For my Engineering Capstone, I wanted to explore the intersection between art and engineering - how engineering influences, and is built into art, and the artists that utilize engineering as a tool to further their creation. Researching the processes these artists use to create their various works - paintings, movies, mobiles, and sculptures made from all different materials - is such a tangible way to see how engineering skills can be applied in the everyday world, and used to make that everyday world extraordinary. Specifically, in my capstone, I decided to put together a book full of countless pictures, and visuals of these art pieces created by my favorite artists and even filmmakers, to display how the influence of engineering can be easily seen in various art fields throughout the world, spanning continents and decades.

Sections from my book (to be turned in physically)

SLA’s Inquiry Capstone Project is a senior project worked on throughout the year to consolidate the project management skills we have learned during benchmark seasons and SLA’s core values of Inquiry, Research, Collaboration, Presentation, and Reflection.

I wanted SLA to be at the heart of my capstone, either by giving back to the school or creating something based on my experience at SLA. This school has provided me with a caring community and unique education, and I feel incredibly grateful for my four years here. I was also curious to learn more about others’ experiences at SLA. My guiding questions were ‘how has SLA’s uniqueness as a school impacted individuals in the SLA community?’ and ‘how can I represent those experiences theatrically?’ Based on those inquiries, I chose to create a one-act play based on a series of interviews with various members of the SLA community that combined my curiosity with my love for theatre and acting. The project challenged me to explore a new aspect of theatre, push myself as a writer, and discover new experiences within SLA. Overall, I hope to have created a play/collection of monologues and scenes that capture a piece of the heart of SLA and teach people more about what SLA is truly like as a school.

Linked here is my annotated bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1goRgkD89rVSNXxcbco2YbTA3PXfAPU6rCskTX4rAQ7w/edit?usp=sharing

And below is the pdf of my final one-act play.