Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

Park students Van and Nolan achieve a historic victory at the model bridge contest, leading their school to a first-ever ...

The competition challenged juniors and seniors to design an efficient bridge with just balsa wood ... Like, oh, Lord, how am I going to make a good bridge,” Weibrecht said.

Saint Louis University’s Building Engineering Awareness in Metro Saint Louis Schools Competition — or Billiken BEAMS — is a group-based project opportunity in which students compete in teams to design ...