December 5, 2014
PushMePullMe FAQs
Workshed PushMePullMe simulators (including Catastrophe and PushMePullMe 3D) are written in Java – a computer language that is used extensively in many different applications. To use PushMePullMe, Catastrophe and PushMePullMe3D you’ll need a desktop or laptop computer running the latest
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.
December 19, 2012
Beta testing of the new Push Me Pull Me begins – join the gang
We are nearly there folks! Today we have invited our generous community of users to help us test the latest version of PMPM before we launch it on the Workshed Site. If all goes well we are optimistic we shall have
October 29, 2012
Prince Philip loves “PushMePullMe”
RAE’s newly renovated London home was formally opened by Prince Philip and renamed “Prince Philip House”. We were delighted to be invited by the RAE to demonstrate “PushMePullMe”. Check out the ‘photos of Gennaro Senatore and Ed McCann strutting their
October 1, 2012
“Catastrophe” a success at the European Research in Cyprus Event
“Catastrophe” is a greek word that means “disaster”. Last Friday night, at the European Research in Cyprus Event (also known as “The Researcher’s Night” an FP7 Marie Curie Action), Catastrophe was no way near being a disaster but rather a great
September 24, 2012
International turnout for first ever Workshed Developer Conference
A big thank you to everyone who attended our inaugural Expedition Workshed Developer Conference last Friday. It was a chance for twenty of our most enthusiastic supporters from universities around the country to meet each other and to tell us
September 19, 2012
More gherkin bashing on a giant screen
Catastrophe on a giant screen! Again…After the success of last week’s event at UCL, this time Catastrophe is travelling South of the river. You’ll get another chance to have a go at deconstructing the Eiffel Tower or the Gherkin at A
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
July 20, 2012
Catastrophe in use – supporting students at the Energy Engineering Summer School
This just in from Lawrence Coates at University of East Anglia. Thanks Lawrence for sharing news of Workshed in use. “As part of the first Energy Engineering Summer School at UEA 21 year 12 pupils from schools around the UK
July 11, 2012
Catastrophe game – temporary outage
During the summer, when student usage of Workshed is typically low, we will occasionally be carrying out some maintenance to the site. At present, Catastrophe is temporally unavailable as we transfer Workshed to a more secure hosting service. Catastrophe will
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 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
Workshed at the IABSE Symposium
Gennaro and I presented Expedition Workshed at the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium yesterday as part of poster session. The poster summarised a paper by Gennaro, Ed and Angela titled: ‘Expedition Workshed: Engineering education for the 21st
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