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Architectural Engineering Students Build the Leaning Tower of Pisa
On Wednesday morning, a group of ten engineering students from MSOE put the
finishing touches on a five-foot-tall replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa —
made entirely out of LEGO. Weighing in at 150 pounds, the tower uses 17,700
individual LEGO pieces.
Led by student Justin Cosgrove, the project began in February and took 90 days
and 130 hours to complete. Students said the biggest challenge of their tower
was the introduction of the lean itself, which employs a steel and wood truss in
the center of the tower for support.
In July, the life-like tower will be transported to Henry Maier Festival Park
as part of Festa Italiana’s Piazza di LEGO, a new area on the festival grounds
where children of all ages are welcome to participate in a daily LEGO building
contest. Student volunteers from MSOE and the American Institute of Architects
– Milwaukee will be there to assist the children with their constructions and
teach them about what engineers do as a career.
The list of students (not all present at the press conference) that worked on
the project are as follows:
Justin Cosgrove – Project Leader – Architectural Engineering Junior
Jessica Phillips – Architectural Engineering Junior
Kyle Welsh – Architectural Engineering Junior
Sam Pekarscik – Architectural Engineering Junior
Elise Pinkerton – Architectural Engineering Junior
Kaylie Lenz – Architectural Engineering Junior
Hunter Day – Electrical Engineering Junior
Marlon Petty – Electrical Engineering Junior
Jessica Iverson – Architectural Engineering Junior
Adam Jablonski – Architectural Engineering Freshman
Milwaukee School of Engineering MSOE
TCD photo assistant Nickolas Nikolic was at the Kern Center while these talented
students carefully applied the final pieces. Check out the photo gallery on
Flickr.com
Thirdcoastdigest.com
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