Engineering Bash draws hundreds to Waimea

Caroline Landry (right), computer engineer and technology teacher at Parker School, assists with a marine engineering/naval architecture project at the Engineering Bash, a NASA@My Library event, held on Saturday at Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Greg Barrick (left), optical engineer at Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, answers questions about the infrared camera demonstration at the Engineering Bash, a NASA@My Library event. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Brent Takenouchi, technology-engineering teacher at Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School, shares information about the LEGO Mindstorms robotics challenge during the Engineering Bash, a NASA@My Library event, held Saturday Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Matty Inaba (left), three-time international and current Hawaii Rubik’s Cube champion and a seventh grader at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, talks about speedcubing and the “science” behind solving the cube at the Engineering Bash, a NASA@My Library event, held on Saturday at Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea. See more photos online at westhawaiitoday.com. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)