into public school curriculum Samples available at Teachengineering.com (Edible Rover, Bouncing Balls, Sliders)

Installed cabinets, headers and footers, and railings - used lathe, hack saw, drill press, drop saw Leadership and Community Involvement Presidents Leadership Class, CU-Boulder Aug 2005-J...