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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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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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To any and all in the SE Wisconsin / NE Illinois area. There is a group of us
in Kenosha starting up a new LUG. Anyone interested please feel free to contact
me. Our next meeting is planned for Thursday Sept. 9th 2010 starting around 6.
Also - anyone who reads this, I am looking for activities that are done by other
LUGs during the meetings. Our first meeting we did a parts draft, are there
other standard organized activities that you all do?
Thanks!
Chris Eyerly
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The Greater
Midwest LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the La Crosse & Three
Rivers Railroad Club 29th Annual Model Railroad Show.
Come see the GMLTC’s
18’x30’ ever-expanding modular all-LEGO town & 9V train layout.
Judy & Bill
Payne will also have their town layout featuring LEGO battery trains.
Trempealeau’s Dave & Stacy Sterling will be displaying their ToT-LUG LEGO Town &
Train layout.
As always, guests are invited to bring along their own LEGO
rolling stock to run on our layout.
There will be many other (non-Lego)
operating train layouts from all over WI, MN & IA, exhibits and displays,
railroadiana, railroad art, door prizes and hobby dealers.
Dates/Times:
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Admission:
$5 for adults. $4.50 for adults when a non-perishable food item is donated.
Children under 11 are FREE when accompanied by an adult.
Location:
La Crosse Center
300 Harborview Plaza
Second and Pearl Streets
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Free parking, Wheelchair Accessible.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=lacrosse+center,+lacrosse,+wi&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=43.888615,-91.240768&spn=0.174931,0.32135&om=1&iwloc=A
More info:
http://lax3riversmodelrrclub.com/Show%20Dates.htm
Hope to see you there!
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Bill Toenjes
(TooMuchDew)
http://www.gmltc.org/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/gmltc/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=183883107508
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The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the
La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club 27th Annual Model Railroad Show.
Come see the GMLTC’s 18’x30’ ever-expanding modular all-LEGO town & train
layout.
Club member Judy Payne will also have a layout featuring LEGO battery
trains and Duplo trains.
Also see John and Ross Neal’s Twin Cities LEGO Train Club (TCLTC) layout.
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/org/tcltc/
As always, guests are invited to bring along their own LEGO rolling stock to run
on our layout.
There will be many other (non-Lego) operating train layouts from
all over WI, MN & IA,
exhibits and displays, railroadiana, railroad art, door
prizes and hobby dealers.
Dates/Times:
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Admission:
$5 for adults. $4.50 for adults when a non-perishable food item is donated.
Children under 11 are FREE when accompanied by an adult.
Location:
La Crosse Center
300 Harborview Plaza
Second and Pearl Streets
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Free parking, Wheelchair Accessible.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=lacrosse+center,+lacrosse,+wi&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=43.888615,-91.240768&spn=0.174931,0.32135&om=1&iwloc=A
More info:
http://www.trains.com/trc/community/events/event-info.asp?eventid=11335
Hope to see you there!
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Bill Toenjes
(TooMuchDew)
G.M.L.T.C.
http://www.gmltc.org/
(not to be confused with the Great Missenden Lawn Tennis Club)
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