Video: Engineers Week: Bridge Building, Phase II (El Panama, Nicaragua)
Video: Engineers Week: Bridge Building, Phase II (El Panama, Nicaragua)
The students conducted surveys, took measurements and soil samples, and calculated load factors to determine what kind of foot bridge would work in this remote village in Nicaragua to get villagers across a gorge during the rainy season.
Engineers Week 2012 - February 19-25, 2012
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