Education | UM students win second prize at National Structure Design Contest

Three students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau (UM) recently won second prize at the ‘Tenth National Structure Design Contest for College Students’ held in Tianjin.
The three students are Fan Yawang, Chan Sio Man, and Sio Wai Lam. They competed against more than 125 teams from 124 universities in China, including Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University and Tianjin University.
The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Long-span Roof Structure’. Each team was required to design and fabricate a long-span bamboo roof structure with a plan area of 900 x 600 mm and a height of 425 mm. The model submitted by the UM team is a combination of arches and columns, weighing 93 grams and demonstrating a load-bearing capacity of 41 kilograms.
Co-organized by the Professional Advisory Committee for Civil Engineering Programs at Higher Education Institutions and the Educational Affairs Committee of China Civil Engineering Society, the annual competition is one of the nine highest-
ranked inter-university competitions in science and engineering in China. It is also the most important competition in the field of civil engineering.
According to a press release issued by UM, the event aims to provide a platform for civil engineering students to exchange ideas, build friendships, improve their civil engineering skills, be creative and learn how to work with others. Additionally, UM hopes their participation will in turn strengthen their ties with civil engineering departments at various universities.