May 15, 2014
PushMePullMe 3D in Berlin
We recently received an email from Gregory Quinn, a scientific researcher at the Department for Engineering Design and Technology at the University of Arts in Berlin. Gregory works under Professor Gengnagel, and is also a structural engineer with Arup.
November 30, 2012
Talking structures with sculpture students at the University of Brighton.
Today I gave a talk called a ‘World Tour of Structural Form’ at the sculpture department at the University of Brighton. I was invited by Tom Grimsey who had seen me give a similar talk in Brighton at Cafe Scientifique.
Large Group Teaching and Textwall
I have been working with Chris Wise and Ed McCann at UCL to help develop the approach to teaching Design to budding Civil Engineers. Whilst I have lots of experience working with learners, this has been in much smaller groups
November 15, 2012
Workshed big in Texas
We see from our analytics that a whole bunch of people logged on to Workshed in the city of Austin Texas. That would be our friends at the University of Texas at Austin would it? In other news, we are
September 10, 2012
Catastrophe with 24 bit sound – showing at UCL on Wednesday 12th September
This week we’re taking one of Workshed’s most popular features to a whole new level. At the Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Open Day, September 12th, some of UCL’s best research will be showcased, including a rather epic take on
May 24, 2012
News in from the University of Kent, Canterbury
On a snowy morning in January I took the train down to the University of Kent, Canterbury to help out in Ben Godber’s Structure and Form at the Architecture School. Following previous discussions about how Workshed could be used to
April 24, 2012
Practical Guidance on Teaching Sustainability Now Available on Workshed
Now available for download from the Workshed website, a new report full of practical suggestions for how sustainability can be enhanced in civil engineering teaching. Think Up produced the report, with funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the
March 28, 2012
Who Uses Workshed? – Analytics to March 2012
We now have two months of analytics data for Workshed. The headline figures are 4716 visits by 2742 unique visitors, which shows that 42% of people using the site are returning visitors. The average time spent on the site is 5:25
March 18, 2012
Evaluating Push Me Pull Me Worksheets
It has been almost a year since we received funding from HESTEM to develop worksheets for the Push Me Pull Me model. In collaboration with professors Lawrence Coates and Iain McLeod we were able to pin point a few of
February 20, 2012
Workshed – A model Online Educational Resource for Students
After a recent conversation with Oliver, he invited me to become an author of this blog and share the views and intentions of my current dissertation topic, “How online educational resources can benefit the qualitative understanding of structural behaviour.” Upon substantial research
February 15, 2012
Workshed: Big in Canada
January’s update to the Workshed site gave us access to Google Analytics data for the first time. Two weeks’ data make for fascinating reading. The Pont de Quebec is the world’s longest single span cantilever bridge In the two weeks since
February 6, 2012
Catastrophe drawing competition for architecture students at the University of Kent
If you are one of the students studying architecture at the University of Kent who took part in the Workshed seminar then this competition is for you. We want to see what kind of structures you can produce using the
November 15, 2011
Talking Workshed at Brighton University
I am delighted to have been given the chance to go to Brighton University at the beginning of December. I have been invited to give a lecture to 80 first year students who are studying basic structural engineering. Whilst these students have already
October 5, 2011
How Workshed is being used at Coventry University
(photo from the Red Window at Coventry Catherdral) Dr Neil Tsang is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building at Coventry University, and uses Workshed as part of his teaching. He very kindly
September 23, 2011
Bath time
I scooted up to the University of Bath this afternoon to update Tim Ibell and Antony Darby on the latest developments of Workshed. We mostly talked about how to use the new physics engine to create a new suite of
September 13, 2011
Teaching Structural Stability to Architects
During our conversation we spent time looking at how the Catastrophe game can be used to set up examples of different types of structural form for architects to explore. As part of the updates to Workshed for the new academic year, we intended to
September 12, 2011
Push-Me-Pull-Me tutorial sheets – project update
Earlier this month, Stylios Yiatros at Brunel University sent us the completed set of tutorials and teaching resources on which he has been leading the development. We are now developing a new format for the tutorial sheets so that they can be presented in