Lucy's Engineering Adventure

Join Lucy on an Engineering Adventure!

“How do they work? Why don’t they fall?

What lights them up? Do they need to be tall?”

Lucy goes to work with her father to explore how buildings work.

Help her find unique solutions to STEM problems and see if you’d like to be an engineer too! **************************

This rhyming picture book introduces children to building and HVAC engineering through a young girl's visit to an unfinished building, where her father uses a metaphor of the human body to explain the building's beams and columns, electrical system, and HVAC ducts. Lucy's curiosity is encouraged by her father throughout.

This is ASHRAE's first picture book and was developed by ASHRAE’s Student Activities Committee as part of their goal to promote and encourage engineering and HVAC&R careers. ***********

Danielle Passaglia, EIT, LEED® Green Associate, Associate Member ASHRAE, is a Mechanical Engineer at Arup in Chicago, IL. She has nearly a decade of experience volunteering with STEM outreach in the K-12 arena via Engineering Ambassadors, TechGirlz, and ASHRAE’s Student Activities Committee.

Gabriella Vagnoli has illustrated multiple books, including three books in the Cayuga Island Kids chapter book series by Judy Bradbury (City of Light Publishing). She is Italian and Brazilian, was born and raised in Italy, and currently resides in Illinois with her American husband, two wonderful multicultural kids, and four crazy cats.

Janice K. Means, PE, LEED® AP, FESD, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member ASHRAE, Professor Emerita at Lawrence Technological University, provided educational oversight for this book. She holds a BA in Secondary Education (Social Science, Physics Minor), a BS in Engineering, and an MS in Mechanical Engineering.

Danielle Passaglia, EIT, LEED® Green Associate, Associate Member ASHRAE, is a Mechanical Engineer at Arup in Chicago, IL. She has nearly a decade of experience volunteering with STEM outreach in the K-12 arena via Engineering Ambassadors, TechGirlz, and ASHRAE’s Student Activities Committee. Gabriella Vagnoli has illustrated multiple books, including three books in the Cayuga Island Kids chapter book series by Judy Bradbury (City of Light Publishing). She is Italian and Brazilian, was born and raised in Italy, and currently resides in Illinois with her American husband, two wonderful multicultural kids, and four crazy cats.