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a conversation with claire lewinger
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Claire Lewinger What has been the most interesting work you’ve done here so far? Some of the most exciting challenges include a 20-foot post-tensioned concrete cantilever over a drive lane, a 21-foot steel canopy cantilever with a concrete-filled structural steel tube at the cantilevered end, connected to a tension tie rod, supported by an eccentric spread footing, and an 80-feet-long two-story steel truss pedestrian bridge over a busy downtown Atlanta street.
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How does engineering make a difference in the world? I grew up conscious that the delicate balance of natural ecology and human expansion could be preserved by responsible development. Environmentally aware, green-focused structural engineers bring to projects an increased likelihood of incorporating biologically sustainable options, like using beneficial waste materials in concrete. I want to change the way we “pave the world” such that in some way I can try to “save the world.” What inspired you to go into engineering? The choice to study structural engineering came from evidence that I may not have consciously developed. I love to travel, and on many trips would return home and review my photos to discover I had taken more than twice as many photos of any amazing structures than of my travel-mates throughout the trip. On a recent trip to Boston, I took 10 pictures of my family and 25 pictures of the Zakim asymmetric cable-stayed bridge over the Charles River.
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