PHOTO GALLERY: Summer engineering camp brings students from across the country to MU

July 18, 2012 | 9:51 p.m. CDT

High school students from all over North America came to MU to spend a week learning about different types of engineering. The students do hands-on activities to learn and apply the principles of engineering, including designing and launching rockets propelled by water pressure.

Brett Rygelski, bottom left clockwise, Landon Bilyeu, Daniel Sprehe, Billy Gardner, Alex Amith, Carly Garrow and Austin Laramie work in a group to design a water pressure propelled rock on Wednesday in Ketchum Auditorium at MU. | Carrie Durkee

Alex Frank, 17, attaches construction paper fins to a rocket propelled by water pressure during an engineering summer camp on Wednesday in Ketchum Auditorium at MU. | Carrie Durkee

Tyler Hessler, 17, of Branson, fills his group's rocket with water on Wednesday on the Francis Quadrangle at MU. When water is added to the 2-liter bottles, they can withstand greater degrees of pressure, propelling the rockets 30 feet or higher. | Carrie Durkee

Instructors James Armes, left, and Andy McMullen, back, help Alex Frank, 17, place a rocket propelled by water pressure on the "launch pad" Wednesday at Francis Quadrangle. | Carrie Durkee

High school students watch as a rocket, built from a two-liter bottle and propelled by water pressure, is launched above the engineering building on Wednesday at MU. | Carrie Durkee