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"The response to this story has been phenomenal," noted Bruce Mutter, BSC Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering Technology." To date, we've been featured on, or contacted by, CNN news and the CNN website, CBS Radio News, WGN radio (Chicago), WHAS radio (Louisville, KY), a San Diego-based radio network of more than 300 stations, the Air1Radio Network (over 150,000 listeners), and most recently, ‘J-Wave Radio' (a Tokyo-based radio network)."
Josh Hamilton, a BSC student majoring in engineering technology, has handled several of the interviews, and Don Bury, Professor & Department Head of Architectural Engineering Technology, has collaborated on the project.
"In our research, we discovered that several "virtual snowman" websites exist," Mutter observed. "However, children learn more by tactile, hands-on experiences than by synthesized experiences. By building a snowman, students learn many elements of architectural and structural design." These elements include cohesiveness of materials, weights & measurements, structural capabilities, balance & proportion, aesthetics, creativity, vertical alignment, and compaction, he explained.
"By actually building a snowman, students acquire true, hands-on knowledge," he continued. "And, there's no cost, no risk. If you don't succeed on the first attempt, that's all the better. You gain more experience as you try again."
The two-year and four-year Architectural Engineering Technology
programs at Bluefield State are two of the College's 16 nationally
accredited, degree specific programs.
January 30, 2003
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