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Jul 7th, 2016
Nine engineering faculty and staff members received medals of excellence at a ceremony on June 29.
Nine engineering faculty and staff members received medals of excellence at a ceremony on June 29.
The popsicle sticks bridge competition tests engineering student skills in analysis, design and construction—by crushing their models.
Learning by practice is always the best, says civil engineering professor Amr ElRagaby.
That’s what makes a contest to design and build a bridge from popsicle sticks a valuable experience for his students.
“They can understand the principles, but when the have a chance to apply the theories, they learn something they will never forget,” he said Wednesday, as members of his class in Finite Element for Analysis and Design tested the load-bearing capacity of their structures.