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Chen Chen is a Chinese student at Utahloy International School in Guangzhou, China.

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-MANY popsicle sticks

-4 popsicles glued together

-gorilla glue?

-duct tape

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Maybe create a truss bridge?

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St. Mary's International School Students in Hanoi (Questions)

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St. Mary's International School Students in Hanoi (Questions)

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St. Mary's Student Pen Pal Collab-Round 1

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Learning by practice is always the best, says civil engineering professor Amr ElRagaby. That's what makes a contest to design and build a model bridge from popsicle sticks a valuable experience for his students.

"They can understand the principles, but when they have a chance to apply the theories, they learn something they will never forget," he says.

Students of his third-year class in Finite Element for Analysis and Design will test the load-bearing capacity of their structures Wednesday, and invite the campus community to watch. The competition measures their skills in analyzing, designing and constructing truss bridges built only with craft sticks, toothpicks, and glue. Each bridge will measure 750 mm and will be subjected to a load test until it collapses.

"Failure is the ultimate goal, because only then can we know the ultimate limits of their strengths and flexibility," says Dr. ElRagaby.

The competition offers cash prizes in three categories:

highest ratio of load borne to structure mass and deformation;

most accurate prediction of maximum load; and

most creative and innovative design.

The testing is open for public viewing and begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, in the Industrial Courtyard, Centre for Engineering Innovation.

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Model competition to test engineering students' bridge-building skills

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The public is invited to watch engineering students test the strength of their model bridges on Wednesday.

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Unit 3: Cultural Partnerships Project Rubric  

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Talk about the criteria that will go in the different point values

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Unit 3: Cultural Partnerships Project Rubric  

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Hi Chen Chen!

Next time, could you maybe give us a video of yourself?

My favorite sport is american football. No, I don't play football but I love to watch it with my dad. I do dance 5 times a week. I do dance with a ton of my dance friends. Some of them are Madeline, Annalise, and Talia.

My Favorite sport is hockey. I only play hockey during school with my classmates and I am very good at it. I used to do track when I was little but then I decided to stop doing it.

Here at school, we have many different options as sports.

These include soccer, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and even golf.

My favorite food is steak and burgers. On my birthday we go to Hibachi which is really good food.

My favorite food is Pizza and Spicy wings. On special days we go to Mexican restaurants to eat Mexican dishes.

One of the famous foods here in America is hamburgers or cheeseburgers.

Another famous food is hotdogs.