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This article presents the results of a case involving the application of project-based learning carried out with students in the Mechanical Engineering degree program at the University of Girona. The project, entitled “Design and construction of a wooden bridge”, was conducted at the Polytechnic School in the third-year Structures course. This project required students to address, consider and solve different problems related to the resistance of materials, structural calculations, material optimization and structural design. The project also included the building of the bridge based on the calculations made, thus enabling the students to verify the suitability of the theoretical calculations as compared to real results. Finally, a competition was held to reward those teams who obtained the best ratio between the failure load and the weight of the bridge. The main conclusion observed from the implementation of only two editions of this project is the acquisition of the different proposed competences (both specific and cross-curricular) by the students. Finally, it was interesting to note that after completing the activity, the students were observed to be more motivated by the course contentPeer Reviewe

<p>The urgency in reducing uncertainties of near-term sea level rise relies on improved modeling of ice sheet response to climate change. Predicting future ice sheet change requires a tremendous effort across a range of disciplines in ice sheet science, including expertise in observational data, paleoglaciology, numerical ice sheet modeling, and the widespread use of emerging methodologies for learning from the data. However, significant knowledge and disciplinary barriers make collaboration between data and model groups the exception rather than the norm. We seek to improve the efficiency in collaboration among traditionally disparate approaches to this problem. We present Ghub, a community-building scientific and educational cyberinfrastructure framework that includes models and data processing tools, online simulation, and collaboration support, available for use at theghub.org. Ghub enables collaboration between ice sheet scientific communities and acts as a host for the open-source tools that are becoming more common in the field of ice sheet science. We provide an overview of the Ghub framework, with examples of tools, tutorials, and educational content that are ready to use, and visions for extending these and other upcoming developments. These tools target a wide range of audiences, ranging from ice sheet modeling community efforts such as the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6) to more specialized process-orientated investigations. We also outline the process for scientists to host their data and tools on the platform.</p>