Studying the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

For my STEP project, I participated in the Engineering the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales study abroad trip. The class involved a research project and an in-country presentation on the historical and social significance, construction, and design of a specific structure, York Minster in my case. We traveled to Salisbury, Chepstow, Caernarfon, Llandudno, […]

Engineering the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

For my STEP project, I participated in the “Engineering the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales” study abroad trip this Summer. This trip lasted two weeks and involved travelling to various historical sites throughout England and Wales and exploring them. Each student on the trip was assigned a castle or cathedral, and this student […]

Engineering the Castles & Cathedrals of England & Wales

Name: Brandi Zak Type of Project: Study Abroad to England and Wales For my STEP Signature Project I decided to participate in a May-mester abroad to the countries of England and Wales. The main activities of this trip included touring the various castles and cathedrals of England and Wales during the time of the 1st […]

Castles & Cathedrals & So Much More

For my transformational project, I took the course Engineering 5795.13: Engineering and Castles & Cathedrals of England and Whales during May of 2018. During the week of May 7th through the 11th, I researched my given cathedral and attended lectures on historical events and the medieval architecture techniques that led to the building of the […]

Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

Please provide a brief description of your STEP Signature Project. Write two or three sentences describing the main activities your STEP Signature Project entailed. For my STEP Signature Project, I chose to study abroad. To do this I participated in a program coordinated through OSU’s Office of International Affairs. The trip traveled for two weeks […]

Exploring the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

For my STEP signature project, I participated in the College of Engineering Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales study abroad course. I, along with about twenty other students, got the chance to learn about the history and tour different castles and cathedrals. Each person was responsible for researching and presenting on one of the […]

Studying the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

My project was the study abroad trip Studying the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales. Each student was assigned a particular castle or cathedral that they had to research. Then we each all had to do a presentation of our site on campus before we left and on site in country. Before we left […]

Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales

My STEP project was a study abroad through the OSU Engineering department that involved going to the UK for 2 weeks to study castles and cathedrals built there in the middle ages. The idea of the trip was to broaden our horizons culturally and learn about the feats of engineering that were used in the […]

Visiting Castles and Cathedrals

I participated in Engineering the Castles and Cathedrals of England and Wales Education Abroad program for my STEP project. After completing a week-long class on campus, we travelled across England and Wales visiting different historical sites and discussed both their importance in history and in the communities. This project really changed quite a bit about […]