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Aug 5th, 2014
Graduating students in mechanical, automotive and materials; civil and environmental engineering presented their capstone design projects Friday.
Graduating students in mechanical, automotive and materials; civil and environmental engineering presented their capstone design projects Friday.
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.