Taipei, Sept. 21 (CNA) Aiming to generate students' interest in structural engineering and earthquake mitigation, an international competition titled APEC IDEERS (Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools) 2006 will be held in Taipei with participants from nine Asia-Pacific countries.
The annual competition, approved by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum earlier this year as an educational event, will take place Sept. 23-24 at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE.)
The 95 participating student teams will make model houses out of wood, paper, raw pasta, string and glue, and see how well their designs stand up to artificial tremor motion. Judges will select the top three teams from the graduate, university and high school groups.
The IDEERS competition was initiated at the University of Bristol and has been held by NCREE and the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei every year since 2001.