Three undergraduate students from the University of\nMacau\u2019s (UM) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, namely Fan\nYawang, Chan Sio Man, and Pun Ian In, placed third among all the teams and\nreceived the second prize at the Ninth Inter-University Invitational Civil\nEngineering Competition, which was held at Shanghai Jiaotong University, from\n10 July to 15 July.<\/p>
This year\u2019s competition dealt with the challenging\nissue of designing earthquake resistant bridges. Each contesting team was\nrequired to design and build an earthquake-resistant model bridge with wood.\nThe model bridge was then tested by having a model car with asymmetrical\nloading moving from one end to the other, under different combinations of\nearthquake intensities on both ends of the bridge. The model that demonstrated\nthe highest efficiency ratio would be declared the winner. The model designed\nby the UM team, which combined elements of both an arch bridge and a beam\nbridge, placed third among all the model bridges and received the second prize.\nThe UM team was led by Prof Er Guokang, with Dr Lam Chi Chiu and Mr Tou Ka Man\nproviding assistance on model testing.<\/p>
The competition attracted 16 teams from Asian and\nAustralian universities that enjoy great renown in the field of civil engineering,\nincluding the National University of Singapore, Monash University, the\nUniversity of Hong Kong, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur, Tsinghua\nUniversity, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Central South\nUniversity. The first prize went to the team from Shanghai Jiaotong University,\nand the other second prize went to Central South University.<\/p>
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The biennial competition aims to provide a platform\nfor civil engineering students from around the world to showcase their\ncreativity and skills, to establish international linkages, and to exchange\nideas with their peers from diverse backgrounds. The first competition was held\nat Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 2000. UM was the host of the third\ncompetition in 2004. UM received a second prize at the Seventh Inter-University\nInvitational Civil Engineering Competition held in 2012.<\/p>
Source: Faculty of Science and Technology
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