Bridging the Gap between Academia and Practice: Project-Based Class for Prestressed Concrete Applications

• Main Authors: Islam M. Mantawy (Author), Conner Rusch (Author), Sushil Ghimire (Author), Lucas Lantz (Author), Hari Dhamala (Author), Bipesh Shrestha (Author), Anthony Lampert (Author), Mohit Khadka (Author), Anima Bista (Author), Rhytham Soni (Author), Abdulu Saleem Shaik (Author), Eric Lujan (Author), Mika Boyd (Author), Richard Pickings (Author), Alexander Mabrich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Educational approaches in structural engineering have focused on classical methods for solving problems with manual calculations through assignments, quizzes, and exams. The use of computational software to apply the learned knowledge has been ignored for decades. This paper describes an educational...