Lucian Pop, technologist in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, died July 27.
Lucian Pop
Anxious students look on as technologist Lucian Pop (centre) crushes their model bridge during a competition Wednesday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Aug 5th, 2014
Civil engineering students tested their craft stick bridges in a crushing competition Wednesday.
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.