As part of their graduation project, Eastern Mediterranean University, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department final year students managed to float a canoe made of concrete.
Muzaffer Yaygın, Osman Ciyce, Emre Gedik and Serkan Kopsen, all of whom are group of students from Eastern Mediterranean University, Civil Engineering Department, floated the canoe named “Othello” at Glapsides pond. The canoe which has the dimensions of 6 m. X 80 cms. X 40 cms. is made up of around 300 kgs. of concrete and 20 kgs. of iron. The students stated that it took them 5 months to design and carry out the project.
Expressing their happiness in observing that their project has yielded positive outcomes, the students added that they carried out experiments in laboratories for 4 or 5 days per week.
EMU Civil Engineering Department Chair and project manager Prof. Dr. Özgür Eren stated that students put great effort in the project which is only carried out at prominent universities of the world. Prof. Dr. Eren also congratulated the four students on their success. Stating that the current project is the second project of its kind, Prof. Dr. Eren added that in 2012, former students of the department also managed to float a concrete canoe in a pond.
