Hi! My name is Krista Dong and I’m a first year here at Wellesley College (obviously). I live in Severance and am incredibly happy to have a dining hall in such close proximity to my room. I’m considering pursuing the 5-year joint program with MIT for chemical engineering, but am not sure that I’ll be able actually complete the program. If we’re talking majors exclusively at Wellesley, I’d like to pursue either chemistry or math; both are subject to change since I am very indecisive and don’t know what I actually want to study. I’d also like to look into the ‘premed’ track here because I feel even if I don’t end up going to medical school, it’ll be worthwhile to have a background in those classes anyway. I decided to take ENGR 111 simply because it appealed to me more than any of the other first year seminars. This course would allow me to explore engineering in a fun way and help me determine if I really want to put myself on track to do the program with MIT.
One product that I own is a water bottle with a pressure release dispenser as a means to drink out of it. There are several design flaws that include leakage in the screw top and the general ease of use of the product. The plastic itself is rather rigid and makes it difficult to squeeze, which is the action you need to perform to drink water. The other way you can obtain water from the bottle is directly drinking from the tip of the bottle by creating suction. The constant leakage from the bottle is annoying. Would adding a rubberized edge around the grooves that allow the bottle to screw on would stop the leakage and provide more security if the water was to spill? There’s also no easy way to clean the bottle unless you have specific tools; I’ve been rinsing it out with more water and it’s beginning to smell like mildew (though I think this is more of a personal issue than a design flaw).