The Big Bridge: Inspiring young engineers
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Video and photos documented visit from the 3rd class in Knocknacarra Educate Together National School
The Big Bridge: Inspiring over 400 young engineers!
An exciting STEM for primary school children between the ages of 9-12 years was delivered as part of Science Week 11 – 15 November 2024. It featured construction of a 13m long, 4m high cable stayed bridge by 20 primary school classes from Galway in the heavy structures testing facility at Alice Perry Engineering Building at University of Galway.
This event was funded by Research Ireland and the EPA under funded projects EMBRACE-Mobility and CRANN Bridge. To learn more about these projects please visit the following links: EMBRACE-Mobility and CRANN Bridge.
The research project and associated outreach activities are run by Dr Myra Lydon, Principal Investigator in Construct Innovate.
