By Erik Salna
It was the moment of truth. Students from South Florida high schools anxiously watched Zoom live streams to determine whether their models of flat rooftops would stand up against 70 mph winds at FIU’s NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility.
Every year, FIU hosts its Wall of Wind Mitigation Challenge, in which teams of local high school students develop innovative wind mitigation concepts and solutions within guidelines set by FIU’s wind engineers. The objective of the 2021 challenge was for students to design a way to reduce the impact of wind scour – the process of wind scraping against surfaces – on a building’s flat roof. Each team had to develop a solution to prevent roof gravel from blowing away during testing.
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Couple says I Do at FIU
Students from two hospitality classes plan and pull off a wedding on campus
April 8, 2021 at 3:40pm
A pair of 23 year olds officially said I do under a beautiful, bright blue sky at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University in North Miami.
Besides the 40 family members and friends they invited, Juana Guzman and Adrian Cameros had an extra 40 happy and excited Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management students and their professors watching and waiting on them. That s because the fairytale wedding and reception were entirely produced and hosted by FIU Hospitality students in the Social Events Planning and Advanced Food Production classes.
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