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Meet Mr. Chad! He's Ms. Beckerle's friend and former coworker. He works in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Meet Mr. Chad! He's Ms. Beckerle's friend and former coworker. He works in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Responses from St. Mary's International School Hanoi

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Responses from St. Mary's International School Hanoi

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St. Mary's Student Pen Pal Answers Collection

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St. Mary's International School Student Questions-Hanoi, Vietnam

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St. Mary's International School Student Questions-Hanoi, Vietnam

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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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Hannah and Ms. Beckerle-What are your favorite zoo animals? Any pandas?

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Hannah and Ms. Beckerle-Tell us about your family

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Unit 3: Cultural Partnerships Project Rubric  

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Hannah and Jia-Zoo Animals and Pandas.MOV

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Hannah and Jia-How many languages do you speak.MOV